About a year ago, I had an open-tip rhinoplasty where the support was built with septal cartilage and two layers of ear cartilage were placed on top. Because of my ignorance in not knowing that if someone with facial asymmetry raises the nose, it can look even more crooked, the result was disastrous. Uneven nostrils, worsening of a deviated septum I didn't even know I had, and a witch-like nose that became long like Pinocchio's with the tip completely crooked. I couldn't even breathe properly, so I tried to have everything removed at another hospital, but I was told it would definitely collapse if removed, so I couldn't remove it. They said they would lower it as much as possible, so at 6 months after my first surgery, I had revision surgery at another hospital.
To straighten the crooked nose, I heard they performed osteotomy, lowered the septum, removed only one layer of ear cartilage, and used donated dermis on the bridge and a small amount of donated costal cartilage for the support. However, even after the revision, it was still high and big, and even became bulbous. After osteotomy, in the process of placing the donated dermis, under the excuse that the bridge axis had originally been crooked, they put the dermis as-is on the crooked bridge. Not only did the previously problem-free bridge become crooked, but the osteotomy was done differently on both sides, so one side had a steep slope and the other had a raised mound; literally, both sides of the nasal bridge became asymmetric. Every day was hell, but because I feared a hasty judgment would bring greater despair, I waited 3 months for the major swelling to go down. Less than 2 weeks after revision, something that seemed like scar tissue or cartilage inside the columella pushed out as if it would break through, but I watched the progress thinking time would also resolve that. After 3 months, I visited the hospital and requested full removal because of these various problems and a nose that had not changed after revision, but the director answered that it only looked pretty, the surgery went very well, the bridge looked crooked because the bridge axis had originally been crooked so it couldn't be helped, removal was impossible because it would collapse, and even if removal were done, the losses would be greater than the gains. Both the first surgery and the revision were completely my own choices, regardless of whether the hospitals were famous, well-known, had specialized techniques, or were skilled. I rationally understood that the directors are people, not gods, and that plastic surgery is surgery with an underlying risk of side effects, not magic. So I thought blaming and resenting anyone was all pointless, decided to remove it even while accepting the risk, and had everything removed at another hospital.
The problem is.. after removal, I found that two layers of Medpor, a synthetic implant I had never heard of, had been placed in the support. Thinking that because of that Medpor, the columella could not move naturally and it had irritated and pushed out the inside of the columella, I was so dumbfounded. I was so angry, wondering how they could commit such frightening medical fraud and how they would have taken responsibility if I had lived without knowing and without removing it, then developed a problem. So I requested confirmation from the hospital where I had the revision, but the answer I got was, "I never put it in; if it was put in, that hospital must have put it in during the first surgery." So I asked, "Then during the revision, since I had open revision surgery, are you saying you didn't see the Medpor while lowering the septal cartilage in the support and placing donated costal cartilage?" They said, "It is possible not to see it; if the patient doesn't tell us, we don't know." Then they described a surgical process completely different from the first explanation, saying that when they opened it, the inside had all collapsed, so they removed everything and operated using only donated dermis and donated cartilage. Then I asked why the donated costal cartilage they said they had inserted was not there at the time of removal, and if they had inserted it, where exactly they had placed it. At first they said they put it in the nasal tip, and later they said they used it for the support, then said that if it wasn't there, the director who removed it may not have seen it. Their words contradicted each other and they rambled, then asked why I hadn't come to them for removal, so I told them, "Because I asked you to remove it and you said it couldn't be done." I have the audio recording, I have the removed Medpor, and I have multiple photos taken at the hospital immediately after removal. However, although I have circumstantial and physical evidence, I have no way to prove whether the director who committed this medical fraud was at the first-surgery hospital or the revision hospital. So even though it feels unfair and infuriating, I think it is right to let it go with the feeling that I am fortunate and grateful I found out even now.. You will certainly be punished. If not you, then your family. You, who have not even a little sense of duty as a doctor and seem less than human in seeing patients only as money, I'm sorry and it's unfortunate, but you will definitely be punished.
I wanted to watch my progress after full removal and leave a detailed, hopeful plastic surgery review, so it feels bitter that I'm leaving a bad review first.. For nearly a year, I also spent time in this community crying and laughing together, empathizing and cheering everyone on, at least in my heart. I don't think there is a right answer. No matter how famous a place is or how many good reviews it has, it is work done by people, so it is truly case by case. Even for myself, after several surgeries, the course and results were different each time, so how could someone else's surgery and the process they went through be exactly the same? If you make a choice for any reason, whether good or bad, you need to be ready to rationally and objectively accept and acknowledge the resulting outcome. If there is a problem and you are not satisfied, even if it takes a long time, there will surely be another method, and finding that method is also your own responsibility. With social phobia and depression, I spent a long time curled up only in my room, cutting myself off from society and family, living in darkness with regret and regret and regret, unable to eat or sleep properly, just surviving day by day. What I realized was, "No one else can resolve this situation or this problem." For me, it is still ongoing. If it can be even a little help, I will watch my progress and post a removal review.
PS .. If you've often heard that you're pretty and thought you would become even prettier if you only did your nose, I think it is right not to do it. If you create a new nose on your existing eyes, mouth, and face shape, you will probably only be satisfied after changing the rest of your eyes, mouth, and face shape to match the new nose..
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