I had surgery near Gangnam Station at ㄴㅇㄷ Plastic Surgery with Director ㅇㅂㅈ Hello. This is my first nose surgery, and it has been so, so hard. Since I don’t know much, there’s a limit to what I can figure out on my own, so I’m writing this because I need everyone’s and experts’ knowledge and help..ㅜㅜ (Long post warning) To start with just the conclusion: first surgery + open nasal irrigation + removal of the implants/materials (silicone, autologous costal cartilage). My nose was opened a total of 3 times. It just drives you mentally insane. A hematoma developed after the first surgery, so I had open irrigation. Even after the open irrigation, because of a side effect that even the director could not identify, the silicone and autologous costal cartilage were removed later for safety. Still, I think it was fortunate that the director made a quick decision and did the open irrigation without charging me. Even though my nose had to be opened again and I’ll have a scar.. But the final time is different. Removal of the silicone and autologous costal cartilage... I suffered badly while taking antibiotics for over a month, went through the pain of nasal packing 3 times, and because of the surgeries I couldn’t work, go about daily life, or exercise, so I was so depressed and exhausted. I had to visit the hospital every week, going back and forth from Incheon, a 3-and-a-half-hour round trip. On top of that, because I was worried that something might go wrong if I got bumped while using public transportation, I rented a Turucar and drove even though I didn’t want to... At least doing that cost less than taxi fare. If you get caught in Gangnam rush hour in the evening, it’s no joke. I really didn’t drink or smoke even once before or after the surgery, you know? Smokers know how you crave it right away. But because I was in so much pain, I didn’t think about cigarettes at all, and when the splint came off and I felt better, I felt alive again and started thinking about cigarettes a lot. Since all my friends around me are smokers, they teased me and offered them to me, but I endured it all and really stubbornly held out and didn’t smoke at all. Why? Because even for someone like me, who is obsessed with smoking, the fear of a side effect that made me quit smoking instantly was scarier. During the consultation where I was told I had to do the final removal, when I asked about the cause, the director said he didn’t really know and that this was the first time he had seen a case like this. He said things like autologous costal cartilage and silicone may have been recognized by my body as foreign substances and caused a rejection reaction, and that it was neither the patient’s nor the doctor’s fault. He did not charge me at all for the open irrigation or the removal surgery. During the consultation, when I asked what would happen to the costs I had paid, it felt like he was saying we would discuss and readjust it later. If I were to have revision surgery, after 6 months he would either do it again then without charging me or give me a refund. But he did not speak clearly about the refund part, and he said for sure that he would do the revision surgery without charging me. (For this part, I’ll either write a new post after going to the hospital or do something like that.) People around me are strongly telling me to request a refund and compensation for damages. I don’t have information on whether this is a situation where a damages claim would be possible or not. Please help me. Really important final questions 1. They said they would give a discount if I paid in cash, so I paid the surgery fee in cash. Could that be a problem for getting a refund? 2. If they say they can’t do it, how should I respond? 3. Can I claim damages? My autologous costal cartilage and ear cartilage are basically being thrown away,, I can’t be satisfied just because they aren’t charging me for the side-effect removal surgery. 4. What kind of side effect is that, needing to remove the autologous costal cartilage and silicone at the end? What is it? -From here on is the detailed journal The surgery appointment was set for 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 24. I went into the operating room at 1:30, and the time I sent a KakaoTalk message to an acquaintance in the recovery room while still not fully awake was 5:56. People around me said their noses didn’t hurt at all and they only complained about discomfort from the nasal packing, but my nose hurt so much and kept throbbing, so my head started hurting along with it. I think everyone has trouble sleeping, but I woke up once every hour and barely slept about 4 hours a day. Since I was breathing through my mouth, I woke up because my mouth got dry, and because I kept moistening my throat I went to the bathroom often, so I only slept 4 hours. It was so, so hard. I felt like I was going to die. Every day, after not sleeping, I would watch the sun come up and then sit there blankly during the day... On Monday, May 26, the nasal packing was removed, and it was temporarily open, but my nose quickly became blocked inside, so I ended up breathing through my mouth. Starting Tuesday, May 27, my body began to feel chilly, and in the end, until May 30, I suffered for 5 straight days from chills, headache, muscle pain, and body-ache symptoms. I seriously thought I was going to get depression. In my heart I shouted tens of thousands of times, I really shouldn’t have done it, I really shouldn’t have done it. I even thought a person really could go insane. I paid out of pocket and went to an internal medicine clinic in the middle of it, got an IV drip for the first time, and endured those hard days. Finally, on May 31, the day of splint removal, I took off the splint and looked in the mirror, and huh? What? Is this right? That was all I could think. In other people’s reviews, when they go “huh,” it’s because swelling makes the line look too high, but you can still see the line to some extent. But for me, it wasn’t that kind of swelling; it had become like an Avatar nose. But at the time I didn’t know much, so the director said it would look pretty once the swelling went down, not to worry and to watch it. Saturday, June 7, at 12:30 was the day for stitch removal. The nurse removed all the stitches first, then I saw the director. Maybe something seemed off, because he said he would briefly touch it with a syringe. A sting. But maybe that still wasn’t it, because he said it seemed like he would need to open the nose and drain blood. It was a hematoma. That day, an urgent open nasal irrigation surgery was scheduled for 4. During the consultation, I asked, “What if this happens again even after opening it like this and irrigating it?” He said men have good recovery ability, that won’t happen, don’t worry, trust me. So I said okay and got on the operating table in a state of mental collapse. Having recovery reset was seriously maddening. I had to go through that nasal packing pain again, and something you already know is harder and more painful.. Saturday, June 14, was splint removal day. The hematoma had drained well and the line came out nicely, so I thought it was such a relief. The director said if the swelling kept going down like this, it would look really pretty, so from then on I was truly relieved and full of expectations. I don’t smile much, but I smiled then. From the evening of Tuesday, June 17, the mucous membrane at the front inside my nose started to swell slightly, but since I had had surgery, I felt like if I KakaoTalked about every little thing it would seem like I was whining, so I didn’t leave a separate report. Thursday, June 19, was the day of removal of the internal structure/materials. It had been swelling since Tuesday, then became serious at dawn, so I took photos in advance and left a KakaoTalk message with the hospital. I was worried and in pain, so I stayed up all night waiting for a KakaoTalk message in the morning. In the end, the hospital called me in. The director also did not know the cause or the name of the side effect. He strongly recommended removal, so in the end I had it removed. Mental breakdown.
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Autologous costal cartilage, ear cartilage, silicone, nasal tip, nasal bridge, columellar extension, side effect, hematoma, revision surgery, open irrigation, ㄴㅇㄷ, ㅇㅂㅈ
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