<Before><Before><Before><After><After><After>Hi everyone, I’m 3 months post-op from revision rhinoplasty with quadruple fixation using autologous costal cartilage + a 3D custom implant (Fitme) by Director Kim Jae-yoon at Lowell Plastic Surgery! If you look at my previous posts, you’ll know that after my first surgery at another hospital, I had a revision because I was dissatisfied with the shape + the silicone was crooked. Every other hospital I consulted at said it would be difficult to get the shape I wanted (a slim, feminine nose with definite improvement of my bulbous nose), so it was a challenging nose. Small nostrils, so alar reduction wasn’t possible, short and low bulbous nose = my nose.. After my first surgery, my bulbous nose hadn’t improved at all, to the point that even my family couldn’t tell I’d had surgery. But when I looked up reviews from people whose noses were similar to mine, there was a definite change, and the line was exactly my style, so I trusted Director Kim Jae-yoon and left it to him. Seriously, I acknowledge his aesthetic sense. Also, Director Kim Jae-yoon looked at my CT and immediately pointed out an opinion I hadn’t heard at other hospitals. That was that I had a dorsal hump. So I had a short, low bulbous nose plus a hump. Honestly, I couldn’t believe it, but when I saw the model of my original nose that the 3D custom implant company made based on my CT, I immediately understood•• Lowell Plastic Surgery carries all three major companies famous for 3D custom implants, so you can choose the company according to your preference! From here on, this is what everyone who is about to get rhinoplasty is most curious about. As for pain, after surgery, only on the day of surgery, it hurt about as much as the inside of your nose stinging after blowing your nose a lot, and after that, honestly, it didn’t hurt. For about a week before the stitches were removed, I struggled a bit because I couldn’t wash, but that applies to any plastic surgery Anyway, I took the prescribed medication properly and applied the prescribed ointment frequently, so the swelling went down quickly, and from week 2, I went outside without covering my face! The autologous costal cartilage harvest site didn’t hurt either, except feeling stiff when coughing, so I wore the abdominal binder for 2-3 days and then just took it off! People around me had also tried to stop me from getting revision surgery before, telling me to just live as I was, but once I showed up after having it done, they said it looked better after doing it and that I did well to get it done haha. Maybe because it’s quadruple fixation, the areas where the cartilage was inserted are fixed so beautifully, and I like that! And above all, every time I went for treatment, Director Kim Jae-yoon always came into the treatment room to check my progress and answered all my questions even though he must be busy••• They also took good care of aftercare with scar treatment, so I had no worries. Maybe because it’s a one-doctor clinic, I feel like he definitely looks after things meticulously. I heard there are many directors these days who leave everything to the technician after surgery and don’t even show their face, so I was really touched that he checked my progress every time. Now, at 3 months, I have no discomfort like foreign body sensation at all, and I’m blowing my nose freely and living like before! Thank you for holding the rhinoplasty event. Unlike other hospitals, here the event price was the same with no extra charges, which was also so nice•• My nose father, god Jae-yoon•••
This is a surgery review pursuing a natural-yet-polished look.