I’m someone who spent about 4 months in this community. I was afraid that at this rate I might never be able to do it, so today I boldly got it removed. I’m 13 years post-op with silicone in the nasal bridge and ear cartilage in the nasal tip, and at the awful clinic where I had my primary surgery, they said they would only do the nasal tip, but they ended up putting in silicone too. It was some clinic in Daegu, and it’s gone now. I was young back then, and after my primary surgery I never even saw the director, so I lived thinking only the nasal tip was artificial and that the nasal bridge was obviously my own nose. I’ll explain why it had to be that way in my last post, along with the surgery review ㅡSurgery reviewㅡ Arrived at the clinic…
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Nose Re-Surgery@rhino-redoDec 1 Inflammation
I had my nasal bridge done with silicone, and septal cartilage and donated costal cartilage were used for the nasal tip. If inflammation occurs and swelling starts from the nasal tip, does that mean the inflammation wasn’t caused by a…
Nose Re-Surgery@rhino-redoDec 1 Three Places for Consultations
How many places do people usually go to for in-person consultations? I’m planning to get a complete removal, so among the three major removal clinics, I’m going to visit two except the Hongdae one, and I’m also thinking of visiting one in…
Nose Re-Surgery@rhino-redoDec 1 After visiting two of the top 3 removal clinics, I went to a revision surgery hospital in Gangnam!
First, I wrote at length about my condition in a previous review post, so I’ll skip that. This time, I went for a consultation at a hospital in Gangnam that specializes in revision surgery and also occasionally came up in the…
Nose Re-Surgery@rhino-redoDec 1 I’m planning reconstructive surgery at the end of February, so is it the right sequence to do preliminary visits in December and start shopping around in January?
Is this the right order? I’m trying to do reconstructive surgery in February, so I’m wondering if this is too early: prep in December, then go around in January, and surgery in February… I think it’s right to reduce failure risk by…
Nose Re-Surgery@rhino-redoNov 30 Please take a look at my nose
It’s almost been about 1 month since I had surgery using donated costal cartilage. Until recently, my upper lip had been fixed in place, but it did get a little better. I know this is probably the swelling period, but every time I look in…
Nose Re-Surgery@rhino-redoNov 30 Day 3 After Silicone Removal
So far, I’m recovering without any problems, both appearance-wise and functionally. In my memory, I thought I had had a really high silicone implant put in, so I thought my nose would become completely broad and flat if I removed it. But…