Hi!! Everyone, hope you’ve been well. It’s hot these days, haha. I’ll just stick to the facts. The details are in my previous post, so you can read that, but now that it’s been one month, I feel like about 75% of the pulling sensation from the septal reconstruction and columellar-line inserted costal cartilage has gone away. I think it will be completely gone by three months.
The nasal tip and alar side walls (nostrils) feel lighter, more like my own nose, and the difference before and after surgery is obvious, right? lol [Clinic A] is the kind of place where they make a nose that looks like total trash lol, with wide, fully visible nostrils, and [Doctor A] gives a dramatic before-and-after change with a very clear contour difference. Thank you for making me a luxury-looking nose. I really feel like I graduated.
[Doctor A] is blunt and chic, and he says the nose’s weaknesses directly, no holding back lol. There is absolutely nothing wrong, so I hope everyone doesn’t get swayed by the rumors of one crazy person. That person should go do the one-person protest and the part-time job themselves, so the claim about looking for part-time help makes no sense to me at all. I can’t understand that brain structure at all. (I’m guessing sociopath.) Don’t post comments anonymously. I saw a post on the internet saying [Clinic A] was not a real place lol.
They say it’s a hospital that started from scratch, and [Doctor A] is a specialist in extreme noses. He is a master who turns noses ruined by incompetent doctors at trashy clinics into refined, human-looking noses.
<<I’ll explain why I decided on [Clinic A]>>
My friend had almost no bridge bone at all, no real nasal tip structure, and a short upturned nose with only the alar base. Even when I pulled it with my own hand, it did not stretch at all; it was tough like a tire. One week before surgery at [Clinic A], I was told they wouldn’t be able to raise it much and it wouldn’t become something dramatic like in a drama, so I had no real expectations. But [Doctor A] raised the bridge, dorsum, and tip neatly and elegantly, and with the columellar line it was amazing to see that even that nose could change like that.
For four and a half years, I personally saw every day that there was no inflammatory reaction at all. I also saw my friend’s mother suffer for over a year after her fifth revision surgery, with nasal tip necrosis, perforation, and inflammation. My friend’s mother later had a sixth revision at [Clinic A] with [Doctor A], and in April she had surgery there; I saw how the necrotic area and scars were optimized as much as possible. When I saw my friend’s nose in real life after surgery, it was so refined that I moved up my own surgery date from October 26 to July 20.
I also had nasal function surgery. [Doctor A] said he would not touch the inferior turbinates, and if he did, he would safely open only the blocked passage through the mucosa with radiofrequency. He said that in the final consultation on the day of surgery. It’s only been one month, but from one week after surgery my nose was already completely open, so I’m very grateful for the functional nose surgery too. They also handled all aftercare personally, including nose massage for shaping and correction, scar-injection treatment, and I’m going again next week. They provide all the aftercare that’s needed. I hope [Clinic A] is not misunderstood.
The biggest strength of [Clinic A] is that all the staff remain consistently kind even after surgery, and answers and calls come through immediately. That is one of its biggest advantages. Large hospitals often have communication problems. For eye and nose cases, it feels like once the stitches are removed, that’s it. Before my surgery, I kept sending photos to all the desk staff on KakaoTalk every day and talked for two months about whether the line would look like this. They really replied to everything, and they are kind every time I go. At most medium-to-large hospitals, once the stitches are removed, it’s over. Most places are like that. [Clinic A] is not like that. The aftercare is intense. I delayed it by seven months because of baseless rumors, and that was a waste of time. I’m also very satisfied with the rhinitis surgery. It’s only been one month, but I’m extremely happy. The fact that my nose could become this high, with added length and a different tip shape, was something other places said was impossible during consultation. [Doctor A] is my benefactor and a true nose artisan.
I know all the terminology for nose surgery, and I watched a huge number of surgical videos. I studied how lengthening is done, how short noses and long noses are lengthened, how the angle is adjusted, and various septal reconstruction techniques. If you ask about various septal reconstruction methods or the lengthening you want at another hospital, they may say it’s impossible, but [Doctor A] said it could be done. He identified the position from my forehead down to the brow bone, and from the starting point of the bridge to the eye area, the dorsum, and the tip, and I’m very satisfied. While lengthening, he also reduced the philtrum, restored the tip’s presence and the columellar line, and even corrected the nasolabial angle, so it truly became three-dimensional. The atmosphere changed completely.
He clearly says that dangerous or excessive things are not possible, so don’t worry. I strongly recommend [Clinic A]. Don’t go through four or five revision surgeries somewhere else. I didn’t want to waste the deposit for my officetel, so I gently disinfected the operating table at [Doctor A]’s place and lay down. I tried to endure the anesthesia, but I could hear [Doctor A] in the operating room, and I thought the surgery must be starting. I got tense, tried to outlast the anesthesia, kept trying to hold on, and then the nurse said, “The surgery is over......” lol I lost to the anesthesia.
Everyone, leave questions in the comments and have a good weekend. For those with a long nose, collapsed nostrils, or a short upturned nose, I hope you lie down on [Doctor A]’s operating table. You’ll become more refined and luxurious!!!
<<Lastly, to everyone>>> Before surgery, noses that are low, very humped, extremely hooked, especially very short, blunt noses, long noses with drooping or upturned nostrils, or bulbous noses: [Doctor A]’s signature procedures are alar lift, alar narrowing, and lowering the nostrils. The change in nostril size and the asymmetry of the alar base are dramatic. Procedures at other hospitals can be irreversible. If they remove too much alar tissue, it cannot be undone. If the surgery fails, there is no answer. That happened to someone I know; it is unrecoverable. Alar lift and narrowing can be revised later if needed, even if the position is changed arbitrarily.
That is why I chose [Doctor A]: his aesthetic sense plus a high, straight bridge that still keeps a refined look. He does not make it artificially or uncomfortably high, but the height still gives a strong presence. The tip, nostril size symmetry, and the ability to pull the tip in without overdoing it are the reason I decided on him instead of a nose specialist who is famous elsewhere. People around me, both men and women, say my nose has obvious height and presence, but from the side and at oblique angles, and when I tilt my head down, it looks three-dimensional, and if I do not say anything, they say it looks like a natural nose from birth. That is because the angle connecting the bridge, dorsum, and tip is not artificial.
There are also hospitals with initials like this that are famous, but for a picky person like me, the reason I chose [Doctor A] at [Clinic A] instead of those famous places is that [Doctor A] performs only two nose surgeries per day. He emphasizes that even 0.1 mm matters when holding the alar base and nasal tip. Even patients who want a glamorous nose need refinement at the tip, so when reducing the tip, he also carefully checks nostril symmetry and the exact millimeter size of the alar base, and he stresses proportions. Because of this attention to detail, and because he is from Busan, he seems blunt, taciturn, cold, and severe, but in consultation he clearly says what can be improved, what cannot, and what would be dangerous or impossible to maintain long-term. That confidence is why I ended up lying down on [Doctor A]’s operating table.
<<Why [Doctor A] at [Clinic A] chose autologous costal cartilage>>
In Gangnam, he harvests autologous costal cartilage the most, and since he has done it this way from the time he opened the clinic, I think his slice-and-carve know-how is on a different level from surgeons at other hospitals. I also know that specialists at other hospitals who have done autologous costal cartilage for more than 15 years have around 5,000 cases. I heard [Doctor A] has done more than 12,000 cases, so I chose [Clinic A] because I wanted to avoid surgery again forever without complications.
Also, the suturing of the donor site for the autologous costal cartilage was done very tightly with proper tension maintained, so I thought my nasal tip cartilage and alar cartilage would become sturdy with the rib cartilage too. I decided based on that. Knotting technique is extremely important, everyone. There are many people who end up with bending or septal collapse because the knot suturing was not done properly, and they need revision surgery...... [Clinic A] is where people go saying, “Please save my nose,” after their nose has already been ruined by three or four surgeries.......