Before the surgery, I had to decide whether to use silicone + septal cartilage or autologous costal cartilage. I usually didn’t feel uncomfortable breathing, but the consultation manager said I was just used to breathing less than other people. They said my septum was deviated, so it would be better to do functional nose surgery too, and that it would be covered by insurance. I also told the doctor that I had lived without functional problems all this time and that nose surgery was actually my main goal. I was torn about the material, but I ended up rejecting silicone and decided on autologous costal cartilage, which would last for life. On the day of surgery, the consultation manager handled the consent form. I didn’t even get to read it carefully, and they just had me write my name and sign like that for all the consent forms. I was also told that because the material was autologous costal cartilage, there would be no need to use other materials due to shortage. During the doctor consultation, I was only told roughly that they would put autologous costal cartilage into the bridge and use autologous costal cartilage as support for the tip to raise it. On the day of surgery, during the doctor consultation, they said, “You said you had cleft lip and palate surgery before, right?” I do have facial asymmetry, but I have never had surgery in my life. They clearly didn’t understand the patient right up until just before surgery. I should have run out then... I said no and continued the consultation. They said they would grind down the autologous costal cartilage and put it on the bridge, and use autologous costal cartilage support for the tip. At first, I didn’t look into what it meant to grind down autologous costal cartilage and raise the bridge... if something I didn’t know came up there, I should have just postponed it... And there was no explanation about functional nose surgery. I thought the septum would just be straightened if it was deviated. When the surgery was over and I came out, it was almost 8 o’clock. Since I went into surgery around 1:30, it took nearly 7 hours. When I was groggy after the surgery, the surgeon came in briefly, said the surgery was done, said they were on vacation next week so another doctor would see me, and left. The explanation was over in about a minute. After the surgery, the bruising was extremely severe. Even after a month, bruises were still left. I thought the first month was just recovery time. My nose hurt so much and was so swollen, and the area where they removed the rib hurt so much too, it was hard, but I endured it thinking it was just recovery. My breathing was blocked for the whole month too, whether the cotton was removed or not, but I endured it. No matter how many times I went, there wasn’t a single thing I liked about the foreign-body sensation, the pain, or the shape. At the one-month follow-up, I asked a bit about the surgery. To my question, “Nothing went in except the autologous costal cartilage, right?” they said yes. For removal, I got the surgery record. It said mesh was used. They clearly said nothing went in except my autologous costal cartilage... I made another appointment and visited again at the two-month mark to ask about the surgery contents. Only then did they answer the questions. “After I had my own nose surgery, I asked my teacher all sorts of things too, but I was scolded. But I’m answering everything for you.” When I asked where the mesh was used, “Hmm, if mesh is used on the tip, you’d worry about inflammation, but it isn’t recorded in the surgical record, so it probably wasn’t a support structure. It was probably the method I use, where I separate the bone and septum and used it to spread them.” I didn’t really understand, and when I tried to ask one more question, they cut me off with, “Oh, it’s okay!” (I have a recording and state that this is not false, to GNG) And I found out there was a huge amount of manipulation. I didn’t think I had a hump nose, but they shaved down the hump that was sticking out (and why would they do that if it wasn’t even a silicone implant), and only now did I learn that osteotomy means breaking the bone and realigning it. They did lateral osteotomy too, and instead of just straightening the septum, they removed the curved part to align it. The lower lateral cartilage was also cut and widened, and they said they would place support, but it was actually septal extension graft plus support, on the right side with a spreader graft, and the tip had double-layer septal cartilage. It was basically at the level of septal reconstruction. It’s been 5 months. I’m now looking into possible empty nose syndrome symptoms. I still haven’t gotten a diagnosis. Maybe you don’t know, but there are very few places that diagnose empty nose syndrome.. I asked another hospital and they said it seemed like there had been too much external osteotomy. My nose feels cold and dry every day, and even my throat is dry, so I’ve been living with headaches. The shape is awful too, of course the bridge and tip got thick and turned into a man’s nose... On the bridge there’s a hump-like protrusion, and where the tip transitions, it sinks in like a saddle nose, so it’s bumpy.. I had heard that could happen when they explained no-implant surgery... But the bridge and tip really just got thick......... I spent 4 months crying every day.. I had too many years left to live and suffered through it, unable to die.. I developed social anxiety, depression, and anxiety disorders, and now I’m looking into another revision while taking psychiatric medication... I spent every day blaming myself for not researching properly and choosing this hospital..
- Doctor
- Doctor (anonymous)
- Price
- ₩6,700,000
- Visit type
- Surgery