에디션 — Review

I would like to state that this post is a real review of my own firsthand experience, not false information or exaggerated slander. I had been thinking for a while that I should get nose surgery. I personally had a strong aversion to silicone and was worried about various side effects, so I was only considering non-implant nose surgery. Then I happened to watch a video of non-implant nose surgery on social media. When I saw the video, I loved the refined look and the nose line so much, and it seemed to suit the kind of beauty I pursue, so I saved it thinking that if I ever did it later, I would do it there. Then I finally had time, and thinking I might not be able to do it unless I did it now, I made a consultation appointment right away, completely without knowing anything, together with rhinitis surgery. To be honest, I went not so much to consult as to just set a surgery date right away, and because I had such a strong aversion to silicone and was worried about side effects, I had not even 1% intention of putting silicone in. I was completely obsessed with how well they seemed to create a smooth line without an implant, and I thought other clinics probably would not satisfy me, so I did not go to any separate consultations and just came here. I told the manager in charge that I was worried about a hump nose, a long nose, and a drooping tip, and asked the doctor about alar reduction as well. But when he said that if the tip were lifted, the nostrils would also rise and become narrower, so I probably did not need it, that made me trust them more because it seemed they would not recommend anything unnecessary. And of course, because no silicone would be inserted, it could not be as smooth and glossy as silicone. To prevent an uneven surface and make it smooth, they said they could add dermis (Megaderm) (1 mm) to the bridge, so I decided to add that. (I was told the dermis could be absorbed by about 30%, but since my goal was not to raise the bridge in the first place and I added it only because I did not want it to become uneven, I thought it would not matter. However, after surgery I searched for information and found out that Megaderm is not absorbed uniformly and could actually make things more uneven. I was not told this part. At that point I thought, why did they even put it in?) - The manager in charge said that because it is only 1 mm, it has no real meaning. When I saw the doctor's non-implant surgery videos, there was not a single bit of unevenness and the line looked so smooth, so I made a deposit without worry. On the consultation day, I wanted the surgery as soon as possible, and after checking whether it would be possible to move up the surgery time for an already scheduled patient five days later, they said it was possible, so I booked a surgery slot in the afternoon. Day of surgery Before surgery, I planned to show the doctor the photos I had brought and decide on the design. I kept waiting in the consultation room, and then they asked whether it would be okay to look at the design in the operating room. I said yes. After the doctor came, he drew the design with a pen, and in my perception it took maybe 5 seconds? 10 seconds? He drew it quickly and then I lay down on the operating table right away. Up to that point I was still thinking the doctor would handle everything well. Even if I showed photos, it would not be possible to make it 100% identical anyway, so I thought he would adjust the surgery to fit my face. 7-day follow-up As soon as the splint came off, I looked in the mirror and was just speechless, then put the mirror down. I wanted it to be slim and refined, with a glamorous feel emphasized more strongly, but probably because of the swelling, my nose looked even more blunt. The line also looked uneven, and the columella looked so sunken in, as if the nose had been sliced off, and my nose was lifted so it looked like a pig nose. I was shocked, but the swelling was so severe that I thought it must just be swelling. Also, I kept having nasal blockage and was breathing through my mouth. At that time I do not know if blood had pooled or what, but after removing the splint, the operating room staff called the doctor, and after looking at my nose condition, he squeezed my nose hard. (After that, pigmentation appeared beside the bridge between the eyebrows.) Then when I said my nose seemed too lifted, the columella seemed too tucked in, and the bridge looked uneven, the doctor said no, it was fine, so I thought, ah, it is swelling. He looked at it for about 3 to 5 minutes and then left. They told me to go speak with the manager in the lobby before leaving, so I sat in the lobby and waited, and something started flowing out of my nose. When I went to the bathroom and checked, it was blood. I received hemostasis and a swelling laser treatment, and then went home. 2-week follow-up The stitches inside my nose were removed, and the doctor checked the progress briefly, similar to last time, while I pointed out the same issues. He again said it was fine and left. Up to that point, the aftercare I received after nose surgery was just injections of some kind and two swelling-laser sessions. Even the 7-day swelling laser was because my nose bled, and at that time the manager in charge saw my nose condition and said, “The swelling is severe...” The doctor seemed busy, because whenever I received dressing care he would always only give a brief follow-up and leave. At first the manager in charge had mentioned a discount if I filmed a video and wrote a review, but filming a video felt burdensome so I did not do it. Watching the videos, it looked like the doctor removed the splint and gave more care, and honestly I even thought I should have said I would film a video instead. + To keep the inside of my nose from drying out, I kept applying ointment. By the 2-week mark, I was almost out of the eye ointment, so I asked the operating room staff, and they said I could apply something like Madecassol or Fucidin, so I kept using that. But around the time I was approaching 3 weeks after surgery, the nasal blockage was still very severe, so I went to an ENT clinic and received dressing care. The doctor there looked at my nose and asked what on earth had been done to it, so I said I had undergone rhinoplasty and rhinitis surgery together. When I heard there was also inflammation, I immediately messaged the manager in charge and asked her to schedule me for Saturday. On Saturday I went to the ENT clinic, received dressing care, and then went to the clinic. The doctor used a long cotton swab-like tool to scoop inside, and when he looked there, he said there did not seem to be any inflammation, so I did not pursue anything further and instead made an appointment for the 3-month follow-up and went home. Later, I received dressing care at the ENT clinic once or twice a week. There was a lot of crusting inside my nose, and the crusts were so sticky that they could not be removed all at once, so I kept visiting regularly for dressing care and took medicine for about a month. I kept getting dressing care until after the 2-month mark. I also heard something like, “Can you see bone?” and wondered, is that okay? When I asked, I was told that it would be fine as time passed, so I did not raise it as a separate issue. (At present, most of the crusting has been removed and the nasal blockage has improved somewhat. However, the runny nose continues.) After 2 months, I hoped it was just swelling, but from the front the nostrils were much more visible than before, and the line looked different when viewed from 45 degrees on the left and right. When I turned my head to the left it looked okay, but when I turned to the right, as the swelling had gone down, the unevenness started to stand out even more. I asked the manager in charge about an after-service check because I wondered if the hump had not been shaved down enough. But this is what the manager in charge said: “Hello, Ms. OOO~ The lines on both sides can be different, but at the 1-month follow-up nothing looked especially abnormal, so since you already have a 3-month follow-up scheduled in July, we will check it together then with the doctor and see whether a little more of the hump is needed~" I was taken aback by the part that said, “The lines on both sides can be different,” but since the doctor said he needed to check it again, I decided to look at it at the 3-month follow-up. Up to that point, I spent all day taking nose photos and checking them, so if it looked even a little better that day, my mood would be okay, and if it looked uneven again, my mood would be bad. People around me said I looked like Pinocchio and that all they could see were my nostrils. From the front, unlike before, my nostrils were so visible that I looked ridiculous, and I kept taking selfies and checking, deleting them, and spending hours a day doing nothing but looking at my nose, like I was losing my mind. 3-month follow-up My nose before surgery was curved like a \ shape. Because they performed osteotomy, that part improved compared with before, and the long nose also improved. The nostrils, which looked lifted right after surgery, had come down somewhat, but they were still more visible than before. Even if there had been some asymmetry before, it had not stood out like this. After surgery, the nostrils were clearly visible from the front and looked uneven, so I looked like the evil King of the Beaks, with the shape like ( 0 ) ( 0 ). The unevenness at a 45-degree angle was still there. When I turned my head to the right, the area between the eyebrows and the bridge looked sunken, while the hump area seemed to stick out. Two days before the follow-up appointment, I suddenly got a phone call saying that because of the doctor's surgery schedule on the appointment day, the follow-up appointment would not be possible at all that day. I said I only had time on that day, and they said there might be a waiting time. All I could feel was that they were saying, basically, “We got new surgery patients, so reschedule the follow-up for another day,” and honestly I was dumbfounded. Anyway, I visited the clinic on the appointment day. They said that if the unevenness bothered me too much, they could fill it with filler. I did not think putting filler into a nose that had already been operated on was the right thing, so I said I did not want filler. Then they said they could shave the hump a little more, but they could not guarantee it would become completely smooth, and it might actually look even stranger. So the consultation ended there. I said I did not think I even needed to come back for the 6-month follow-up and would just go home, but the operating room staff said it might still be good to see the manager in charge before leaving, so I kept waiting. Then they brought up what to do about the 6-month follow-up, and I thought, I already said I would not be coming for the 6-month follow-up, so was I waiting just to hear this? I was so irritated. On my way home, I could not do anything but cry. The doctor spoke in such vague terms that I just need some more recovery time and will probably have a revision at another hospital later. I also underwent rhinitis surgery at the same time, but after the surgery they did not separately look at the CT scans or follow up on it. I had it done because one side of my nose was always blocked and it was uncomfortable when sleeping, but while standing normally it is fine, and the nasal blockage is still there when I lie down to sleep. Additionally, the manager in charge used informal speech to me from time to time, which I found uncomfortable. I think that should be corrected. The operating room staff were kind and helpful from beginning to end, and I am still grateful to them. On the day of surgery, I was still groggy because the anesthesia had not fully worn off, and they supported me all the way to the first-floor front entrance on my way out after work. They also told me not to worry too much and that things would be okay at the follow-up, which helped me a lot mentally. This post was not written to spread false information or to defame the clinic, and I state that there is no false information in this post. This post was written with the purpose of helping people who are interested in plastic surgery make decisions, and it was written based on the rights of consumers guaranteed by our Constitution and the Framework Act on Consumers, for the purpose of sharing information and helping other patients and for the public interest, and not for the purpose of slandering any medical institution.

Doctor

한대희

Price

₩5,940,000

Median for Nose Surgery: ₩4,400,000

Visit type

2

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