After my first rhinoplasty, my malocclusion was severe, so I had double-jaw surgery. The problem was that my nose changed a lot after the surgery. The change was more severe than I expected, so I was a bit flustered. The bridge of my nose looked sunken and widened, a hump appeared, and the nasal tip drooped downward... I thought it would get better with time, but it ended up settling that way, so every time I looked in the mirror, I was extremely stressed. At the hospital where I had my first surgery, there wasn't really any solution... In the end, I started going to consultations with the thought that I needed to find a clinic that could properly fix it. Then I found out about a clinic, and since they had many revision cases and were said to achieve good shapes even without implants, I went in for a consultation. What impressed me most during the consultation was how they explained in real detail how the structure changes after double-jaw surgery. Rather than just looking at the outer appearance, they structurally pointed out the septal position, the tilt of the columella, and the left-right asymmetry of the columella and nostrils. Maybe because the doctor was an otolaryngology specialist, they also checked the functional aspects, so this time I felt I could really trust them and go ahead. For the surgery, the nasal bridge was done without implants, and the nasal tip used autologous costal cartilage, and they also corrected my deviated nose overall. To be honest, autologous costal cartilage was a little scary, but it was more manageable than I expected, and in the beginning there was a foreign-body sensation and pain, but now the pain has almost disappeared and recovery is fast. I'm currently 3 weeks post-op, and quite a lot of the swelling and bruising has gone down. Even though it was done without implants, the nasal bridge has been set with a stable look, so I'm satisfied. More than anything, the nasal tip line is much cleaner than before, and the widened look has been refined, so I've also heard that my facial proportions have changed a lot. It hasn't completely settled yet, but I'm leaving this review in case it helps people like me who are worried because their nose collapsed after surgery. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments. I'll share as much as I can within the range of what I've experienced!
This review is a surgery review pursuing reconstruction.