POSTED UNDER African American Rhinoplasty Reviews
Unhappy With Results - Ann Arbor, MI
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How I'm doing...
barbie82July 15, 2013
$4,500
Some days I like my nose, some days I hate it. It's not how I want it, and I plan one day soon to have it fixed. For now, this is the nose I have, and it's not a horrible nose by any stretch of the imagination. I just know what it could be. I don't respond to questions that have been answered numerous times...like "what surgeons did you go to?" Any relevant questions, I'm more than happy to answer. Good day all! xo
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barbie82May 29, 2013
Please do not be distracted by the hair, make up & cleavage. I'm focusing STRICTLY on my nose. It is indeed crooked & I'd it needs to be a tad thinner & pointier.
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May 29, 2013
Ok yes the bridge looks a litte swollen? Remind me, how far post-op are you? I just wonder whether it is swelling that will subside in a few months? Also, I can see now that the primary result is not as convincing in the latest picture that you posted.
I am due to have my procedure in a month. I am already experiencing lots of negativity from my black (predominantly female) friends who tell me that my nose isn't THAT big, and that that is just how black noses are supposed to be (all of these girls have noses half the size of mine and are not ridiculed by other black males and females because of it!!). I have just decided to what is best for me.
May 29, 2013
I had the revision done February 2012. The surgeon who did my revision now tells me that I'll need a graft, amongst other things done to my nose along w/cadaver to project my nose. I'm extremely pissed off about this!!
May 29, 2013
So, the Dr. can't graft from your ear, rib or any other place- he suggest a cadaver?!! hmmm, I'm not sure about this. I'm not sure about you going to the same doctor who produced results you were not happy about. I think you DO look amazing, but I understand if YOU are not happy and that is ultimately who you have to please.
May 29, 2013
He can, but being black, we scar easily. I wouldn't want a huge, ugly, keloid on my ear of any place else.
May 29, 2013
Well, I get that. I am 1 month post op and my Dr. took graft from my ear and side of my head (behind my hair line) to project my nose. So far, I don't see or feel any evidence of keloid from those places he harvested and I normally scar in that way. So, hopefully there'll be no issue. Maybe a cadaver graft makes sense? I would just be afraid of other things, like rejection?
June 1, 2013
I really don't see anything wrong with your revision. Are you sure a third nose job is worth the risk?
June 1, 2013
You are beautiful but the one photograph does make my eyes automatically navigate to your nose. It's not an ugly nose by any means, but for that price and for you to go in with an exact description of what you want, I would expect it to look like exactly what you described. Most people just say they want a smaller nose which can mean 100 variations, but u had your facts and image right from the start. I would not go back to the same doc unless he can assure you be can fix it OR he refunds you and offers to pay a highly skilled doc to correct it. Then you will probably have to refer a few "friends" to him for him to make or break even. (Don't send any close friends unless he can do it the way you want it. Lol) but your simply gorgeous and you and everyone already knows it. Good for you to stand up for what you were promised and what you want and believe in. I wish I was brave and attractive enough to add my photo. :)
June 1, 2013
Oh, and offer to remove or update your comment if the doc can or does make it right. I'm sure that a post this big and on going can make a huge difference in the future business for that area. (Michigan? I'm not sure though that I would get anything else done there, I would stick to McLean, Virginia. Bethesda, MD, or just go back to Cali and pay the plane ticket price and still save money since its so competitive there. It's just I can't take all that time like I did when I got my nose done there 4 years ago. (Irvine) still good docs there and just as competitive in price. Good luck to you, can't wait to see the new revision. I hope you don't have any bad scaring being hat you had multiple cuts on the same Area.
June 1, 2013
Perfect, you will be fine and I wish u the best. If after the 3rd attempt, ur still not satisfied, give it a couple of years and reassess your vision. Mine has changed like 2 times since I did mine and I wish I went for a more natural look. Yours still looks natural after 2 surgeries so either your nose was really different before, or they barely did anything, or I'm just that superficial about noses. Probably all of the above, lol, use this website to your best advantage when researching another doc. Mine retired shortly after mine, and probably should have retired like 10 years before he even did mine but he still had that Cali rhino touch. I just don't remember even researching it online back then, I used friends of mine who had done theirs at the same doc, and they look amazing. (You look amazing too, but if your not happy, then u gotta fix it or u will just never be happy with it and it will bother u more and more as time and age goes by. I'm probably a little bit younger than you but I look older because I can't stop tanning and getting microdermabrasion and then tanning like the day after. Ugh!!!!!) I'm just never going to be happy with what I got am I. I need to post a pic so I can get some wonderful compliments like you did, to keep my confidence up. But I'm not going to let people talk me out of what I want and how I want it to look. :)
June 12, 2013
Exactly. Every time I go in to see the doctor who did my revision, he tells me my nose is fine...sure. I will never understand why doctors won't tell you if they can't achieve the results you want! Grrrr
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February 22, 2019
I'm not trying to be rude, but what do you wanna achieve by going under surgery? Your nose is perfect! I just did my Nose to look like your bose
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