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Since I was so nervous about my result, I made an...
So I met my surgeon again, and when I pointed out couple things I'm worried about my nose (like prominent upper bridge, uneven dents and such), he kind of got mad and raised his voice, and told me "It won't get any better then this, You just have at accept it, and LIVE WITH IT." I was little shocked, I was not really trying to complain to him or anything, I came to asking him if it will get better overtime with healing. When I asked him if there's still alot of swelling left, he told me about 90% of swelling went down and 10% is still remaining. I guess my nose won't get any better then this from this surgery :(
Now I have anxiety attack just thinking about my nose.
I have to admit the new picture I posted (The one that says "post-op17") I took it with my iPhone, and it makes my nose look little worse then how it looks in real life under natural light. And the flows are lot less noticeable when I take pictures with little more distance. But still.... I wouldn't call Rhinoplasty a success if I can't take close-up pictures with strong flash.
Now my only hope is to get injectable fillers so I can cover these dents, atleast as a temporary solution. I might get a revision after more then a year... if I do, I will make sure I will get best revision surgeon possible.
Post op 12 days. 2 more days until 2 weeks...
2 more days until 2 weeks.
Swelling is getting better, but the asymmetry of the tip seem to show more because of that. And since my tip is narrowing due to less swelling, the bridge appears wider... overall my nose seemed to look more deformed then couple days ago.
(You can see my new pictures to see what I'm talking about.)
I'm very scared. I have a feeling that dent on my tip is permanent (it was there ever since I did revision and it's only getting worse) but I hope the bridge looks wide because of the swelling and it's just healing slower then the tip....
I asked about this on Q&A, but it made me feel hopeless when a doctor told me "Tip usually heals slower then the bridge".... Does that mean my tip will become more narrow and my bridge stay this way? I'm praying to god not.
When I did my first Rhino 3 years ago, I don't remember my nose looking dramatically different after 1-2 weeks. I know this time it's revision surgery so it heals slower, but I just feel so scared.... and sad.... I just hope all the money and time I put in to this is not going to be wasted.
Post op 9 days! Yesterday and this morning I...
Yesterday and this morning I was very worried about my surgeon taking out too much cartilage out of side of my tip, making my tip look sharper then the upper bridge of my nose.
My Ideal shape is like this )( with tip being slightly wider then my bridge.
But comparing my current nose and before revision nose, seems like my bridge is even wider then it was before. And revision included hump removal.
So it must look like this because of my bridge being swollen from bone fracture.. It should become slimmer over time...
I'm telling myself that, lol, so I will feel better.
I really hope that's the case.
Provider Review
I guess the most problem I had with Dr. Kim is communication. I had absolutely no visual idea of what he is going to do to my nose. I can only tell him what I want, and he just goes "ok". To be fair, My first Rhinoplasty performed by Dr. Kim was not bad at all. No deformation or anything. The result was only little too subtle for what I wanted. My nose was slightly tiled to the left, but it wasn't too noticeable. He agreed to do revision Rhinoplasty for lot lower price, that turned out a pretty bad. Now my nose have uneven bridge, dent on middle of both side of my nose, and another big dent on left side of my tip. When I point those out he told me that My nose can't get better then this and I should accept it and live with it, but he thinks he "did a great job".... I'm surprised how much of a poor job he did compare to the first Rhino. I wonder if he didn't try as hard because I payed less. Now I have to find a good non-surgical Rhinoplasty surgeon so I can get injectable fillers in near future, so I can atleast cover the dents I got from this revision. I'm sad because I really thought this will be the last time I make any change to my face....