“Still have hump”
Rhinoplasty: Worth it
Pain: Uncomfortable
The first time I went with my surgen I just wanted to get rid of a hump.He said he was going to do closed rhino just to rasp the bone.Day of surgery 4/8/09 he said he was going to do an open rhino to get a better look inside the nose, break the bone, narrow the bridge and bring up the tip.
Well the bridge and the tip are fine, but I still have a hump. I was worried because it felt hard like bone. On my 1 week post op I asked him about it and he said it was swelling.
In my 1 month post op he admitted and confirmed it was bone, but not to be concerned. He gave me a silicon injection, he wants to give me another in a month and another in a year and says that will take care of the hump.The thing is I don't want cover up injections, I want the hump removed.
I'm sure he can do a closed rhino, just rasp what was left, the question is if he willing to do it and not charge me again for what I have already paid for.
May 7, 2009Comments and replies (27)
34 posts
8 May 2009
Even though I hate the results of my rhinolasty, my first dr. did agree to do asmall revision a few weeks after mhy initial surgery. I was charged $400.00 for some kind of IV that was supposed to sedate me. I was awake fo the entire thing. I don't think your surgeon should charge you anymore than that. it seems like he would want to make you feel good about your nose. Good Luck.
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13 May 2009
Its been 6 weeks, and my hump still hasnt gone down. I'm soo mad. Not only that, but I told my dr to fix my deviated septum, he didn't do that either! The sad part is I can't get my money back because the dr. "tried" Bullshit! The only positive thing about it is I get free touchups; My dr said that it will change in the span of a year, which again, I think is bullshit. I have friends who got their noses done in the middle-east, for a fraction of the cost, and they had no bump at all. :(, should have done it there.
24 posts
15 May 2009
Dont let him walk on you... Im pretty sure mines bone too... I was reading this site.. and it said.. the number one cause of this is usually because the surgeon was rushed... He prob squeezed in another apmt right after our surgery to make more money those greed agggh... Be stiff.. tell him what u agreed on.. and let him know u didnt pay for injections you payed for the removal of the hump!
24 posts
15 May 2009
I think at that point.. if he says no to shaving your hump... You could prob sue him... and he would be foolish to do that!.. Becase.. your agreement was to have cosmetic surgery ... not injections. The agree was to shave the bump and hes now wanting to inject it... Like I said.. thats not what you payed for.. if you have msn, add me s.2.thez@hotmail.com, we will talk more on this.
7 Jun 2009
I also recently had a closed rhinoplasty to remove the hump on the bridge of my nose (09/04/09). I was completely disappointed to see that the bump was still there and VERY prominent when the bandages came off one week later. My doctor told me that what I was seeing was residual swelling, and it would take months for the bump to go down. One month later, much to my frustration, the bump had BARELY gone down. Even my mother thought the procedure wasn't properly done. I was devestated, and I cried a lot during those few weeks. I finally booked another appointment with my doctor about 5 weeks post-op. Again, my doctor reminded me that my nose was still healing. She looked inside my nose and claimed that the nose would first heal itself on the inside before healing on the outside. She said that everything looked great on the inside so far and to be patient because these things take months to heal, and I probably wouldn't see the results I wanted until the 3rd month, post-op. I was still a tad skeptical, but I felt much better having spoken with her again. It has now been 2 months post-op and the bridge of my nose is ALMOST completely straight. I feel much more secure about the procedure than I did one month ago. I can see the swelling start to go down bit by bit almost everyday now and I'm SO much happier. My advice to anyone who is unhappy with their results a few weeks after surgery is DON'T lose hope! BE PATIENT! Chances are your doctor was very conservative in the removal of your hump and what you're seeing is residual trauma from the surgery itself and it WILL go down after time. The bump on my nose was hard and it felt like bone, not soft or spongey like I thought it should. I thought for sure my doctor messed up my nose, but I'm much much happier with the results now. Hope that helps! :)
7 posts
10 Jun 2009
hey everyone..am really gald that i finally found some nice ppl like you who really share da same feeling as i feel now!!i underwent a nose job 10 days ago and so far am extremly down..am crying a lot coz after removal of the splint i found out that the bump is stil there n my look didnt change at!!!..now plz can anyone just console me and tel me wat exactly should i do?puting into consideration that am 100 percent sure dats NOT a swelling on da contarary of wat my doctor said to me!!:(
7 posts
11 Jun 2009
well so far u r the only consolation to my situation.coz in fact am soo depressed n i dun want to face ppl or anyone after the operation!!:(..i thought my whole appearance would change before my engagment on the 3rd of july..but obviosly i was totaly wrong!!:(...thanks anyway..plz all, just pray for me !!!am soo depressed!!!thanks again
24 posts
13 Jun 2009
I broke my nose when I was 14 in karate practise when I was sparring with another individual who was 21 at the time and alot bigger than me. He kicked me straight on the bridge of my nose with his heel when I went in for the jab and my nose swelled like a plum. I figured my nose was only swelling, wanted to go get it checked out(wish I had) but my mom thought it was just swelling and it would heal on its own. few months later, a bump had formed, my nose was fatter, and it was deviated... he totally destroyed my nose. I lived 7 years depressed about my nose... until one day I had saved enough money to go get it fixed... I did it, payed every penny I had to get it fixed... and it still looks very similar as it did before I had surgery. I am very depressed about the results, and can't stop bugging my gf about it who keeps telling me just give it time it will get better. My nose is still deviated,(didnt even BUDGE!) and their is still a hump(not as big but you can still notice it)and it looks fat. I am soo depressed at this moment and feel like I got ripped off. The only thing that makes me feel better is the fact that he said I get free touchups soo Im going to give it a few more months (2 and a half months post op) and if I dont like it Im going to tell him I dislike the result and want the free touchup simple... it just sucks that I go through this everyday ... depressed with the way I look over an injury that happend years ago. Everytime I look in the mirror it depresses me. I feel like I could have done soo much more in life and been more successful if it wasnt for my nose... It consumes my life. I stare at it in the mirror for long periods of time hoping it will get better*(7 years of depression over the way you look... feel ugly because of my nose TORTURE feeling). :(
1 post
16 Jun 2009
I'm glad I found other people who are going through or went through the same thing I am. I just had my nose surgery 7 days ago, and I got my splint off yesterday. I was crestfallen, to say the least. I knew that there was a lot of swelling in the tip of my nose (I look like I have a pig's nose...not attractive), and I know that's going to go down. However, the surgery was mainly for the bump in my nose, and like many of you, when the splint came off, I saw the bump was still there...slightly less so, but still there. I'm telling myself it's just swelling and that it will straighten out, but also like many of you, the bump feels hard, like bone. The swelling in the tip of my nose doesn't feel like that, so I'm terrified the bump will stay. I've dreamed about this for 8 years now, and I'm totally depressed because I fear it was all for nothing. I'm holding out hope that the swelling is on the inside, and that maybe the bones just haven't "settled." I don't know. I think when I see my doc in 4 weeks and it hasn't gone down by then, I'll tell him I'm not happy with it. I doubt I'll get a free "touch-up" or whatever, so I won't know what to do anyways. *sigh*
5 posts
25 Jun 2009
i had rhinoplasty done to also remove a minor dorsal hump. Its been 2 months out of surgery and my nose is pretty much straight except for a bump that also feels like bone and that bump makes it look like i never got my nose done. it pretty much looks the same because of that bump. From certain angles it looks like i still have a hump. I heard that the steroid injection can mess up ur nose but this bump is driving me insane. When i first got out of surgery i was swollen shut for a week and a half it looked like i got hit by a bus. And now after 2 months i am not satisfied. I understand that it takes atleast 6 months for the bump to go away but ive had friends that got rhinoplasty done nd it looks like they have no swelling at all around the nose and there nose is slightly curved. I wanted my nose to be slightly curved without the bump! Will it go awayyy or will that bump stayyyy????