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Cosmetic Rhinoplasty, So Far Really Happy - Zagreb
UPDATED FROM Mia_77
7 months post
Hi all
Mia_77April 14, 2014
WORTH IT$2,000
Just posting a new pic....Im sooo in love with my profile, its my favourite angle now! :)
UPDATED FROM Mia_77
4 months post
4 month post op
Mia_77January 26, 2014
So...i already mentioned a small bump on my left side of the nose as early as 20days post op and it seems like it's really there...pls comment if you see it too. I know its not big, and its nothing compared to my old nose, but do you think should I consider a revision to file it down a bit? My right side is so perfect, would love the left side to be identical. Appreciate the feedback :)
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January 27, 2014
The bump you are talking about is nor obvious to me. I think your nose is perfect. Please don't touch it.
UPDATED FROM Mia_77
3 months post
3 months post op
Mia_77December 11, 2013
I really, honestly have nothing to add. It's been 3 months sinnce my nose job and I'm just really really happy. What a boring review :) The swelling is still present, mainly at the bridge and varies from day to day, but generally, I am really happy with my healing and the nose looks great. So glad to have done this, wish I had the courage 10yrs ago to do this... :)
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January 5, 2014
Having had rhinoplasty with Dr Toncic has been one of the most upsetting times as I was very unhappy with the outcome, poor communication, lack of understanding and professionalism.
I feel that the communication was poor particularly post surgery, they did not listen to my concerns when I reported that there was a dent in my nose or a least it was far more evident after they performed surgery.
. I traveled from the UK and there was no follow up from them after my surgery. I had to inundate them with emails to ask what had happened to my nose. I was told to wait for the swelling to go down, I waited months, it is now 6 months post operation and I promise you there is a huge dent on the right side of my nose, no amount of makeup can cover this up.
Before I left the clinic I verbally stated that there was a dent on the side of my nose. Dr Toncic felt this was swelling, he later informed me that he did not understand that meaning of the word "dent". If they advertise themselves as a clinic who can communicate english, I feel they have failed as something I clearly communicated was not understood.
I had a consistent message from them saying that they felt it looked better, I pleaded with them to listen to my concerns, I felt it looked worse after they had operated on it. I wanted them to relate to what I was saying, trying to have communication with them post operation was a mission and I felt ignored.
There was a problem with payment when I got there, apparently it said in fine print that there was an extra charge when paying with a card, and cash would have been the better payment option. The admin lady had been off ill and nobody called me to tell me about payment options. On the day of surgery my phone would not work abroad and I had to call my partner to help me sort of the payment as I had intended to pay on card. This was the first moment I felt unhappy, as I traveled so far this should have been verbally communicated with me or at least on email.
I had to contact them 3 times for my post op notes which is something most clinic should and would provide anyway. I don't know how may others have had poor experiences of their treatments, but I urge you to take my feedback into account if you are thinking of having surgery abroad. Do your homework, i thought I had chosen the right clinic, I have been a very expensive, stressful mistake. I am now looking at having revision surgery to correct the work performed by this clinic.
January 8, 2014
Sunshine000, I am so sorry for your bad experience! Who did the surgery, was it dr Toncic senior or junior? Did you have any surgeon look at your nose in the UK?
January 26, 2014
Hi Mia_77, yes I've had a revision rhinoplasty 3 weeks ago. I had this with Dr Rowe Jones in the UK. Dr Toncic senior performed the operation as I mentioned I asked several times to have my post operation notes. Once I received them I passed them onto Dr Rowe Jones, because there was such an indentation on the left side of my nose it looked completly different from the right side. The operation was complex, it took 3 hours & Dr Rowe Jones worked to resolve the problems caused my Dr Toncic. My revision was open, the surgeon found that there was plenty of septum inside my nose to recreate a strut in the columella & fill out in indentation. Dr Toncic had told me I did not have enough septum in my nose & that was why he told cartilage from my ear. This was the most painful part of recovery. I'm angry as that was not the case, there was no need to take cartilage from my ear, I was told that during my revision Dr Rowe Jones discovered the strut created by Dr Toncic was too long & unshaped, therefor he disguarded it & placed septum there to recreate a strut. Dr Rowe Jones also found that there was 35% less cartilage left on my left side hence the indentation. The tip had also been worked on as he saw stitches there, this was not verbalised to me nor was it documented in the post operation notes from Dr Toncic. I placed my trust in Dr Toncic & now I know that his clinical judgement was not accurate. There was poor communication from the clinic after my operation, I felt that they really didn't care when I reports how unhappy I was with my nose after they operated on it. They stated that "it looked better now", that was THEIR opinion, I felt & knew it did not look better & they were not interested to hear this. Overall I felt let down by this clinic. I urge others to do their investigations before choosing cheaper surgery abroad.
January 26, 2014
I am glad you're happy now! My op was performed by Toncic junior, therefore I was really surprised by your experience since mine was completely different. I was very well taken care of and the dr did a good job with my nose. He made took made it look very natural and nobody ever noticed i had any work done. Not even my parents (we live far apart and didnt see the need to tell them and have them get upset about an 'unnecessary' surgery...and they never noticed when i visited them recently). Anyways, I am glad youre ok now
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