John E Griggs

I met Dr. John Griggs in 2014. His office environment is relaxed and simple. The staff are extremely helpful. I never felt rushed by Dr. Griggs or his staff. When I had my rhinoplasty he came to visit before and after in hospital room. He also called at home to check up or return any messages. I'm very satisfied with my results. Although not perfect but natural looking. The best part is I still look like me. I've seen rhinoplasty results where the person looked completely different. That wasn't my goal. My droopy tip was lifted slightly. My nostrils taken in a bit. My hump removed. Also my deviated septum fix. My look and breathing is a huge improvement. I did get restylane filler months later on my nose bridge. I had a divot. In a year I will probably get artefill. My results will last longer. This is why I say not perfect. There was some touch ups after my rhinoplasty but nothing complicated or impossible. Overall I am happy. Anyone thinking of rhinoplasty or has had it understand this is for an improvement and you may need a touch up of some sort. Well good luck to everyone going through rhinoplasty. Remember to have an open mind and good communication with your surgeon.

Updated on 19 Jan 2017:
First primary rhinoplasty was on October 14, 2014. On July 15, 2015 I had a minor touch up /revision. I had a small bump on my nose bridge after my primary procedure. My touch up trimmed my alar base due to nostril flare and rasped small bump. After both procedures I can feel a small bump on nose bridge and some visible scars. I had a filler put into my nose bridge to fill in divot. 1 year and 6 months after surgery I'm content with my results. I still look like me. Natural looking and a cute nose. I can still feel a bump on nose bridge but not visible. Scars on alar base and columella are lightly visible up close. I practically have to put my face an inch or so in front of mirror to see the scars lol. I'd rather have these imperfections than other complications I have read. This definitely is a nice improvement. I really like the way my whole face is balanced. Of course I can continue looking for improvement but sometimes chasing perfection can lead to disaster.

Thank you Dr. John Griggs for all your help. I recommend anyone to have rhinoplasty by you. You are very kind, understanding and talented.

The original price of my primary rhinoplasty was 4,700.
After revision total was 6,700.
Filler $750

Updated on 15 Mar 2017:
I contemplated on getting closed or open rhinoplasty for so long. The two surgeons I met with suggested open which I ended having. Although I have some imperfections and some complaints of the outcome of my nose. Overall I'm content. I have seen hundreds of reviews of closed and open rhinoplasty and there's unhappy people regardless of which technique was used. I feel like it's almost like the luck of the draw when it comes to cosmetic surgery. One surgeon can have 90 happy patients out of 100. You might be in either category. Just understand this is the chance we take with surgery.

Anyways my point is let the doctor/surgeon decide whether to use closed or open technique on you. He/ She is performing the surgery. They have the education, skills and technique to use with each individual patient. Also understand it may not be perfect for you.

I hope those who are struggling with their rhinoplasty results and those who plan to have rhinoplasty take some of the things I mentioned in consideration. All our experiences are different.

I hope the very best for all of us. This definitely is a life changing experience.

Updated on 10 Apr 2017:
Reflecting on the past 3 years of my rhinoplasty experience. To be honest I sometimes tell myself I should of never had the revision. Although a minor touch up I still have things that bother me. My surgeon didn't charge me for the revision. I only had to pay hospital and anesthesia fees (2000 total). I wasted 750 on a filler to try to fix the divot on my nose bridge which isn't noticeable only felt. Once in awhile in dim lights I can see it. But I can live with this. My profile looks better the second time around. During my revision he took in my nostrils. They flared a lot and made my nose wide looking. My surgeon suggested this during my primary but I wasn't ready to do that. Today I look at myself in the mirror and I feel beautiful. Yes the scars around my nostrils and columella bother me and the divot but no one notices it unless your face is touching my face. My husband tells me often my nose looks so much better than before surgery. My hump and nostril flare is gone or less. I love the fact my nose looks similar to my old nose just an improved version. Should I have had the revision? Should I have searched for a surgeon who did a closed rhinoplasty? Maybe but what's done is done. Can't change it. Who really knows if I went with a different surgeon my nose wouldn't look natural. I don't look overdone. My face still looks the same. I look like me after surgery. Just a little better. So to answer myself I made these choices for the right outcome. I'm content.

Next, should I try a Bellafill or another surgery to improve my divot on my nose bridge? ..... ummm I think I should tap out. Enough is enough. I might just make things worst. I am not deformed. I look natural and look like me. I feel beautiful. Not perfect but that's ok. It probably will never be perfect. It's not worth the risk to take the chance to screw up what's nice already.

I feel like especially women young and old are so critical and never happy. It's time to pump my brakes and realize what I already have before it's gone. Ladies please do yourself a favor. See the beauty you have within and externally. Be thankful. Treat yourself good. Stop being so hard on yourself. And remember none of us are perfect.

My surgeons words, " Chasing perfection will only lead to disaster ".

He told me this after my primary. I was stubborn and went for round 2 but thankfully I came out ok. I came out more than ok. I came out still beautiful.

Good luck in your rhinoplasty experience. Keep positive.

My last 3 years have been a roller coaster of happy and not happy nose days but I have reached a point in my experience to accept what I already have. What I have is good. My surgeon was good to me.

Thank you again Dr. Griggs.

Updated on 27 Jun 2017:
I have a change of mind. Do I want to risk Bellafill? It sounds great but what if I do develop bumps and other issues. My small bump hasn't bothered me. I rarely see it. Only in low dim lights. 99% percent of the time I do not see it. Sometimes it feels smaller and other times a slight bigger. Nothing like my original nose.

The one thing that is at this time bothering me is the scars. One side of my nostril and my columella. Maybe it won't bother me in a couple weeks. My nose looks better than my original. If my scars are the only thing that bothers that's much better than having a deformed nose after rhinoplasty. My nose looks very pretty. It's natural and I look like me. I guess I should accept it how it is.

I do plan to talk to my rhinoplasty surgeon and others about the scar. Most likely I may just leave it alone.

There's risk in any surgery. We have to look at the pros and cons. Perfection is not realistic.

Updated on 9 Aug 2017:
Some pictures. I will keep them up for a short time.

I am 26 and a mother of three kids ages 7, 6 and 2. I weigh between 105-110 and I'm 5,2. Growing up I weighed 120-125 and had DD non perky breasts and large nipples. With pregnancy i was in a DDD however i never breast fed. I dreamed of small perky ones that for my body. I always thought I'd get an implant especially after my first consult a few years ago with a different doctor. I then realized I would be a full C or D cup since before my lift I was filling a C easy except for a gap in the top. I don't really care if I have upper pole fullness as long as my nipples didn't look at the floor and extra skin was gone. I also just feel funny about putting an object in my body. So I had only a lift I 7/16 a lollipop with only a inch cut underneath. Immediately I was upset afterwards because the looked shaped different. Since then they have evened out a lot which I feel better about but now suddenly that one looks so much bigger. One of them is so perfect I'm in love and the other one seem like it has more tissue and is pushing into my pit area more. Like the pockets bigger and has more . I guess that one was always shaped a little different and a little larger but he never really mentioned anything except it sagged further. He asked if I felt they were the same which I said for the most part yea because all the extra skin I think it was hard to tell especially since I avoided even looking at them. I understand I'm only 3 weeks post but I always need to have a plan B. I am very critical of myself and very anxious/ anxiety driven. I have been very upset about this and obsessive :( I'm also getting married in 9 weeks and going to Jamaica and just wanted to feel Super comfortable with myself. :( So my question is what do I do? I know I need to wait 3-6 months for more final results and to correct anything. I wouldn't want to rush into anything. What would I expect his answer to be? Like is this my fault or his fault? Price wise like what should I expect? A discount with hospital fees or Regular price? Free win hospital fees? I will need to save so I need a Idea number. I paid $5800 for the surgery before is it was $980 hospital $1144 for sleepy juice :) $3670 doctor. Also he is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon so I know he could fix this himself not someone else. He is a highly recommended doctor in the area and does more reconstructive then plastic

Updated on 9 Aug 2013:


Updated on 11 Aug 2013:
So I'm trying to feel better today and appreciate everyone's comments. One is bigger then the other but I'm trying to be realistic that my natural shape is not even. One breast was bigger and wider and kind of slooped further to the side. He can only work with what he has! Before I had my lift i looked at everyone's pictures on yahoo and google and was like omgggg so perfect! Then now I go back and realize everyone has a breast that is bigger or a different shape a little! Mine really are close but not exact. I will address my concerns on Thursday and just be realistic about it only being a month the 16th and that I know some of the thins I'm a little upset about ( like nipple position) are natural to my body shape. I didn't get implants because I wanted to be true to who I was sometimes I have to pull back to my original goals. I would have killed for these breasts a few months ago! Another thing I keep telling myself to is that if I havea revision to fix size or shape it might still not be even or perfect! I could come out with even more uneven nipple sizes, position and size! Us woman need to not be so critical of myself. I actually was pretty happy and optimistic until I read about other ladies being critical of themselves! :) so today... I'm optimistic and know I look better then before and worse case I'm sure my doctor would do a small revision at an reasonable rate.

Updated on 16 Aug 2013:
I just am so unhappy with my results. I cry all day everyday. Tomorrow I am a month post op and my breasts are different shapes, sizes, firmness and looks and I hate my nipple position. I have talked to my PS about a revision. He said a few things we can do but I def need to wait for final results because we are far from them. I have such racing thoughts and need to now focus on my wedding and kids and readdress this afterwards. My mom already said she will take a week off to watch kids in the winter and I can swing it financially even if I don't want to. Sometimes I want to go to a different PS but I couldn't Afford that and the one I have is so highly recommended. Waiting is just so hard.

Updated on 21 Aug 2013:
So here is my 5 week pic. See the problem! I have one great boob and the other one has just become deflated with extra skin and no tissue! I'm a whole cup size difference. It becomes more obvious everyday so m PS hasn't seen it for over a week and won't for a couple more. So in the mean time I just heal and then see what's next. I don't want to make my bigger one smaller so I'm considering implants or who knows. I can't leave it like this though

Updated on 21 Aug 2013:
Forgot the pic

Updated on 26 Aug 2013:
6 weeks tomorrow. Today they look a little more alike then last week. I haven't looked at my nipples under the tape but can see them and I know one is a bit bigger and odd shaped but can be fixed. I'm tryin to figure out what is normal and I un normal for natural breasts ( no implant) to be different in size. One is fuller then the other which I guess it was before too!

Updated on 26 Aug 2013:


Updated on 2 Sep 2013:
My title is an understatement. I can't stand them. I have a follow up with my PS on Thursday and I will express how unhappy I am and why... Kindly but will let him know my true feelings. In a month I meet with another PS as well to see what he says. I will keep everyone updates. For now here is a pic at 7 weeks

Updated on 5 Sep 2013:
I don't want to get into crazy detail but I had a PS visit today. Basically it went ok. I told him right away how unhappy I was still and showed him all the reasons why. He agreed about the size difference and said he could revise that and make one smaller. The problem is the smaller one is so small :( he recommended against the implant because my anxiety and all new problems. He also said he would not give me one for those reasons. He didn't seem to care I was upset about nipple size or shape and just kept referring to the fact they were smaller and better then before. I know that and I don't expect perfection but I didn't do this to be unhappy. All in all he will do a revision once I'm healed but wasn't understanding my concerns to their full extent. He was nice but maybe not enough compassion to how much this has upset me? I will be glad to meet with a new PS is October and maybe even a 3rd one to get opinions. I will go from there. My PS said to come back in 6 weeks or even sooner if I would like to talk more about revisions but I'm jut not sure if I can use him if he doesn't understand. I know I won't be perfect but I deserve to be happy with my breasts? I hope at least

Updated on 5 Feb 2014:
It's almost 7 months post op. I am happier now but not 100% happy. However I never am totally happy about anything! One breast is bigger then the other and it drives me nuts but it was always bigger... If I have him revise and take tissue out I have to pay $2,000 hospital fee and it doesn't mean it will be better. My right nipple "peaks" a the top so I am having that revised in a few weeks but its easy and free. He will just round it out a little. Other then that I feel normal but everyday I can see myself still healing daily. Scars are still a bit hard in some spots. It's def a LONG process. I attached a few pictures I took real fast.

Updated on 5 Feb 2014:

Horrific! First operation he didn't do what he said he was going to do. I went in for taking out my implants and a left. He took them out, told me that we didn't agree on the lift until I pulled out my paperwork. Then he agreed to do it later that week (two surgeries in now), and when I took the bandages off I cried. They look completely and absolutely disfigured. My mother and daughter looked at them and couldn't believe how awful they were. I'm now six months down the road(they look worse!), and good luck sewing for malpractice because it's almost impossible to sew for plastics. However, I am still speaking to my lawyer and hope that I will recover something from this, plastics gone wrong nightmare. I have not allowed any man see my chest in 7 months now and can't afford to pay for them AGAIN!. BEWARE! Do not go there!

Hi, I had my first breast implants about 8 years ago. It is the mentor high profile 400 cc silicon. I loved how full and big they were but I did not know the swelling went down and I was unhappy. I was looking for a size D bra size. I'm wearing a size 36 C. Well now I'm getting the 800 mentor high profile silicon implants. Hope I'll be a DD. Does any one know what size I will be? I'm 5"3 and 115 pounds.

Updated on 2 Feb 2016:
Dr Griggs is the best. He got the 800cc's in there. Swollen but love the new sizes. I'm a happy camper.

Updated on 10 Feb 2016:
Swollen still. Implant on the left dropped a little. Stretching on my stitches, kind of burning on and off. I took the sterli strips off after taking the picture. Feel better. Going to take a Tylenol. Hope the pain goes away

Updated on 24 Feb 2016:
Went to Victoria's secret and was fitted for a new size bra. I was a 36 C. Now I'm a 34 DDD. Hope when then the breast drop and fluff they stay the same size. My breast don't see big to me. I guess the boobie greed monster is here Lol :-D. Btw I got the biggest Silicon implants they make in the United States, 800 Cc. I guess I should of gone with the Ultra high profiles then the High profiles. I guess it's a waiting game now.

Updated on 24 Feb 2016:
The nice young women sized me and asked what I think I prefer for a bra style. I said a lightly lined demi bra. I tried the Dream Angel lace bra. I fell in love with it. I was going to plunk down the $52.00 plus tax. I changed my mind and went to e bay. I found a couple that style and size but were used. I guess I'll wait till I find some coupon. I know after paying a small fortune for new Boobs I'm plum tapped out.

Updated on 25 Feb 2016:
I noticed there is a slight skin drag under my left breast. I pointed out to Dr. Griggs. He said it will probably go away with time,I hope so. I think my breast are still a little swollen but not sure. They are riding high still. I like my side profile. Yep I'm glad I picked the High profiles.

Updated on 14 Mar 2016:
My Right breast is dropping faster then the left. To me my Breast don't look like a 34 DD. And still have the weird hanging fold on my lower left breast. I guess is a botched job.

Updated on 14 Mar 2016:
I love the side profile. Wish that I went with the the Ultra high instead of the high profiles.

Updated on 14 Mar 2016:
Still kind of fit in my old Walmart sports bra.The bra is a 36 C. Victoria's secret I'm a 34 DDD and a 34 DD on a Bali Bra. I guess different sizes in all bra companies. In the future I'm thinking of going up to 1000 cc's in saline implants but I'm tired of throwing money away and I'm not getting any younger at 47. The silicons I have only go up to the maximum of 800 cc. I'll see how I feel about the look in the summer.