Post-op Rhinoplasty - Too Soon to Tell - Houston, TX

10+ year update. I would not recommend. I chose this surgeon because he is supposed to be good at rhinoplasty. Well, the right side of my bridge is like it is missing support and looks completely different from the left side. It feels dented in compared to the left side. Also, the nostril on my right is higher. Extremely noticeable when I smile. The main reason I wanted to have rhinoplasty done was for the width of my nose and nostrils. Now the bridge is narrower, but I have flared nostrils that don't fit the bridge. My profile on left is completely different as well. One side is fuller on the tip and the other is completely straight. I have regretted surgery for 10+ years and have been recently researching revisions. My nose looked so much better before. I would not recommend.

I had a good experience with my doctor in everything except my results. The reason I gave him a 3 star rating is due to Aesthetics. Before having surgery by Dr. Siegel I had a consultation with another doctor in Houston that had a different idea of what should be done to my nose. I cannot tell you how many times since my surgery I wish that I would have went with the other doctor. I think my nose would have looked much better if I had. I wanted my nose to be slimmer. That was why I went to see a plastic surgeon in the firstplace. I felt like the bridge was too wide and also my nares were too wide when I smiled. Dr. Siegel disagreed with the fact that my nares were too wide, but he felt like my nose was turned up to far so he wanted to pull the tip down and narrow the bridge. The bridge of my nose post-op turned out fine, but that is the only thing. The tip of my nose blanches now when I smile because the cartilage there is hard and pointed. Since the tip of my nose is now pulled down but my nares are still wide when I smile it looks like I am sneering in all of my pictures. I am always too embarrassed to have my picture taken now. The other doctor I had the other consultation with was more expensive, and Dr. Siegel had me convinced that I didn't need an alarplasty or graft added to the tip of my nose. So I went with Dr. Siegel and have regretted it for the last 4 years. I would love to have a revision, but I am worried that the result would not be any better and the cost is too much. I had been saving for that surgery for awhile.

Also, the tip of my nose looks much different on my left profile than it does on my right profile. I now have a good side and a bad side.