My Biggest Regret - Bay Area, CA

Nearly two years have passed and I am still very depressed and unhappy with these horrid results. I hadn’t used a mirror to look at my profile or other angles in months because it is too depressing but I finally decided to take another look in hopes that there was some improvement or perhaps I was hoping for a miracle but once again, my heart sank as I have to face the fact that these results are permanent and that I will never be that girl again.

I look at my old photos and would do anything to look like that again…it hurts to look at both my before or after photos. Plastic surgery ruined my neck, my face, my smile, and my life. I now have to live with a very unnatural plastic surgery appearance. I had been aging very gracefully and wish so badly that I would have never stepped foot in that PS office who reeled me in with their rehearsed sales gimmicks.

The cost of a revision is very high starting at 15k+. I still have not been able to save that kind of money and not sure when I will. I have a family and other financial obligations and it’s disheartening to know that I will use money that is much needed for other important things.

Everything that I used to like about my face is now gone. My smile, those unique looks and expressions are completely different and unattractive. I mourn all day for my former face. All I wanted was a refined tip…a small change. Dr. C assured me the changes would be subtle and no one would notice. I trusted him and believed the technique/skill of the before/after photos on his website to be his work only to find out later that I was lied to.
I discovered during a recent (revision) consultation that Dr. C had broken my nose during my primary surgery. We NEVER discussed this! Breaking my nose is not “shaving a little off”! No wonder there was so much swelling and bruising. Why would he break my nose when that area of my nose was never discussed? I never disliked or complained to him about any part of my nose, other than my tip.
I feel like my life is on hold and fear that the rest of my life will be like this. I avoid people so they don’t notice the undesirable changes to my face. The more time that passes, the more visible the asymmetry and bumps become. My breathing was destroyed during surgery and has not improved at all.
Since posting my review, the rhinoplasty section of Dr. C’s website has been edited. They removed the rhinoplasty patient numbers and the comment which credited the actual surgeon who performed patient #1’s rhinoplasty. I have saved the images of their original website and all emails in case anyone ever wants proof of anything I’ve written.

It’s been 14 months since my primary and I wish I knew then what I know now. So many other things I would much rather be doing than searching for a surgeon to perform my revision. It scares me when I read reviews from people who haven’t done enough research and trust the first surgeon they consult with as I know that they could also be making the biggest mistake of their life.

Even worse than hating my new face, is what it’s done to me emotionally. I feel violated and victimized by the unethical plastic surgery office that sold me these surgeries. Makes you lose faith in your fellow man and yourself for falling for their marketing schemes and lies. Being depressed has not only hurt me but my loved ones and I hate that I allowed this to happen to my family because I was too trusting and didn’t spend enough time going on more consults and researching.

I realize that I can never get my original look back but hoping to find an honest and very skilled surgeon who can at least restore breathing. Restoring some of my old confidence back is a dream. I am afraid to hope for more as I don’t want to be let down again.