So Far So Good! - Beverly Hills, CA

Hello! I am updating as I finally came back onto Realself. I didn't check my hotmail for ages and I had so many messages and many that I may have missed from people on here. Please resend and I will answer. I am still considering and contemplating having my spreader grafts repositioned/augmented. Most people can't really tell what I am talking about but I notice it in the way the light hits my nose and I think the highlight that hits my nose looks like it comes in too much where the spreader graft has drifted inward. I want it fixed so that it improves my nose aesthetically (wider right where the bone and upper laterals meet up) and to ensure it's structure is sound for years to come. Who knows if this would have happened anyway or if it was a result of something that happened since the surgery. Dr. Frankel concurred when I last saw him over a year ago and he feels that it would involve much less recovery than last time. My husband is not too impressed and thinks I should just leave it but he is annoyed with the whole rhinoplasty journey anyway. PM me for more details. I know there have been mixed experiences with Dr. Frankel but he really did help improve my nose. I had a complicated nose (damage to cartilage from a sports impact) that made it less routine than some rhinoplasties as well as a disastrous primary (thanks to Profiles Beverly Hills- just thinking of that conjures up terrible memories).

Dr. Frankel is going to do a couple of minor adjustments for me. I don't really want the look of my nose changed much, if at all. Now I am just trying to figure out when is the optimum time to do it and if it would be better to wait for another year to proceed. I feel confident in Dr. Frankel and he and I are both in agreement in what needs to be done. It is fairly minor in that most people unless they are also rhino patients, may not even notice. I am not looking forward to the healing process again but it went well last time though I had to deal with the swelling and oily nose for several months afterwards but that is to be expected. I found him to be very warm and kind at my last follow-up and was easy to communicate with. I really appreciate that.

I will see Dr. Frankel in the fall for a follow-up. I think I may need a couple of adjustments and I am hoping they are minor. I think that for an excellent revision surgeon like him, these issues will not be too complex to correct. I do feel that he is easy to talk to about concerns and doesn't brush you off and that is reassuring itself. I have heard stories of people who can't seem to get decent follow-up care from their surgeons and I do think Dr. Frankel is very good at this. He isn't big into providing details but he does validate any concerns you may have or questions though there is only so much he can do or say until adequate time has passed and he has seen you in person.