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Recent follow up with Dr Hamilton
Hi so I know you guys are all wondering how it went when I spoke to him so wanted to post something here. First of alll this was really really hard for me i almost didn't want to go talking about it gives me anxiety, everyone that has an issue with their nose KNOWS how hard it is and the idea of just having a normal or straight or nice nose is beyond a dream to me.
SO I told him how I felt although he already knew as I had made it clear to the front office, at first I think he was offended and I can understand that as it's his work which isn't my intention but at the end of the day with anything especially your face I feel like you need to voice how you feel and concerns and hopefully work it out.. anyway long story short we looked at before and after photos together , we really went back and forth about it and I told him what I felt there WERE some improvements it isn't worse, there are aspects that I do really like about it for example, i like the tip its not perfect i like it, the nostrils are smaller and the overall size fits my face.. he asked me if i think the bridge was at all better, i can not say yes because there is a curve and it's not straight .
I went on a couple of consults with some surgeons here that I had never met before that seemed to have done some really incredible revisions, they said that it seemed as if that the graft had shifted and it's best if the original doctor does it as he knows what is going on underneath, they said he didn't do a bad job but i can see what your talking about and perhapos he can fix it. If not come back to them and they can look at it..
I asked Dr. Hamilton about this and he said that it's the foundations underneath the graft that are so fucked up essentially (he obv didn't say it like that) that he would not touch the graft and move it again because it's going to open up a whole new can of worms... he said i have to wait 6 months in order to deterimine anything and he WOULD open it up again to see if there's any way he can disguise the apperance of it being slightly curved but right now he said he wouldn't move the graft/.
He said my nose was at a 40 degree angle before and yes my nose was totally fucked up, but I have seen some really crazy surgeries been done to re shape noses so in my head im thinking why is this not achievable for me? .
I said to him when I come back please just tell me honestly how you feel about whether ANYONE else could do another surgery and make it straight if it's about money or time then i don't care I just want to know and he said he its not about money or time he said he will tell me with my best interest in mind.. and i DO feel when he talks I believe him.. that's why I went to him.. whether it's my nose that's just the [RS bleep] worst in the world to deal with i don't know. He also did say surgeons will telll you anything and then I'm thinking well dude your a surgeon .. I just want it SO BAD to be straight but at the end of the day I don't want to look like an LA surgery mess so he gave me some options and i made an appointment for 6 months I don't have any choice at the moment i can't do [RS bleep] but I really do want to see what the options are then..
so all in all I feel [RS bleep] that he said that we possibly can't move the graft but hopefully if we can do something to make it appear straight but I have a feeling that would make the nose look much bigger and I don't know if I want that because I like that it's smaller! .I just want it straight : (
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has anyone ever had the same issue? what are peoples thoughts? i know there's some AWFUL bad surgeons and people out there and I feel in my gut he's not one of those and if i got somethin really bad i'd probably hybernate for the rest of my life and ruin my whole life so part of me thinks maybe i just have to make do because it's never gonna be what i want it to be :(
The nose saga is not over.. but it's hopeful i guess?
SO I told him how I felt although he already knew as I had made it clear to the front office, at first I think he was offended and I can understand that as it's his work which isn't my intention but at the end of the day with anything especially your face I feel like you need to voice how you feel and concerns and hopefully work it out.. anyway long story short we looked at before and after photos together , we really went back and forth about it and I told him what I felt there WERE some improvements it isn't worse, there are aspects that I do really like about it for example, i like the tip its not perfect i like it, the nostrils are smaller and the overall size fits my face.. he asked me if i think the bridge was at all better, i can not say yes because there is a curve and it's not straight .
I went on a couple of consults with some surgeons here that I had never met before that seemed to have done some really incredible revisions, they said that it seemed as if that the graft had shifted and it's best if the original doctor does it as he knows what is going on underneath, they said he didn't do a bad job but i can see what your talking about and perhapos he can fix it. If not come back to them and they can look at it..
I asked Dr. Hamilton about this and he said that it's the foundations underneath the graft that are so fucked up essentially (he obv didn't say it like that) that he would not touch the graft and move it again because it's going to open up a whole new can of worms... he said i have to wait 6 months in order to deterimine anything and he WOULD open it up again to see if there's any way he can disguise the apperance of it being slightly curved but right now he said he wouldn't move the graft/.
He said my nose was at a 40 degree angle before and yes my nose was totally fucked up, but I have seen some really crazy surgeries been done to re shape noses so in my head im thinking why is this not achievable for me? .
I said to him when I come back please just tell me honestly how you feel about whether ANYONE else could do another surgery and make it straight if it's about money or time then i don't care I just want to know and he said he its not about money or time he said he will tell me with my best interest in mind.. and i DO feel when he talks I believe him.. that's why I went to him.. whether it's my nose that's just the [RS bleep] worst in the world to deal with i don't know. He also did say surgeons will telll you anything and then I'm thinking well dude your a surgeon .. I just want it SO BAD to be straight but at the end of the day I don't want to look like an LA surgery mess so he gave me some options and i made an appointment for 6 months I don't have any choice at the moment i can't do [RS bleep] but I really do want to see what the options are then..
so all in all I feel [RS bleep] that he said that we possibly can't move the graft but hopefully if we can do something to make it appear straight but I have a feeling that would make the nose look much bigger and I don't know if I want that because I like that it's smaller! .I just want it straight : (
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has anyone ever had the same issue? what are peoples thoughts? i know there's some AWFUL bad surgeons and people out there and I feel in my gut he's not one of those and if i got somethin really bad i'd probably hybernate for the rest of my life and ruin my whole life so part of me thinks maybe i just have to make do because it's never gonna be what i want it to be :(
The nose saga is not over.. but it's hopeful i guess?
Update
Hii I wanted to write as a lot of people have messaged me asking if I have seen Hamilton and I haven't yet.. I am still very unhappy and i got a little bit of reystalne put in part of it to try and see if it helped well it doesn't really it just still looks pushed to the side, I have an app with him on the 25th Im super busy with work so haven't had a chance to go in but I have to decide whether I want another surgery or to live with this.. why did I go to Hamilton? Im hoping that he will give me good answers still as to why this happened and be fair about all of this. I have seen recent reviews on him and it makes me so angry as to why I didn't get that kind of result... I can not at all say go to Hamilton to anyone because i am not happy.
Not happy
Hey allll so it's been a while but wanted to update here and say no I'm not happy with my outcome lol.. basically it's curved, BS that he told me about it appearing straighter is inaccurate. I am hoping he actually explains WHAT happened and why it is, and doesn't give me a [RS bleep] explanation and tells me to work on my abs. The fact is it's very curved and slight curve I can handle but this is not cool. I paid a lot of money for this and not only that but I was SO NERVOUS when I went to him and he held my hand and told me he would take care of me. HMMM.. kinda pisses me of because well he didn't... Do i look like i've had a nose job, well no.. because it's curved.. so even though it's "natural" it's because I look like someone who needs one. Now I have to get a [RS bleep] THIRD surgery?! My worst nightmare.. I really would love to know where the good surgeons are and where are the people that can be honest and say you know what this seems a little bit too intense for me so I think I'm gonna skip it.. after over 6 years of waiting to get this done and now this outcome I am extremely disappointed. I KNOW my nose was a very difficult one but if you can't handle it then don't do it. Simple as that... Having another consult with him this week and I am not going to be listening to him talk and hoping he listens to me talk and gives me some good answers. I am going to ask exactly what was done in surgery and I really don't think fillers are a good option from what I have researched..........
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