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Ribgraft Rhinoplasty, I should not have done it, but I am also not upset anymore

UPDATED FROM Amy Wang
1 year post

I feel OK now

Amy Wang
$16,000
I am not upset about it anymore. If I have a choice I would still wish I did not go through this. But I've accepted what's done is done. Now I just don't look think about it, and just be confident with whatever I have and whoever I am. I feel like myself again.
For people who are thinking doing it, make sure you know there is a big risk it won't turn out the way you want it to be, regardless how skilled the doctor is, or what other people say. Because it's so personal and sensitive, your experience could always be different. Besides, it's very possible what you've heard and seen is not everything.
For people who don't like their result, I know it's hard, but I suggest move on, don't go through a revision, unless something was obviously wrong. Because with any revision the risk is still the same if not more. What if it's not what you want again, you would be back at the same spot, and it would be even more upsetting, with a big cost of time, money and energy. It would be harder to get out and very unhealthy.
Overall I wish everyone will be happy with who we are and what we have eventually! :)

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Donald B. Yoo, MD, FACS

Donald B. Yoo, MD, FACS

Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Replies (4)

March 4, 2017
Very well said.
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March 14, 2017
I'm glad to see that you have accepted the result and are moving on with your life. Wish you happiness!
February 3, 2018
hello I’m sorry to hear that . but from what I see is you have a very cute nose . is it possible you can send me pictures because I was really considering him for a revision
October 3, 2018
Very well written, and I'm sorry you are not pleased with your results. I have recently had an alarplasty, just over 1 month ago and my results are disastrous. BOTH sides of my nose scared so badly where the incisions were made. I too trusted someone who had great reviews, was an ENT and I felt comfortable with. I only found out later after digging and going more research that there were A LOT of people out there who had similar issues but did not write reviews or post negative feedback. I wish people who were not pleased with their result would post more. That's why I am doing my review now even though my results are not great. I want others to be able to see a full picture...the good and the bad. It helps to make a well-informed decision. I am not saying anything bad about my doctor, as I think he is a very nice person and has a good bedside manner BUT had I have known about the unhappy patients prior to my procedure......I likely definitely would not have gone through with the procedure with him.
UPDATED FROM Amy Wang
1 year post

As much as I hate to realize, I clearly looked better before

Amy Wang
I attached pictures. Before it's more defined, has a more cute curve and looks more delicate. After it looks thinker, the tip even look bigger and not as much curve. Before the bridge line to my eyebrow is also smoother. Besides it's not about what looks beautiful as a nose based on some standard, it's about what we want and what fits us. Comporting the rest of my face, before definitely fits me much more.

If I have ever read any negative review about the out come at all, or know there is any risk it would look worse in anyway, I would not have done it.

Dr Yoo and the staff are very gentle and talk nicely, but he has his own vision of standard beauty, and it's pretty generalized. I showed him the picture I want to achieve before surgery and he said we could do that, but it turns out very different from it.

I got many messages saying that other patients of Dr Yoo feel the same way, like "If everyone's happy I can't be the first one and only one to have a problem." and it's been an nightmare for them but many are too embarrassed to post. I personality agree it is much harder to share bad feelings than good feelings. I wish there could be more people doing so because it would help so many other girls to not repeat the same mistakes we made!

I was happy and I trusted him so much because all the good things I've heard. I've felt brainwashed by his opinions, other happy reviewers, the office's opinions. Especially after so much time, work and money has been put into it, I have to believe it's going to be great. So I automatically though it was great without really compare, because I thought it's not possible to be worse, Dr Yoo promised me it's pretty much impossible to be worse and he's pretty sure it's going to be a big improvements.

After is not "bad", but we do it all for improvements, especially on face, a little better, a little worse can mean a lot to us. We spend so much time and money, but only to get the opposite of what we want, and hardly reversible. After we've been through so much, so unhappy and did not get what we are promoted as a customer, if we want to improve again we still need to pay more.

Besides the rib incision looks worse than a year ago. But comparing to the face that's my least concern now.

This is the biggest mistake I've made and I am willing to give anything to go back in time and convince the old me don't do it. But I've spend so much time on it and been so depressed already, I hope I am not going to waste more time on it and be happy with other things and move on. I hope you all make the right choice!

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February 16, 2017
What exactly do you think his ideal vision of beauty is?
Also why did you elect to have rhinoplasty? What did you want to improve?
February 16, 2017
I mostly wanted to make the alar base smaller, and a higher tip to achieve more curve, which he did the after is the opposite... He said if we make the alar base smaller my tip would look bigger, so it's better to do them all together. The hight is just something comes with it. But afterwards the tip even look thicker.
February 16, 2017
I don't know what exactly it is. Maybe more Caucasian or American's standard of asian beauty. I just know it's not what I wanted or what we agreed on.
February 16, 2017
Also I chose it because Dr Yoo said it would be a big improvements, I will be very happy, and I trusted him.
February 16, 2017
Will you be meeting with him to go over your concerns? I have a very wide nose with low nose bridge and I am very interested in coming to him.
February 21, 2017

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February 21, 2017
i'm so sorry, but thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings. i also had a very bad experience with a surgeon that no one else seemed to write bad feelings about, then once I put mine up, a bunch wrote to me with the same experience. they were too shy to post what they felt due to shame and embarrassment. I'm so sorry you are sad and i hope you are doing okay. all the best. xo
February 21, 2017
Thanks! I am doing better now :) Yeah I wish I could've know even one negative experience before then I would definitely not have risked it.
February 21, 2017
so many people don't write their reviews due to fear or shame. i'm sorry and hope you are doing better xoxo
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February 21, 2017
Thank you for this update . Its so on point the truth . We all appreciate it! I wish you all the best !
February 21, 2017
Thanks! :)
February 21, 2017
Hi Amy. I am so sorry to hear about your experience with Dr. Yoo. I am also having rhinoplasty performed by him in a couple of months and just saw your review. I am very curious about any of his patients post-op experiences. I have read stories about noses "warping" over time and I was wondering how much the nose changes over time. I'm looking at your pictures but unfortunately I can't really tell which are before and after, sorry. I am also having the same procedure you are having with the rib cartilage. I was wondering about the scarring, is it a large scar? Again, I am so sorry to hear about your experience with Dr. Yoo and really do appreciate sharing your detailed experience on here with us. ALL feedback is important so I'm just trying to gather as much information as I can before my rhinoplasty. Thank you.
February 21, 2017
I am super glad it helps :) I put a nose on the photo of before and after, the first one is before, second is after.
Over time it changes quite a lot. It would be much softer, and smaller, but also it might change the shape, since someplace could get smaller more than other place.
I've heard many people think the bridge it's too high after. So maybe you could tell him to not go too high, depends on what you want. Best wishes!
March 1, 2017

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February 27, 2017
Hi thanks for your experience. I have to say though I do not agree with you in generalizing Dr. Yoo's aesthetics as firmly set in his mind and not open to a patient's changes. I am a patient of Dr. Yoo and my aesthetic request was to actually "add" a hump to the bridge of my nose. After many consultations (which was always informative and always with my safety in mind), we designed a plan to accomplish my goal. Keep reading please.

Now mind you I had a previous rhinoplasty so this was a big challenge for Dr. Yoo to "remove" the disastrous implant from my nose.....THEN create a new bridge PLUS a hump on top of that. We used my ribs and a flap derived from my scalp. Dr. Yoo clearly stated this is not his normal aesthetics but assured me that he did everything to "accomplish my aesthetic goal".

Long story short after 2 years my nose looks so BEAUTIFUL, MASCULINE AND I AM LOVING MY HUMP!

I everyone's experience is different but I do also sympathise with you, You know a year after surgery your nose is still changing and one day I hope you will see the beautiful results . Dr, Yoo will not do anything you did not ask for, nor would he leave you upset. Try discussing your concerns and see if it will help. I wish you all the best and you are beautiful!
February 27, 2017
Hello! What made you request a masculine nose?
February 27, 2017
Please post before and after pics if you can
February 28, 2017
I am a man and I was more "pretty boy" than masculine and I knew exactly what I wanted. And you know what I was right - people now think I'm gorgeous - better than a male model!!! I remember the first time I ever set foot at the Spalding Clinic no one even noticed me or or even glanced up to let me walk through the furniture. After surgery and healing time I walked in and EVERYBODY was like DAMN who is that confident dude? So you see, it was not my nose but my confidence that it brought me. Then when they look at me closer they see that my nose is pretty fierce - like a Spaniard bull fighter ruggedness.
May 26, 2017
pierced94109 who botched you prior to finding Dr Yoo?
UPDATED FROM Amy Wang
1 year post

I've changed my mind 1 year later

Amy Wang
It's not bad. But overtime it's different now, the tip has dropped and it didn't have the curve and angle that I wanted. The angle looked worse than before sugary, it's just not what I wanted or promised. And I feel my look has been generalized overall. I lost some of my uniqueness that I had before. If I knew it I would have definitely not done it. I may contact the doctor to see what we can do to improve it, maybe with filler, but I am definitely try to avoid any future changes unless it's proven to be improvement or reversible.

I recommendation now is to not do it.

Replies (5)

January 26, 2017
Sorry to hear that especially after you were so happy. Could you post pics.
January 26, 2017
Yeah please post before and after pixs
January 27, 2017
Sorry posting pictures I am not completely happy with would make me more uncomfortable. I just want to update because I don't want to mislead other people.
January 27, 2017
The nose changes a lot overtime. The first surgery that I did with dr.yoo wasn't good after 9 months and i did revision with him. I am post 3 months revision now. I hope my nose still look ok after 6 months.
January 28, 2017
Only for 9 months?
January 28, 2017
Please post pictures before and after