Botched Rhinoplasty

I had my nose botched by Dr Hrisomalos badly. I chose her because she had great bedside manner and people seemed to like her results. The day the cast came off of my nose my husband made a strange face and asked “why is her nose crooked?”. I was told all the issues were swelling related but that was not true. The more time that passed the worse my nose looked and the worse my breathing became. My nose was so warped and disfigured that I fell into a depression and didn’t take family photos for an entire year. I cried often. Whenever I would come back in to address my concerns with the outcome I was met with “I don’t see it.” I felt totally neglected and dismissed as a patient. I also had prolonged bleeding on one side of my nose that never had subsided the whole year. Fast forward a year later and I met with five other revision rhinoplasty specialists separately and they all said the same thing: my nose was not just minorly incorrect but there were major surgical flaws. My nasal wall had collapsed badly, my tip was twisted from the beginning, my septum more deviated, and my turbinated done poorly. I have finally gotten a wonderful revision by a much more experienced doctor and though it will never be as good as it could have been due to the awful state my nose was left in from my first rhinoplasty—it looks better and functions beautifully. After the surgery however he told me he noticed certain things that were previously done to my nose that were just bad technique. Having my nose ruined by this doctor was an extremely dark emotional toll, a huge financial blow, and required a revision by a different surgeon. I would recommend save your money and emotions and go see a more experience surgeon who is ALSO board certified in facial plastic surgery