POSTED UNDER Rhinoplasty Reviews
Ready or Not? - Chicago, IL
UPDATED FROM Eliza00
1 year post
9 month update
$5,500
Time has flown and my nose seems to be pretty much the same, love the minor tweaks that were done but still am always seeing the crookedness and I still have a tiny bone on the bridge that pokes out making it appear the hump is still there. I definitely plan to meet with Shah soon to see my options of trying to remove or slim this bone popping through.
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UPDATED FROM Eliza00
10 months post
5+ months post
I haven't seen Shah in a while, I'm scheduled to see him in July though. I am very pleased with how my nose looks, the shifting the left seems to be less and less, but I do have a small bone that I can feel is out of place on my bridge - which is giving me an illusion of a hump at certain angles. I am also a bit frustrated because I've called and asked the office twice to email me some of my before/after pics and each time they said they would and that it takes a few days - but it's been well over a month!
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Hi there!
I love your results so far :) looks really good! Just wondering if you had any updates on your progress and if the shifting to the left has subsided?
Best of luck with your upcoming apt!
I love your results so far :) looks really good! Just wondering if you had any updates on your progress and if the shifting to the left has subsided?
Best of luck with your upcoming apt!
Nothing really, my mom is the one who seems to notice it the most which is annoying bc she always asks when I will get it fixed... As if it were that easy. I also notice it in any videos that I take its very hard to explain my friends describe it as it almost looking like I have a shadow...not to sure how this can be improved.
Any updates? Is your nose still crooked with a bump? Did they send you the before/afters yet?
so, 7+ months post op i have very similar situation to you all:
1)i still can't beathe properly ( i had excellent breathing before and never complained to him about it but he did an extra surgery that we never discussed before and it resulted in bad breathing)
2) i still have the same bump on my bridge, he said he reduced it but why is it still there?
3) my tip won't move - it's so hard and stiff and even a little sore. I also have a bone that looks like it is sticking out
4) my nose shifts to the right! even though i had a deviated septum, my brigde from the outside was straight! why is it now crooked?!?!?
5) my tip is now more bulbous than before. he keeps telling me it is swelling, tried to tell me i had allergies (which by the way I never had my entire life) and that he wants to give me steroid injections!
he also suggested to do an in-office shaving - NO THANK YOU!!
i will never let him touch my nose again. sadly, i need a revision surgery and i've started my research...
lastly, i think he was not being honest when he told me that out of the 300 + rhonoplasties he has done, only 3 or 4 patients needed a revision. in this blog alone we are about 3 or 4 who have been mishandled by dr shah. it's very sad..
1)i still can't beathe properly ( i had excellent breathing before and never complained to him about it but he did an extra surgery that we never discussed before and it resulted in bad breathing)
2) i still have the same bump on my bridge, he said he reduced it but why is it still there?
3) my tip won't move - it's so hard and stiff and even a little sore. I also have a bone that looks like it is sticking out
4) my nose shifts to the right! even though i had a deviated septum, my brigde from the outside was straight! why is it now crooked?!?!?
5) my tip is now more bulbous than before. he keeps telling me it is swelling, tried to tell me i had allergies (which by the way I never had my entire life) and that he wants to give me steroid injections!
he also suggested to do an in-office shaving - NO THANK YOU!!
i will never let him touch my nose again. sadly, i need a revision surgery and i've started my research...
lastly, i think he was not being honest when he told me that out of the 300 + rhonoplasties he has done, only 3 or 4 patients needed a revision. in this blog alone we are about 3 or 4 who have been mishandled by dr shah. it's very sad..
UPDATED FROM Eliza00
9 months post
4 Months Post Op
It has been 4 months now and I have seen a reduction in swelling but nothing dramatic. My tip is also getting softer. My nose still is shifted to the left, it doesn't bother me so much but many people have pointed it out. I also am still having trouble breathing out of my left nostril, Shah said it could be swelling or allergies. Overall I'm happy with my results minus the slight crookedness, breathing trouble, and a very slight bump... I was hoping it was just swelling but Shah said that he could easily file it down in the office. Filing my nose while awake sounds pretty terrifying but if it helps I'm in! Has anyone else done this ?
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it looks so great! i love the slimmed down look he achieved in the front view and the streamlined elegant profile without giving you an upturned look. i want a result like this! has he injected any steroids to bring down swelling (even though your swelling definitely looks like it's gone down significantly). i only ask because shah seems to be fond of steroid injections and i wonder if he does it for all patients.
No he gave me one a couple months ago but hasn't since. I also know that he uses it on skin that's thicker and I have pretty thin skin so I don't think it's neccesary.
I am also a candidate for a slight rasp... but haven't had it yet. I see the little bump on your right profl view, but I really can not see the crookedness in these pictures. Maybe a underneath picture reveals it more?
What is a rasp?
Your nose is shifted to the left, too? He did the same with me. Are you going to have to get an in-office touch-up too?
I also have a breathing issue from my left nostril and have the slight bump too. Very similar to your issues.
Looks like Shah did a good job w/you but how come so many reviewers here keep saying they had to go back and get post-op rasping?
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