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Sooo Not What I Was Expecting. Huge Regret - Chicago, IL

UPDATED FROM sumxo

Been a few years (wow) and still very unhappy with my results.

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sumxo
$4,600
This is going to be a quick update since I haven't been on this site for awhile, and I realized I had gotten so many messages regarding this review and asking for pictures of my nose. I feel so bad I couldn't get back to any of you who messaged me, until now, so really sorry for that. :(

I was asked by some people if I still felt the same/if I was still unhappy, and the answer is a for sure yes. My nose hasn't gotten any better looking, if anything it's gotten worse, and I'm still really sad that I had spent all the money that I had saved at the time on this rhinoplasty only to be insanely disappointed. If I could go back in time, I'd totally choose to have my old nose over this one now - and I definitely would not have gone through surgery with this doctor.

I'll be having a revision rhinoplasty in Turkey (Istanbul), so hopefully the doctor there will be able to fix Dr. Shah's mistakes.
Also, if anyone would still like to see pictures, please contact me on here and leave your email so I can send them that way (I can't send pictures on here). Any other questions, feel free to ask. :)

I hope my review helped at least some people. I'll be starting a new review on my revision once I get to Istanbul, so wish me luck lol. And good luck to anyone else reading this who has an upcoming surgery. :)

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Anil R. Shah, MD

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September 3, 2018
UPDATED FROM sumxo

** Pictures **

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So I'm super late to updating this with some pictures, but I've been getting a lot of emails asking for them & I just don't have the time to reply to them all, sorry. :( so I've decided just to post them on here. I've marked the ones that are before I had my surgery & the ones that are after my rhinoplasty. Keep in mind, it's now 2 years after my surgery so I don't think my nose will be changing anytime soon, therefore these are the final results. Please don't mind the weird quality of the pictures, I had to take a picture of the pictures I took on my laptop because I couldn't get them to upload that way haha. Hopefully you can tell how uneven & angled downward it is though, especially since I showed him Amber Heard's nose and he told me he could give me very similar results.

Please no rude comments, I'm not at all trying to bring Dr. Shah down, I know a lot of people are happy with their results from him, this is just my personal experience and my own opinion. Thank you.

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July 20, 2016
The surgeon who did mine left my bridge bumpy and uneven too :( Chicago surgeons are no good I've realized. Did you ever get revision?
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July 20, 2016
Really? I'm sorry you have to deal with that, it really sucks. :( I haven't gotten my revision yet, but I actually just emailed a surgeon in California today to get a consultation. I totally agree with you on there not being good Chicago surgeons, so I'm definitely not getting a revision here sadly. :( have you gotten your revision yet, or are you planning to?
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July 20, 2016
I definitely plan on getting a revision since my nose now is way worse than my original :/ Im consulting with surgeons now, ones in New York and California mostly. All the travel will definitely be worth it to not have to go through this again!
October 5, 2016
Sorry to be anal, but Chicago is home to literally the modern father of the rhinoplasty (Dean Toriumi)
October 5, 2016
Anyway, thanks for posting your photos! They definitely show some bridge complications.
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October 5, 2016
Yea Ive heard horrible things about Toriumi and seen the bad work he does, no thank you.
October 5, 2016
Oh, you're right. He does have quite a few website of just angered patients...I don't know, I've just heard good things about him from other surgeons.
July 28, 2016
Did Dr. Shah offer to give you a revision?
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July 28, 2016
i actually asked him for one after the one year mark and he told me he wouldn't do it because he was happy with the results & "nothing else should be done to it".
July 30, 2016
DM'd you.
September 22, 2016
Hi all, did any one done revision? I had surgery two weeks ago. But i really regret it. I feel so bad. I hope i can fix my mistake. Any one know if it is possible to bring back my original nose and is it safe? Please help me?
December 5, 2016
Toriumi! I've heard the worst things about him.
April 24, 2017
I'm so sorry that you had a bad experience and now I am much more apprehensive about even visiting him for a consultation. Would you be able to email me the pictures? I could not find them in your review
UPDATED FROM sumxo

getting lots of messages.

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sumxo
hi guys, sorry if i take a bit to reply to your comments/messages, i've been super busy with school & i've been getting a lot of replies. don't hesitate to resend a message just in case i didn't see it. :)
also, i can't see your email in the comments so dm it instead pls. thanks. :)

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December 15, 2015
I hope you have been doing ok. I'm sorry your feeling this way. I have rhinoplasty scheduled with him in February...Can you please send me your before and after pics????
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December 15, 2015
hi, definitely. could you pm me your email? :)
December 17, 2015
Hello did u get me my pm for pics?? I didn't get them:-(
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December 17, 2015
i emailed you them. :)
December 15, 2015
Pm you my email for pictures, didn't get them :(
February 6, 2016
ayda_una@yahoo.com please
April 9, 2016

Hi, do you mind sending your pictures via pm, thank you! I'm so sorry about your poor result.