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Regret Having the Procedure - Chicago, IL

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I just had a nose job by Dr. Anil Shah -Chicago.....

ChiQueen
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I just had a nose job by Dr. Anil Shah -Chicago.. Even tho is only been 2 weeks I hate it !! All I wanted was to get the hump removed and that's it .. Well he took the hump off but reshape my noes and now I have a dip on my noes .. When I had my cast removed I started crying he said it was because I was swollen that it looked like that to wait a few days for the swelling to go down well it's been more then a week and nothing has changed !!!! I hate looking at my self now even more then before.. I'm so disappointed in the outcome.. I don't want to go out even back to work all j want to do is stay in my room and cry .. Even though it's still fresh and I need time to heal I know I won't see it changing for the best .. I will update if anything changes

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Anil R. Shah, MD

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May 15, 2016
I feel so bad for you... Did he offer to revise it or can he?
May 15, 2016
Judgement is too early at 2 weeks. He can only offer a revision at the year mark. The nose changes every day for a year, trust me.
May 15, 2016
I will post pics do you can see what I mean .. I gave a big bump that feels like bone On top of my bridge. Then the dip and my tip is very high and round .. I figured if it was swollen it should be swollen as a whole not parts of it ., I'm so depressed about this.
May 15, 2016
Hi, I had my rhino/septoplasty done by Anil Shah and I'll tell you this, 2 weeks is way too early to judge the results. My nose didn't look too great when I got the cast removed. It looked like a huge swelled circle. You'll be surprised how much it changes every day. And it also depends on your skin type too. I'm currently 5 months post op, and I can tell you, looking back at my 2 week pictures I took, there's a huge change. Patience is key for rhinoplasties. Dr. Anil Shah is a very skilled surgeon with a lot of experience. He's performed so many rhinoplasties and I know 2 girls who got the same procedure done. My nose is beginning to look so great as swelling goes down considering I got alot of things fixed in one procedure. PATIENCE, again is huge. Why? Because even at 5 months, my nose is swelling on and off. Everybody heals differently and at a varied pace. For example, I have thick skin, so I know I won't see my final results
May 15, 2016
Sorry the last part didn't post, it was suppose to say I know I won't see my final results till more than a year later.
May 15, 2016
I hope i do see a change .. As I honestly hate the way I look :-( ...
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May 15, 2016
Wait a couple of months. I also had my nose done by Dr. Shah and when the cast was off, my nose was super swollen, the tip was too high and rounded like a pig nose I also hated it. But trust me when I say that your tip will drop and the swollen will go down as well. I am over a year since my nose job and have many pics throughout my journey if it will help you :) good luck and give it time!
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May 15, 2016
He didn't even want to change my nose for the better when I was in touch with him two years ago through skype, I personally think your nose is better on the after pic, your nosetip was a little bit too long for your face in the before picture.
May 21, 2016
I'm planning to do my nose too, but still undecided who.But something I find really helpful is My Instagram account, where there's plenty of doctors that have hundreds of pictures of real clients that post their procedures everyday. For ex. Dr. Kassir or Dr. Ghavami GREAT DOCTORS by the way. Be careful who you choose.
And regarding your nose. I feel like doesn't look bad, and just give it a time.
UPDATED FROM ChiQueen
27 days post

287days post op

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Starting to be ok with my results , not 100% satisfied ..

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May 29, 2016
I like your nose :) you are beautiful
May 29, 2016
It's very natural, you're very pretty.
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May 29, 2016
You look lovely
May 29, 2016
Could you take a picture of the front view of your face? I would like to see how it looks from the front...I think it looks nice by the way.
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June 1, 2016
I also don't get why he would make the bridge and radix so high and then give you that dip in the middle while leaving your over projected ...l hope it's swelling because it just doesn't make sense. I think you are very early in the healing process and the bridge will drop as noses usually do over a year post op, and that the tip projection is swelling so just be patient it will all come together. My surgeon said that we are not supposed to like our noses early on after cast removal :)
June 1, 2016
I pray It's just swelling as I'm very unsatisfied and even more self conscience about my noes then before
June 3, 2016
I agree with Natalia. I would talk to Shah about the nose being so over projected. Listen we are not suppose to like our noses after cast removal but you KNOW if a nose looks good from the beginning. Period.
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June 6, 2016
I agree, there needs to be underlying shape that is to your liking at least a bit, no way to sugarcoat it.
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27 days post

Front view

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Front view for those who asked .

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May 30, 2016
It fits your face
May 30, 2016
Agree, it looks nice!
May 30, 2016
Can u post profile pic? I think there is to much curve in it.
May 30, 2016
Yea I agree but as the swelling is going down and the curve is is disappointing as well I'm only 28 days post op I'm still heeling ..
May 31, 2016
Sorry I thought its longer than 28days. My doc made too big curve/he shaved to much from my nose. I am 3months post op starting to get used to it, in a way its not making me cry all the time. I wish u will like it at the end..I still dont like mine. But my doc was really agressive which I didnt ask for so much
May 31, 2016
Ask for fillers I've seen them used a lot to fix issues like that .
May 31, 2016
No don't put fillers. It will make it worse.
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June 1, 2016
Wow, I get what you mean, he took too much of the bone and cartilage off, which happened to my friend and the only long term solution she had was to get a graft. Unfortunately as her swelling was coming down over the year so was the slope getting worse. I hope that this is not your outcome as your front view looks really nice and you are such a beautiful girl. When I had mine done 2 weeks ago I just asked for the dorsal hump to be rasped and no slope at all as I just wanted to have a natural looking nose and still look like myself.
June 1, 2016
That's exactly what I asked for but got this :-(
June 14, 2016
Could you tell me why fillers will make it looks worse? I'm considering that for my nose and have no idea if it will fix it or not. Thanks.
June 14, 2016
hi can you please update us on your progress? Also, I would really appreciate more recent pictures. Thank you!