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Swelling came down - turned up, collapsed, crooked nose.

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I had a rhinoplasty done at the age of 18. Living...

sophia987
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I had a rhinoplasty done at the age of 18. Living in Belgium at the time, and being a young girl, I didn't think about consulting doctor's in other countries.
I wanted a slimmer nose, no shortening or rotating of my tip. When the cast came off, my nose looked weird, but as the swelling came down, a botched, turned up, collapsed and crooked nose was revealed. I could not breathe through my nose and it was constantly dripping.
Dr. Tonnard dismissed my problems and said I had to wait. He was rude, hung up the phone on me and said "it was a mistake operating on a teenager". It sure was, by his hands.

A couple of years later, I had the resources to fly to the US and have a revision rhinoplasty done. My case was very difficult and my nose will never be perfect because of the damage this doctor did to my nose.

Dr. Tonnard took away years of my life that were supposed to be careless: going to college, dating. I was depressed for many years because of this life-altering, identity-changing botched surgery.
There is nothing I can do to turn back time, there is nothing I can do to stop this doctor. He will not be punished for his malpractice and will continue screwing up peoples faces. All I can do is hope people, even back in Belgium, will read my review and RUN LIKE HELL from this terrible doctor.

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June 25, 2014
Thank you for sharing your experience on RealSelf!
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August 5, 2014
Who did your revision? Are you happy with your revision?
August 7, 2014
Dr. Frankel in BH did my revision. Yes I am happy with it. It's certainly not perfect but it's much better than the turned up botch and it's nicer than my natural nose.
April 22, 2015
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June 15, 2015
I agree. I flew in to Belgium last year to have lipofilling done on my face, as well as peeling and upper- and undereye surgery. It went horribly wrong. My face has been red for almost a year. I have multiple scars everywhere on my forehead and cheeks. My saggy eyelids are back and there was no operation performed on my under eyelids. All of my acting work dried up. I've lost a full year of my life, close to 5000 euro in money and I've had to spend close to 4000 euro so far just to restore my face to how it was before (not even making corrections). Multiple times laser of different kinds to reduce the scars (which still persist). I'm going to stop writing about it here. I'll make a full report soon with pictures and video and probably a website dedicated to it. The botched surgery even lead me into a severe depression and this doctor is acting as if everything worked out just fine! Horrible experience!
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June 16, 2015
August 2, 2015