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In the beginning, the experience was alright. I trusted him. Dr. Hetherington wasn't exactly personable but his staff was. I loved going to see Peggy. Anyways, I had a rhinoplasty in April 2015. After surgery I noticed I had quite a bit of nostril exposure. I decided to consult Dr. Hetherington about it. We decided to do a series of steroid injections in the nose. Not only was the experience completely horrifying but it hurts like hell. Dr. Hetherington either injected the needle to deep, or put to much steroid solution into my nose, around Jan 2016. I had a dent, bruising, and persistent pain where the needle was injected on the right side of the bridge of my nose. My nurse from a different office asked me "why do you have a dent on your nose?" and if I wanted a second opinion. I agreed to an appointment for a second opinion, then ended up canceling after all the research and homework that I did. I realized that I had a good understanding of what had happened. I tried to talk to Dr. Hetherington about it. He acted like he couldn't even see the dent and as if I was crazy.... then I told him that "I trusted him but my nurse could see the dent and she wanted me to get a second opinion." His demeanor changed. Since then, I've had one more steroid shot in the tip of the nose. The shot was at half the solution by my request. The idea was to even out the atrophy on the bridge and the swelling in the tip of the nose. I gave my nose 1 year to fill itself in. I've refused anymore steroid shots because he wanted to put a forth one into my tip. I've also had to have Dr. Hetherington literally dig into my surgical scar to remove a complete stitch that scar tissue grew around over a year after surgery. I'm disappointed by the experience. I will forever be humbled by it though. On the bright side I do like my profile better than my original. Like others say... do your homework. Look at before and after photos. Go to multiple consultations. Trust your gut. Choose a BOARD CERTIFIED surgeon wisely. Im pretty sure that I now need to go to a second surgeon to have fillers to correct my slight deformity. That's another 3-4k not including traveling costs on top of the $7,565.00 I already paid. According to Dr. Hetherington... I "got a perfect result, should not do fillers, and am the only person who can see the flaw."