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Long Awaited Revision Rhinoplasy - Leicester, GB
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I had my first rhinoplasty in 2008 but was never...
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I had my first rhinoplasty in 2008 but was never happy with the outcome. I researched surgeons and saw my chosen surgeon several times before deciding to go for a revision. I so wanted this to make me happy as been feeling low about my appearance for as long as I can remember. I was happy with the result when the splint came off but now all I see is my old nose. I keep telling myself it is swollen but am not convinced. I keep taking photographs and looking for an improvement, but nothing yet.
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UPDATED FROM Nicola101
4 months post
Still waiting...............
So after placing my initial thoughts and receiving some comments I am now even more worried about my results than before. I am going to contact my surgeon tomorrow and arrange a visit.
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November 14, 2014
Did your surgeon get back to you
November 19, 2014
Hello,
I sent him some photographs and he replied saying that he had reviewed all my photographs from before surgery, straight after, 1 month and 2 months and was sure my tip was swollen. He wants me to wait for 2 months then if I am still concerned to go and see him to discuss a steroid injection but he doesn't feel it will come to this. So I am keeping my fingers crossed.
December 17, 2014
Let's look on the bright side. Can you breath? For those of us suffering out there you need to believe that that is the most important part.
UPDATED FROM Nicola101
5 months post
5 months this week
I saw my surgeon who gave me these photographs to put my mind at rest but I am still concerned with the tip. It looks worse than before the surgery in my photograph which was took recently. I am going to see him towards the end of January if I am still worried. I really hoped it would of looked better by now :(
What do you all think, please be honest
What do you all think, please be honest
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December 17, 2014
Remember the tp takes the longest to return to normal. Looks very good, nice and straight.
December 17, 2014
Hi from the U.S. :)
I'm sorry that you're still feeling so ambivalent about your results months later. I had a big-time revision myself and I am 2.5 months out, and still have my good days and bad days so I totally understand how you feel......regarding the assessment of your actual revision work: could you help clarify what the photos depict? What I understand from your most recent post is that the photos where you have lighter, shorter hair are actually OLDER pics taken by your surgeon, and that the close up full-face pic where you have darker hair is the most recent, is this correct?
If so, then I think you may want to address the issue of your columella. Ask the doctor if he places a columellar strut graft when he worked on your tip. I think if he did, you would know. I had one placed, and if I try to draw my upper lip over my top front teeth, the skin in between the bottom of my nose and my upper lip feels slightly "tight". Do you feel anything like that when you move your facial muscles in this manner? Another question I have is this: did he perform osteotomies in order to move the nasal bones closer together and narrow the bridge of your nose? If so, was it necessary for him to stabilize the bridge and maintain symmetry with things like spreader grafts, or onlay grafts? Do you have thin skin, and if so did the surgeon make sure to do something to smooth their appearance through the thin skin? Like a fascia overlay or an alloderm overlay? Does that stuff sound familiar?
At almost 5 months, I am guessing that your main concern is the fact that you expect swelling to have subsided enough for you to appreciate improved symmetry, and tip refinement, and that these are your main concerns.
Is there any way to seNd your surgeon a side by side comparison of what you're seeing now, as opposed to 8 weeks post? It feels like maybe he isn't on your same page as of late.
December 18, 2014
Thank you for the message. The surgeon took photographs before and at my 2 month check up. My hair was shorter and lighter before but I did put titles on them. The darker longer haired picture is the most recent. I do see an improvement from the side profile pictures. I asked for purely tip work so did not expect big changes in side profile but definitely asked for columella overhang reduction. I don't believe I have had a strut graft and nothing else you have mentioned was spoken about by my surgeon. I will be sending him a recent photograph compared to his 8 weeks to see what he says this time.
Nicola
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