33 Year Old Male, 7th Rhinoplasty Procedure Using Rib Graft

Hello all,

I'm a 33 year old Caucasian male who underwent my first rhinoplasty procedure aged just 17, as my nose had a large hump and was very out of proportion with my face. I was young and naive at the time and really didn't know what I was letting myself in for. I had it done through NHS and was referred to an ENT surgeon, who ended up allowing a registrar to operate on me without my knowledge. Of course, this was not a success and instead of going private I saw another surgeon on NHS called Dr Simon Withey. I had 4 further open rhinoplasty operations by him and 2 further closed operations. The last of which was 5 years ago.

I am still left with a very asymmetrical nose, poor nasal breathing and irregular misshapen nostril, despite numerous attempts to have this corrected. I also still have a drooping septum. In other words, it looks horrific! I have been unable to look at my face in its entirety for the past 7 years without feeling wholly depressed.

I saw Dr Lucian Ion in 24th December and felt very well informed and confident about what he felt he could do for me. I'd previously seen Dr Basim Matti and was wholly 'unimpressed' by him. He was also quoted £2,000 more for surgery. Lucian agreed that I had unsuccessful surgery in the past and was sympathetic. He took photos and showed me a morphed image of what he felt could be achieved. I am still deeply concerned (that due to large amount of scar tissue and little or no cartilage available to work with) that this will be my 7th umcsuccessful procedure, at a huge expense (£8,225). He seems confident about improving my breathing and overall symmetry of my nose, despite the previous surgeon's FAILED attempts at this.

Reading everyone's comments on here, it seems that I am one of the very few who has undergone so many procedures and it is very upsetting that I didn't find a site like this in the past or a surgeon like Lucian. I just hope that he can do something for me as it would make me feel happier than words can say.

Am booking surgery when his office reopens next week and will also have a second consultation to ask further question that I have.

I would love to hear from anyone who has experienced similar. Also, how long the waiting time for surgery is. I'm told it is 8-10 weeks.

Best,

Daniel

Another Realself user has kindly mentioned Dr Rajan Uppal as a worthy consideration for revision rhinoplasty surgery, so have decided to arrange a consultation with him before committing to anything.

I was wondering whether anyone has seen Lucian for a 2nd consultation before committing to surgery, as normally the 2nd consultation is after booking in a date for surgery? Many thanks.