20 Years Old, Trying to Save Up for my Nose Job That I Have Been Wanting to Get for 3 Years Now - Monterey, CA

Really? :( What did you have done to your nose?

I traveled from Chicago to NYC to hv my nose done by this "top surgeon" in NYC thinking I would get great results. This is my primary rhinoplasty and I've heard horror stories from other people who had rhinoplasties so I didn't want that to happen to me that's why I traveled so far and paid top dollar. I considered myself an attractive girl, I just wanted a nicer nose. I was confident in my looks, but I just wanted some width removed from the upper bridge area. He suggested to hv my dorsal bumped shaved down which I was okay with but it never really bothered me before. He also suggested to reduce my nasal tip last minute and I hesitantly said okay and said to him just a little. I told him I wanted it to look natural and not over done. I didn't want to much taken out of my nose I still wanted to look like me. When the nurse took the cast off and I saw how small he made my bridge I wanted to die. I looked awful and I was told it's just swelling.. He overdid my nose I feel like it's too small for my face. It's not what I asked for. It's been 3 months but I know that it's only going to get smaller. I'm having trouble breathing out of my right nostril which I never had problems breathing before, in fact I had perfect breathing. My eyes which were my best feature look different in a bad way bc of how narrower my bridge is. My tip looks so fake like Pinocchio with a hanging columella (which I never had before the surgery) and I hv dents in my nose which I never had before surgery either. I'm so depressed over this that I had to quit my job. I barely leave the house and my friends keep wanting to see my new nose but I just don't answer my phone. This is a nightmare and I wish so badly that I could go back in time and never had gone through with it. I feel so ugly now I feel like the surgery took away my beauty. I wish someone wouldve talked me out of it. People I know would say things like "oh you don't need it," but I was stubborn and thought they're friends and family of course they're going to say that, but I look back and they were right. That's why when I saw your post I had to say something. Don't let this happen to you. It's too risky, too many complications, you're already a pretty girl don't look for perfection it's not worth it trust me.

Wow, I'm so sorry.. Thank you for sharing your story with me. Have you considered going back under to try and fix it? Isnt there surgeons that specialize in fixing mistakes?

Yeah but I hv to wait a full year for the tissues to soften up. I won't be going back to the same surgeon which I paid over $17,000. I don't trust him. I'll hv to find someone else but I know that revision rhinoplasty is very very complicated surgery. I don't know how much they could fix. I can't believe this happened to me. And now I hv to save up money for the revision.

Sorry to hear. Have you considered speaking with Dr. Ion? Just read his reviews, he makes revisions look easy. Check him out. He'll have you back and better than ever.

Thank you I'll take a look at his website

Wow.. Well thank you so much for looking out for me, I really appreciate it. I hope your revision goes good! Keep your head up.

Thank you and no problem

Thank you so much! I'm just really self conscious about it. I think I'm just going to wait on it for a little longer, do some more research.