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MISALIGNED Incision!
But the surgeon misaligned the right alar when he stitched it back together so it's healed with a gap between the alar and its base! It's very visible and makes me so sad.
Like anyone else, I wanted invisible scars but knew that might not be possible, so I accepted that there might be some scarring afterwards. But I really didn't expect it to be this bad and have a misaligned alar.
I'm still happy to have done the surgery because it made a huge difference to my nose and face shape - I feel a lot prettier with smaller nostrils! But I'm so discontent with the surgeon I went to. I would not recommend that clinic to anyone.
4 Week Follow Up
Left alar: this one feels fully attached to the base and has almost full feeling back. A little bumpy and red but I'm not very worried.
Right alar: this one feels only partially attached to the base and still is numb in multiple places. Scarring is uneven, bumpy, red, and has HOLES. I'm most worried that the holes won't get filled in and I'll have holes where the incision is. Also, there's a spot here that sometimes bleeds if I open my mouth too widely or clean the area. I'm really worried!
I've been putting silicone sheets (cut in a curved shape) over my alars every night to smooth out the scars. I use silicone gel in the day and put sunscreen over that, but the silicone gel doesn't ever really dry.
Day Nine Pictures
Looks a lot worse here than it does now. Here you can see the hole in my left alar and the weird detached bit on my right. Kinda freaked me out the first time I saw it now. But its getting better now!
Provider Review
This is a review for Naravee Clinic, NOT RATTINAN CLINIC, I made a mistake in writing in the provider name and can't edit it. Overall, this clinic treated me very well. They were quick to respond to my questions and tried to make me comfortable. That being said, I don't think they did a good job. When stitching my right alar to its base, the surgeon misaligned the incision so now I have a gap between the alar and its base (see pictures). And when I brought this issue up to them, all they said was to keep using the medication they prescribed and it'd go away (it's been a year and the gap is still there). I also spoke to another surgeon who said they shouldn't have stitched it on the outside, but rather done the stitches inside the nostril to hide them (I'm not certain this is how alarplasties are normally done, not an expert!).