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Very Disappointed - Palm Beach Gardens, FL
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I had always had a large nose and knew from a...
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I had always had a large nose and knew from a young age that I wanted rhinoplasty. At 18, I found a surgeon in Palm Beach Gardens that I thought could deliver the results I was looking for. However, I believe my nose was left asymmetrical and it only continued to worsen over the following 6 years as I noticed more and more breathing difficulties and became increasingly upset by the deteriorating appearance of my nose.
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UPDATED FROM Tarah22897
6 years post
Drowning negative reviews
It really is interesting to me how negative reviews are not allowed to be heard. I was too embarrassed and ashamed for years to bother writing a review about my rhinoplasty experience. However, once I get the courage to finally share my story, a whole slew of individuals who have also had the same surgeon spontaneously sign up for Real Self and write glowing reviews. Most don't even post photos of their experience which makes me a little suspicious. I'm not saying Dr. Guiloff hasn't delivered many instances of good results, I'm just saying it's odd how these people only feel the need to post in an attempt to drown out my negative experience. At the end of the day, the photos I have posted are enough to show the pain and disappointment I had to experience for years after receiving my rhinoplasty. You can write all the wonderful reviews you want, but that doesn't change the emotional and physical pain I had to experience due to my results. And my experience deserves to be heard.
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August 30, 2013
Oh how your most recent update resonates well with me! I don't have him named on my page because he does not choose to participate in this community so I leave it be on here (but will privately inform people in my area who may be concerned) but I have stated my circumstances and my feelings of how the aftercare went, witnessed by others, and on Vitals, my reviews were deleted, and on sites where he could not have reviews removed, GLOWING reviews were but up within two days, from patients from THREE years ago who I guess just all of the sudden decided he was worthy of a review after all of this time (mind you, he had NO rhinoplasty reviews prior to me, just a blog floating around from a girl I personally know, and she did have a great result). Just like your situation, they did not even try to make their review sound legitimate, they just spent most of their time discrediting mine, and how I must have the wrong doctor because that was not their experience. I'm sorry, but when I yelp about a restaurant or store, I spend my time speaking of my experience, not ranting about how wrong everyone else is because we did not share the same experience. Huge red flag, and my surgeon is some no-name who doesn't even market, so you can only imagine the lengths the bigger ones go to, to protect their online reputation. It absolutely disgusts me and no website should count reviews that ever mention someone else's review, ever. It is bad enough many sites don't ever try to verify the good ones that don't attack people, yet still are blatantly fake. Who spends their time writing about the beautiful office views? Gag. I am sick of these doctors and assistants bullying patients into not having a voice! Any patient who just cares about defending a surgeon's reputation, whether their result is great or not, should be factored out simply for not being on the sides of patients. If you don't have empathy amongst your own, I don't hear you. Ok, done ranting :)
August 31, 2013
Hi - sorry to hear about your disappointment. I too had a bad experience w my 1st surgery (12 yrs ago). I never posted a review here but now that after reareading urs I think maybe I should. I am planning on a revision. Process of consults has been really slow. Just making sure I find the right ps. Are u planning to have a 2nd surgery? Thanks
September 2, 2013
Sorry to hear what ur going thru. Did your nose collapse with in the year you got it done? Did you look good in beginning and change into this shape years later?
September 2, 2013
My nose looked off from right after surgery. My right nostril was notched up and I could see pretty bad nostril assymetry right from the beginning. My tip also looked a bit strange. But from what the revision specialists said, the surgeon didn't stabilize my nose correctly when he removed cartilage so over the course of the healing process as my skin retracted (and because the structure of my nose wasn't strong and reinforced) it caused the cartilage underneath to buckle and collapse in. So my nose looked much worse after about 5 years than it did to begin with.
UPDATED FROM Tarah22897
6 years post
Old photos
I decided to upload some old photos I found of how my nose looked before surgery (as embarrassing as that is!) so that you can see the change. From profile shots, you can't tell how terribly assymetrical my nose became from the surgery, and I think that's why I fooled myself for so long into thinking my results weren't all that bad. Admittedly, the surgery did reduce my profile A LOT and made my nose smaller so whenever I felt depressed about how my nose looked after surgery, I just reminded myself of that fact. But that only helped for so long. Eventually, the realization sunk in that my surgery did not go well when I stopped looking at profile photos and started looking at myself straight-on. And then I started going through life trying to not let people see me from straight-on (which is a completely ridiculous way to live life) and always tried turning my head slightly to the left so that they could see the less messed up side of my nose. I'm pretty sure every photo I took for the last 6 years shows a slight turn to the left so that my left (good) side was revealed and not my right side with the severely notched up nostril that showed all the inside of my nose.
Also, in the photo, I included what my nose looked like 8 months after surgery and then 6 years after surgery. You can tell how much it changed. Although it's normal for the nose to drop down a bit, my nose did WAY more than that. My columella slowly started to creep downwards to a place where it never should be and my tip became more and more bulbous. And keep in mind that this is my "good" side!
Also, in the photo, I included what my nose looked like 8 months after surgery and then 6 years after surgery. You can tell how much it changed. Although it's normal for the nose to drop down a bit, my nose did WAY more than that. My columella slowly started to creep downwards to a place where it never should be and my tip became more and more bulbous. And keep in mind that this is my "good" side!
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March 18, 2015
How sad....get a decent plastic surgeon to repair your poor nose....this doc did you a serious mis-service! Wonder how many other botch jobs he can credit himself? Frequently pts who write "glowing" reviews are reviewing the docs charisma or personality....show me the photos! I choose the best technician/artist for my procedures anytime...I am an operating room nurse so I know of what I speak...find yourself a goOd doc and get your poor nose fixed
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Thank you for sharing your experience on RealSelf. You might want to do some research in RealSelf's revision rhinoplasty community.
Please keep us posted as to how you're going to proceed!