Reviews you can trust, from real people like you.
How it works
- Our highly-trained Review Moderation team evaluates all reviews before they're published to ensure they're written by people like you and not a member of a doctor's office.
- This multi-step process takes up to 24 hours from review submission to publication.
- Doctors can't pay to have reviews removed or hidden.
- Reviews are only removed at the reviewer's request or if they violate our Terms of Service.
If you have questions or believe we should re-evaluate a published review, let us know.
Sort by:
*Treatment results may vary
Planning my revision rhino
Approximately 11 years ago I had my nose done by Dr Theodore golden. I was sold on the closed procedure and his website . Real self wasn't even really a thing then. Anyway it was quite a journey he took down a bump and he did moved my nasal bones. This was under twilight anesthesia so I have some memories of the procedure and to be honest it slightly traumatized me. For the past 5 years or so
I've been unhappy. It took 3 years to see my primary results and it took a long time for me to accept my "new" not so improved nose. The profile is not better because it's slightly too scooped for me, my nasal bones are not symmetrical and my tip is pronounced which makes my nostrils look "stuck on". Now On top of this I cant breath well. I would say I'm at 30% breathing. Exercise and sleep are troublesome and for years I thought I was just tired for no reason until I found breath right strips! I consulted with many surgeons over the year but chickened out each time. I had two kids in between all of this. I hate taking photos with my kids because I'm reminded of the mistake I made. It's not horrible but it's definitely not an Improved from before the procedure. I consulted with Ghavami, Fleming and profiles in Beverly Hills 5 years ago. I chose not to do it because none of these surgeons felt right with me and my husband was not so supportive then. Over the years I looked at many surgeons and narrowed it down to John Hilinski and Aaron kosins. Dr hilinski is a good doctor but to be honest he said his revisions on his own revisions was 15% and that really through me. A bit more research about him using silicon 1000 has totally turned me off to him. His pricing is good but I'm not sure he is passionate about this anymore. Lastly I consulted with Dr. Kosins. I really liked him and I like his noses. His price is high and he puts potential rib graft on his plan in case he needs that cartilage. To me that's not a negative thing because I want my doctor to do everything needed. Dr Kosins is honest in saying we don't know exactly why we will find until we open the nose, optimistic but also that makes it hard for me to imagine what my face will look like!! My main hesitation comes from the feeling that I know what this entails in recovery and I have to mentally prepare myself. I know where my breathing issues stem from exactly and my nose will need to be widened some in the upper area to lift that a bit. My nose is still slightly deviated and so the will need to be corrected. And lastly my tip is unrefined. At the end of the day I have to be mentally prepared. I really like the piezo took Kosins uses!! He does have a 6 month wait which is ok but it's hard to prepare that far out when I need someone to travel with me. I do believe I have septal cartilage but if he needs to use rib I am not sure what that would feel or be like so I'm trying to gather more info!! Any advice or info here is super helpful to me also anyone who wants to dm me and talk more i would truly appreciate you!
I've been unhappy. It took 3 years to see my primary results and it took a long time for me to accept my "new" not so improved nose. The profile is not better because it's slightly too scooped for me, my nasal bones are not symmetrical and my tip is pronounced which makes my nostrils look "stuck on". Now On top of this I cant breath well. I would say I'm at 30% breathing. Exercise and sleep are troublesome and for years I thought I was just tired for no reason until I found breath right strips! I consulted with many surgeons over the year but chickened out each time. I had two kids in between all of this. I hate taking photos with my kids because I'm reminded of the mistake I made. It's not horrible but it's definitely not an Improved from before the procedure. I consulted with Ghavami, Fleming and profiles in Beverly Hills 5 years ago. I chose not to do it because none of these surgeons felt right with me and my husband was not so supportive then. Over the years I looked at many surgeons and narrowed it down to John Hilinski and Aaron kosins. Dr hilinski is a good doctor but to be honest he said his revisions on his own revisions was 15% and that really through me. A bit more research about him using silicon 1000 has totally turned me off to him. His pricing is good but I'm not sure he is passionate about this anymore. Lastly I consulted with Dr. Kosins. I really liked him and I like his noses. His price is high and he puts potential rib graft on his plan in case he needs that cartilage. To me that's not a negative thing because I want my doctor to do everything needed. Dr Kosins is honest in saying we don't know exactly why we will find until we open the nose, optimistic but also that makes it hard for me to imagine what my face will look like!! My main hesitation comes from the feeling that I know what this entails in recovery and I have to mentally prepare myself. I know where my breathing issues stem from exactly and my nose will need to be widened some in the upper area to lift that a bit. My nose is still slightly deviated and so the will need to be corrected. And lastly my tip is unrefined. At the end of the day I have to be mentally prepared. I really like the piezo took Kosins uses!! He does have a 6 month wait which is ok but it's hard to prepare that far out when I need someone to travel with me. I do believe I have septal cartilage but if he needs to use rib I am not sure what that would feel or be like so I'm trying to gather more info!! Any advice or info here is super helpful to me also anyone who wants to dm me and talk more i would truly appreciate you!
Provider Review
