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Rhinoplasty Gone Wrong :(

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Rhinoplasty Gone Wrong :(

Dancingg
I genuinely feel sad to write this because Dr Carver seemed like a genuinely lovely person, made me feel calm and I was very happy with him as an individual. I hated my nose since I was a teen, being of Italian decent it was very large with a bulbous tip so rhinoplasty was something I wanted for years. In 2017 I took the plunge. Post surgery I felt good, no pain just the usual recovery and finding the most difficult thing not being able to breathe. When I had the cast off initially it all looked OK but after a couple weeks I could see my nose wasn't straight. It was veering to one side but still was a vast improvement to my original nose so I accepted it. It gradually got worse as the swelling subsided and I had another consultation with carver I would say roughly around the year mark...? Maybe more maybe less...but I wasnt happy and he just did a sales pitch to say it was fine, that my nose naturally veered to one side and all in my head. But if my nose is naturally not straight (which it actually always was, and was never an issue discussed pre-surgery) surely straightening a nose is pretty common? 3 or so years on, my nose is a mess. It's almost as though it's spread and there's no definition to my tip. I can no longer breathe properly either and sometimes I lose my breath just having conversation it's that bad. Breathing was never an issue prior to surgery. I'm obviously devesated, embarrassed and extremely self conscious again. My line of work is often in front of cameras and I now struggle to be in front of a camera due to my nose being so off- center. I'm now looking into revision surgery and finding a surgery is a really difficult thing becauseyou don't know who to trust. I never fear surgery but revision surgery is something I do because not only am I scared it will again go wrong but I will now have to spend probably double on getting it fixed.

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Nigel Carver, MD

Plastic Surgeon

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Replies (3)

April 7, 2022
I can completely relate to what you are going through. I had my surgery with Nigel Carver around 7 years ago and only now I have the courage to see another doctor. My nose has completely been destroyed and requires a lot of reconstruction to correct the nose and my breathing. I’m so scared to get the surgery done so understand how you feel and what you may have gone through x
April 28, 2022
Have you gone back to him since?
March 4, 2023
Sorry for the very late reply. I went back to him once because I can no longer breathe and he was absolutely horrible to me so I never went back
March 9, 2023
He was horrible to me aswell
March 9, 2023
He was horrible to me aswell
October 13, 2023
So sorry you went through this. I had a consult with Dr Carver about 18 months ago for my boobs, my main concern being that one was bigger than the other. He said using different size implants would cause complications (not true) and tried to gaslight me by saying I did not have one bigger than the other, one was simply perkier and he could do a lift on that one boob, and come back after a few months if I still wanted implants. I left feeling like absolute crap