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Unhappy, Took 2 Nose Jobs to Get Average Result

UPDATED FROM noseva
3 years post

Chin implant removal update

Adding latest photos to show my chin healed without the implant (taken out almost 2 years ago) and instead with chin filler. I have been getting chin filler once a year but I think it should be done every 6 months to keep the projection. However front on it looks nice the whole year

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Glenn Bartlett

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Replies (5)

Hi, are you still unhappy with your rhinoplasty?
Hi there, yes I am as my nose tips droops and is asymmetrical. Also the stitching scars/cut under the nose is very obvious. I wish I went elsewhere! But prefer my nose I have now compared to before all this. Just don’t think all the pain and two surgeries I went through was worth it for this as could get a similar result elsewhere
Can I ask how many mL of filler you get or the cost? Do you do your jawline? x
I think I get 1-3ml in the chin only. Jaw filler does not look good on me so I only do the chin. I had to reverse jaw filler done once to me as it was a boxy wide result that looked terrible
I’ve had many procedures done by him over the last 10 years, none of them were spectacular or amazing. The last time I saw him in December he told me my money would be better spent on a psychologist! My current surgeon is fixing up his botched work he did on me.
Not so long ago I got a nose job by Glenn Bartlett and I'm only just seeing these reviews, do you mind if I can talk to you directly on insta or messenger? I'm just a bit worried and would like some insight.
Omg my daughter is about to have surgery with him !!!!!
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Unhappy, Took 2 Nose Jobs to Get Average Result

If you are looking at getting a rhinoplasty in New Zealand, save yourself the hassle and do not go to Glenn Bartlett. It took 2 nose jobs to try get anywhere near the morphs he created for me, and he has left me with a wide bumpy bridge, a fat tip that looks more bulbous than before, arched rounded and exposed nostrils that I never had before surgery and an uneven scar with hanging skin.

This surgeon has horrible bedside manner, he was dismissive and defensive when I raised issues after my first surgery that he didn’t achieve anything near to what I wanted. Which was shorter projection/nose. I was left with a nose the exact same length and barely any change. After a year of sending emails and phone calls back and forth requesting for revision he finally agreed.

After my second surgery I now finally got the length taken off it which is what he could’ve done in the first place!! But now my bridge was wide, tip fat and undefined, and nostrils rounded and exposed front on. A year on I raised these issues with him in his office and he was dismissive and condescending towards all the issues I raised telling me there’s nothing wrong with my nose and that I should go see mental health advise. He asked me if I had a boyfriend or if I have any hobbies and to go get some and stop focussing on my nose. He refused to refund me fix my issues and that he’s happy to refer me to a psychologist. 

Clearly you can see in my photos my nose has issues and sorry but seeing a counsellor won’t fix these! Avoid this surgeon please, he’ll make you feel [RS bleep] about yourself and that something is wrong with you rather than the actual issues he’s left you with to your nose.

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It seems as if he widened your nose mid-vault area. Do you know if he used spreader grafts or a septal extension graft?
I’m not aware of this, he never sent a copy of the surgical notes or said he did anything to the bridge when I complained about it being wide. He did say he put grafts in my nostrils during revision to try stop them from flaring (an issue he caused after first surgery)
Thank you for your post. I was going to see him for a consultation now I’m not so sure. Your last profile photo is very nice. Did you get a chin implant too?
But I agree the bridge has been made wider.
Sorry for the late reply! I’m glad my review helped - I wouldn’t want others to go through the same. Yes I had a chin implant however I had it removed. He recommended me a male implant for projection and said he would shave the sides down so it won’t look so wide front on,
but as you could imagine with that I looked ridiculous front on, it was so awful and wide, my family didn’t like it either. I had to pay him extra to get it removed as he refused to do it for free 1.5 years on. Please don’t ever get one, I know several women who regretted the same thing and also got theirs removed! I look much better without it and highly recommend chin filler instead as it looks more natural
Hi, I just saw your reply! Thank you for the advice. Did you consider getting a female chin implant instead or are they not much different? Filler is good but I would prefer some more permanent, I was thinking of getting a consultation for a genioplasty. I had lipo under my chin which definitely helped though.
No I didn’t, I didn’t like the way it looked or felt on my face. It really didn’t do that much for projection, I still had a big overbite. Sometimes if my chin got bumped I could feel it which I hated. And I often got crazy recurring acne/big pimples that didn’t go away until after it was removed. Chin filler looks so much softer and can easily be altered if you don’t like it’s appearance unlike an implant. Also the scarring of the implant under my chin is horrible and big, the surgeon did it so bad - another regret. Best to get it done orally/in the mouth than under the chin incision. But I would not suggest a chin implant unless someone has a severe deformity
Thank you!
Do you know of any other Drs who are better at rhinoplasty in NZ by any chance? I feel overseas surgeons have such better skill. Thanks!