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8 years of hell

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The begging of 8 years of hell

DEVO3005
I was supposed to have my deviated septum fixed by Timothy Edwards. He also offered to straighten my nose "while he was there". Even though I was happy with the appearance of my nose at the time I agreed, as it didn't seem to be a big deal, boy was I wrong! I came out of surgery with lumps and bumps all over my nose. My incision SARS were very crooked, lumpy and I had a fat fold of skin sticking out of my left nostril. The tip of my nose had a hard piece of cartilage poking out- looked like bone piercing the tip of my nose. He did a second surgery to revise the first but I came out looking exactly the same if not worse. 8 years later and 6 more surgeries, I was lucky enough to find someone able to fix the mess I was in. The most disturbing part about the whole thing is, that in all those surgeries not once has my septum been touched! It was still completely intact and as deviated as it's always been! So not sure what Tim went in there to do? I am not sure why I paid for a septoplasty that never happened? When I asked him why I couldn't breath any better (at my followup appointment) he said "well it's obviously not your septum that's the problem, you have allergies, you need to use nasal spray". My letter I wrote explaining my issues never got answered. Just appalling

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Replies (4)

September 19, 2017
This is disgusting, but doesn't surprise me. It's a horrific, greed-led industry that is poorly regulated. I had a similar experience, my nose was fine but a bit crooked, I had it "straightened" and I've had 2 years of breathing and pain problems. I've had two further operations with a different surgeon and am waiting and hoping one 6 weeks ago has helped. Hang in there. You're not alone. Look up the people with empty nose syndrome, that's an example of what the ENT/plastic surgeon industry can do, unnecessary surgery ruin lives. I repeat though, hang in there and keep fighting, the suffering won't last forever.
October 5, 2017
Thank You. Dr Kien Ha fixed everything and I now have a normal looking nose. Nightmare over! Hope you are happy with yours now
October 3, 2017
Do you mind if I emailed or fb messaged you for more info???
October 5, 2017