Pandemonium wrote:ahappycamper wrote:==
Hi, I understand how frustrating the recovery process can be. Hopefully this can be a learning experience for you in the future if you decide to have more surgery done.
However, did Dr. Chi really say he would use an I implant in your nose? I asked him before how he does his nose jobs and he told me he uses L silicone implants like most other Thai doctors. I do know however that there are people(Aadvark) that have had good success with L silicone implants even if they may not be as universally accepted. Also, Annakilly had a tertiary rhinoplasty with Dr. Chi and reported that he gave her a L silicone as well, with dermal grafts, so is it a possibility that you guys miscommunicated between the L and I silicone implants?
I would wait out the brow implant, honestly, the pain can only get better from here on out. I had an INFECTION in my right cheek and I recently fought it off, well at least I think have, and it's only been getting better. Keep in mind this process has been going on since for 1.5 months where I've had to deal with abnormal swelling and infection. Even to this day(I had operation on March 16th) I still don't look completely normal in many lightings and angles. However, I know it gets better every single day that passes and this will all be OLD NEWS in a few months. Just stop thinking about it because stress technically slows down your healing process. If it's the pain that is making you think about taking it out then I say just wait it out. However, if it's the aesthetic issue, because you don't like the way the brow implant looks on your face, then taking it out might be a rational action, however, I bet there is still swelling that is distorting you aesthetic outcome. But yes, stop touching your brow implant...your face was just cut open and had a foreign object stuck into it. Of course you will feel discomfort if you keep provoking the area. My chin implant(easy operation) done under local still feels tender at 1.5 months if I "rub" or "massage" it, not that I do habitually, but there's no mystery behind the reason that it feels tender.
Hi there happycamper. He did not mention anything regarding the shape of the implant. My nose has a very big tip to begin with and I should have been given an I-shaped implant, instead of the L-shaped. I only want the bridge to be more prominent. I have to blame myself too for not asking him about the shape of implant he will be giving me.
My brow bone implant is 8mm thick and it is really weird. I can feel that there is no transition when I move my fingers from the scalp to my brow bone area. It is like a flat piece of road but the area is really protruding out. The shape has been fixed more or less after feeling it and I really look like a goldfish. Boii18 called me yesterday and he told me 8mm is really THICK. He suggested me to remove it too. He said maybe the implant is pressing against the nerves which caused the pain.
My eyes expression look different now after the implant, I don't look the same anymore, uglier in fact when I tried to move my eyebrown, give a wink or anything.
Thankfully Dr Chi is willing to remove it for free.
Now what I have to do is to remove the implant, then wait for my nose to heal and go to korea or dr pat suggested by boii18 to have my nose done again.
Did you have your nose done too?
If you had a large tip to begin, an L shaped implant should be okay for you because the bottom of the "L" shape would stretch your tip out a bit, creating more of a point. However, if you only wanted the bridge taken care of then yes, an "I" implant would be feasible. Then if you wanted to address the tip as well with just an "I" implant then you would need a tip plasty done with another graft. However, I don't know of too many doctors in Thailand who do tip plasties done with other grafts. Most of the Thai docs are very used to using L silicone implants since it's a very basic procedure compared to a super intricate tip plasty where autologous grafts are necessary. I have heard from multiple venues that the hardest part in rhinoplasty is getting a fat tip to be sharp. The only doctor in Thailand that I know of that does tip plasties with grafts is Dr. Kunachak from Yoskarn clinic, but be warned, his prices are very high for a Thailand residing surgeon.
Did you diagnose the implant as 8mm or is that what Dr. Chi told you? The reason I ask is that there is a possibility that swelling is making the implant look much bigger than it really is. Trust me, as someone with multiple implants in the face I know how distorting swelling can be and how it can make something seemingly so tiny, look much bigger, for a temporary amount of time.
Also, I'm assuming the implant is silicone and was fixated with screws?
Why did you decide to pursue the brow bone implant? The reason I ask is that the procedure is uncommon compared to your typical nose or chin job. Nobody really notices the brow area outside of those who have refined eyes for aesthetics. What goal did you expect the brow implant to fulfill? A stronger brow bone will almost always make you look more masculine, older, and in many ways scarier and more intimidating. It really would change your eyes from kind to mean but for some people this may be a good thing if they want a more dominant look, however, for many people they can be very unprepared especially if they are not ready to go from sweet looking to fierce. The brow implant is more likely to make you look different as oppose to better.
About Dr. Pat, he has done some good work on people but make sure you look at this thread as well.
http://forum.singaporeexpats.com/ftopic ... c-330.html
He has a mix of happy and unhappy patients so make sure you are prepared before jumping into surgery with him. I do know of one girl who had her tip done with Dr. Pat and according to her, it was stretched to the point where she risked eventual extrusion. This was the same girl that went to Dr. Chi to fix her nose.
I did have a nose job but I did not do it in Thailand. I did it in Korea at Banobagi Clinic with Dr. Lee. The result is okay for me, nice improvement that looks natural. He did an "I" silicone implant on the bridge with septum grafts in my tip for sharpness. I plan on redoing the nose because it's a bit conservative for my taste but I think it was a good result anyways. I always knew, based on my starting point that I would need at least two rhinoplasties for a "great" nose unless I went to Dr. Kim from BKDongyang or Dr. Wang, a China nose guy. The reason is that both of these docs seem do do really dramatic work and their tip transformations are more dramatic than any other doctors I've seen.
