The conversation usually goes down the same way: I explain that I work with two facial plastic surgeons, and the other person will lean in closer, confessing that they/their mother/a random friend was the unlucky recipient of a botched nose job years prior.  “Can your doctors help?” they whisper, eyes darting around to ensure nobody is listening, as if we are two Colombian smugglers trafficking drugs across the border.  Now, I’m biased, of course, but even objectively speaking, Dr. Solieman and Dr. Litner are two of the finest rhinoplasty and revision rhinoplasty experts in the country, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to anyone (which I do, and frequently).  Because rhinoplasty is a game of millimeters, it’s so easy for surgery to go awry in the wrong hands, and patients usually hesitate to return for–often badly needed–corrective work, having been scared away the first time.  In particularly bad cases, however, when too much cartilage has been removed or breathing has been impeded, corrective work is sadly inevitable.  Drs. Litner and Solieman document the most common rhinoplasty errors and techniques here on their blog Rhinoplasty in Beverly Hills–a fascinating read for anybody thinking about going under for the first–or second…or third–time. 

Tags: revision rhinoplasty, rhinoplasty

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One Response to “Anatomy of a nose job gone wrong”

1. maya Says:
   November 9th, 2008 at 5:59 am

   hi nadine…nice blog you have here…
   BTW i am one of the unlucky recipient of a botched nose job…
   i had a fat flat nose and i want to trim it down…
   and after the nose job…i had a pig nose…great…LOL…
   i miss my old fat nose….

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