Q. One week after rhinoplasty at a plastic surgery clinic, I’m so upset because my eyes look sunken in.

Hello. I’m Kim Hyung-taek, the head doctor of Kowon Plastic Surgery.

In this answer note, I am responding to a question posted on Knowledge iN saying that after rhinoplasty, the eyes looked sunken in and even the overall impression changed, which is causing a lot of concern.

Q. It has been about a week since I had surgery at a plastic surgery clinic.

But like in the photo, the area between my eyebrows looks too high, almost like a sloth, and maybe because of the swelling, my eyes look sunken in too. I’m also hearing a lot that my facial expression has changed.

Before, I used to hear a lot that my eyes were the prettiest part of my face. During the consultation, I said that my nose wasn’t originally very low, so I didn’t want the bridge raised at all; I just wanted the shape of my nose to look slimmer.

So I was going to avoid using silicone entirely, but I was told that if I didn’t use it, nothing would change, so I decided to put in just 3 mm..

But do they usually start it that high, from above the area between the eyes? I really hate itㅠㅠㅠ

The plastic surgery clinic said it’s because of a lot of swelling and that it will become much slimmer, but I hate that my eyes changed in the first place. They also said there would be no sunken-eye look at all...

I only wanted a slightly upturned, slightly curved line from a straight nose shape like my original nose, but I never imagined it would become this much of a curved line, and they said they would lower the tip too, but it looks even more upturned than before... Will I only know once more swelling goes down? I’m really so upset.

The first photo is the one I just took, and the second photo is my original nose...ㅠ

If I remove both the silicone and the ear cartilage, will my nose go back to how it was?

I want my original nose shape to stay the same, and only have it changed a little when viewed from the front...ㅠㅠㅠ

Looking at your question, it seems that you were asking for another solution because it has been a week since the surgery, but your facial impression changed due to the sunken-eye look, and hearing that from people around you has been upsetting.

After surgery at a plastic surgery clinic, the nose is still swollen overall, so it is far from the actual final shape.

In particular, the swelling in the glabella area between the eyes takes a long time to go down.

Please wait about another week, then look at the shape of your nose after the swelling has subsided and discuss it with the doctor who performed your surgery at the plastic surgery clinic.

When the nose is swollen after surgery, it can look lifted and the area between the eyebrows can appear higher.

You may not like it now, but please wait until all the swelling has gone down.

I hope you get a good result from the surgery.

Source: https://kin.naver.com/qna/detail.nhn?d1id=7&dirId=70110&docId=389801182&page=1#answer1

https://blog.naver.com/kowon_note/223330250577