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Dr. Brian Vassar Heil, MD
My nose has always been problematic. It was broken several times and redone 3 times before coming to Dr. Heil. Dr. Heil did the 4th one sometime in 2002 or so. It improved, but the nostrils were uneven. I went back to Dr. Heil in 2013 where he performed an open surgery by lifting and placing a splint from cartridge taken from my ears. It was a long and tedious surgery that left my nostrils amazingly even. From the front, my nose really looks a lot better, however, I am upset about my profile, which now has a hump because of the splint.
Dr. Heil has carefully reviewed the surgery and admitted that there is a small hump due to the splint and stated that there was too much scar tissue inside the nose because of the previous surgeries. He felt that if he did anything with the splint the tip might "droopâ??. I though that he did a perfect job and Dr. Heil, being a perfectionist, stated that it was good, but not perfect. I appreciated that honest statement.
I consulted with three other revision surgeons and I did not feel as comfortable with any of them so I am remaining with Dr. Heil. It has been a year since the surgery and I have my final appointment with Dr. Heil and Zach next week. I am going to try to convince Dr. Heil to try one more time to fix my nose, even if he can reduce the hump by 0.1cm, I will be very happy. Regardless, I will not go to another surgeon because I feel that Dr. Brian Heil is the best cosmetic surgeon in the US.
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