{"id":292244,"date":"2020-05-11T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1150585"},"modified":"2020-05-11T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T02:00:00","slug":"dr-paul-nassif-takes-on-a-boxers-knocked-out-nose-hear-all-about-the-botched-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/dr-paul-nassif-takes-on-a-boxers-knocked-out-nose-hear-all-about-the-botched-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Paul Nassif Takes on a Boxer&#8217;s Knocked Out Nose! Hear All About the Botched Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2020411\/rs_600x600-200511122207-600-Dr._Nassif-gj-5-11-20.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"43.21978021978\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"28.813186813187\">\n<p>Alexa, play &#8220;Eye of the Tiger&#8221; by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/survivor\">Survivor<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/shows\/botched\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tonight&#8217;s all-new<\/a> <em>Botched<\/em>, Dr. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/paul_nassif\">Paul Nassif<\/a><\/strong> was tasked with reconstructing professional boxer <strong>Chris<\/strong>&#8216; nose after multiple breaks and surgeries. Per the retired athlete, over the course of 33 years, he had his nose broken &#8220;approximately 22 times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had three surgeries to fix it, but as my boxing progressed and as my nose got broken more, it just got worse and worse over the years,&#8221; Chris explained in a confessional. &#8220;There was no breathing! I had no breathing because I had no nose, my nose was flat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After reconstructive surgeries left him with a &#8220;pancake nose,&#8221; Chris began to struggle with his mental health. As a result, he threw himself into boxing and checked out of his marriage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought, if I couldn&#8217;t fix my nose, the only thing I have are these and I buried myself into boxing,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I forgot that I was a husband, I destroyed my marriage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"59.630033557047\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"17.565436241611\">\n<p>Thus, Chris hoped that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/shows\/botched\/news\/1143725\/botched-s-dr-paul-nassif-pregnant-wife-brittany-reveal-the-sex-of-their-baby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Nassif<\/a> could not only restore his breathing, but his happiness as well. Now retired from boxing, Chris declared it was time to fix his nose &#8220;for good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Was Dr. Nassif able to give the Golden Gloves winner everything he hoped for?<\/p>\n<p>During a consultation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/shows\/botched\/news\/1131755\/the-botched-docs-give-6-tips-on-staying-healthy-during-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with Dr. Nassif and Dr.<\/a> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/terry_dubrow\">Terry Dubrow<\/a><\/strong>, Chris detailed his case file, which included a septoplasty, a terrible post-operative infection and more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having nasal surgery while you&#8217;re an active boxer is like breast surgery, a lift right before you have kids,&#8221; Dr. Nassif remarked to the <em>Botched<\/em> camera. &#8220;What&#8217;s the point?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"36.717592592593\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"16.212962962963\">\n<p>In the exam room, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/shows\/botched\/news\/1139337\/the-botched-doctors-answer-your-burning-cosmetic-questions-during-self-isolation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the famed plastic surgeon<\/a> revealed that the new patient needed a &#8220;complete septal reconstruction.&#8221; Thankfully, Dr. Nassif had a game plan for Chris&#8217; nose, which featured an open rhinoplasty and harvested rib.<\/p>\n<p>In the operating room, Nassif and his team found rock-like scar tissue inside Chris&#8217; nose. To make matters worse, the surgery was almost derailed as the surgical team struggled to find any septum.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these small hiccups, Nassif successfully completed the surgery, giving Chris a &#8220;firm&#8221; and &#8220;straighter&#8221; nose.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"62.631379962193\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"20.877126654064\">\n<p>&#8220;Overall, Chris should have a date by next week,&#8221; the popular surgeon quipped.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks after surgery, a newly confident Chris stepped out and displayed his new nose for the world to see.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before my surgery, I had a rubber nose, I had trouble breathing and I was self-conscious about going out with my friends,&#8221; Chris concluded. &#8220;But now, thanks to Dr. Nassif, my nose is both sculpted and supported.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For all of this and more, including Dr. Dubrow&#8217;s work on the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/shows\/botched\/news\/1149774\/surgery-gone-wrong-made-this-botched-patient-s-breasts-smell-like-dying-flesh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">breasts of Frankenstein<\/a>,&#8221; be sure to watch the all-new episode <a href=\"https:\/\/e.app.link\/?mParticle%20ID=Anonymous&amp;utm_term=enews&amp;utm_content=all-shows&amp;utm_medium=redirect-to-nbc&amp;utm_campaign=enews_web_evergreen_redirect&amp;utm_source=enews-dotcom&amp;Canonical%20URL=https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/botched&amp;$ios_deeplink_path=series\/botched&amp;$android_deeplink_path=series\/botched&amp;$desktop_url=https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/botched\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Watch a brand new episode of <em>Botched<\/em> Monday at 9 p.m., only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1150585\/dr-paul-nassif-takes-on-a-boxer-s-knocked-out-nose-hear-all-about-the-botched-case?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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Per the retired athlete, over the course of 33 years, he had his nose broken &#8220;approximately 22 times.&#8221; &#8220;I had three surgeries to fix it, but as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-20 09:15:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}