What is the Best Way to Deal with People After Rhinoplasty?

Your posted photo shows oversized tip cartilages so having the surgery would not be unreasonable. The procedure is not feminizing if the masculine nasal characteristics are not altered. I was 18 long before you were born and I don't even remember the names of most of my peers at that time. Your nose will be with you for life, those peers will not. Someone who ridicules you after you have a reasonable procedure that makes you feel better about yourself is not a friend and should not be a peer.

Rhinoplasty, nose reshaping surgery, is the most common cosmetic surgery performed on American teens. Over 30,000 teens a year get nose jobs in the US. You are not alone. The problem here in southern California is too many female teenagers have the surgery and compare notes so overdone surgery is what they want. It has to look operated on enough to be accepted by female peers. No surgeon can help you deal with peers. Your best bet is to reach out to other teenagers who have posted to realself.

I hope you realize that this format of posting questions and receiving answers lacks the face to face direct communication required for you to make an informed decision regarding your surgery.

My response to your question/post does not represent formal medical advice or constitute a doctor patient relationship. You need to consult with i.e. personally see a board certified plastic surgeon in order to receive a formal evaluation and develop a doctor patient relationship in order to know if this assessment is valid.

 A  het least one third of our rhinoplasty practice are men,  so it is a very common procedure performed. Due to the prolonged healing time with swelling, most  people do not detect that someone  has had a nose job. Some male patients will grow a beard or mustache which is a common way to camouflage results of the nose during the healing process.

       A natural result through a closed approach can usually be appreciated in 2 to 3 weeks or so.  As the remainder of the swelling goes down over a year or so, people will adjust as you change.  Find a plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of rhinoplasties and rhinoplasty revisions each year.  Then look at the plastic surgeon's website before and after photo galleries to get a sense of who can deliver the results.

Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA