“Disappointment is a Massive Understatement”

It didn't hurt in the slightest. It's tender a week later, but I never used pain pills and had a ton of work done ... probably as much as you can have done. So, if you go to someone experienced, at least know that unless they totally screw up, it shouldn't hurt. Everyone was professional. The result, however -- disappointment is a massive understatement.

I'm VERY aware that one must wait for the swelling to go down before making any judgements on your outcome, and so I held my tongue after looking in the mirror when the splint came off but I just had a closed rhinoplasty/septoplasty to straighten my nose and it's still quite crooked and angles the same direction. In addition, the columella is significantly angled and the nostrils are extremely asymmetrical (far worse than before).

If the bones need to be moved further, is it best to do it within ten days of the rhinoplasty (as it is with a broken nose) or must I wait a year for a revision?

Though I may be swollen, the bones are easy to see and feel (as opposed to edema and tissue) and they're hardly improved. The columella -- if that doesn't rectify itself, dear god. Seriously, it's pointing at a 40 degree angle to the right, pulling the tip with it. The nose is "straighter" but in a line that is about 15 degrees diagonal and off center and noticeably crooked at the top where it meets the forehead.

This is stressing me out as I saw one of the world's best (trust me, rhinoplasty surgeons, you all know this doctor's name). And it cost a fortune. (Though I had almost no pain and minimal swelling).

I desperately want to believe this is just a swelling issue, but the bone-structure is almost EXACTLY as it was pre-surgery (and I know it intimately). I just don't want to miss a window to have this refined (if it needs to be, say, ten days later).

If after the swelling subsides (and I do not have much swelling, btw) it's still a disaster, wait another year for a revision?