“Looking for Opinions on my Rhinoplasty. Does It Look Good or Bad?”

I think her nose looks pretty good. I had revision surgery about 7 months ago and mine looks terrible. It's very wide, collapsed, and I can barely breathe. What happened to your rhinoplasty?

Hi there, can I get in touch with you, I just had a tip plasty done myself on Feb. 8, 2010...boy what they don't really explain about swelling, changes, along this "healing" process. Would love to ask you when you feel the swelling finally went away if it even has???

please post a pic. i bet your nose is much prettier than you think!

I know the postings are confusing! I'll explain :o) I first posted because I changing something like my nose, (even if for the better!), was kind of shocking, and I was looking for reassurance. Now that I've gotten used to the change, I love it! The doctor did a great job straightening it. (I don't think the pictures show how crooked it really was.) He took some artistic liberty and slightly narrowed the tip which I also love now. although i think that is what shocked me the most at first because we didn't talk about doing that pre-op. but once the swelling went down, and i got used to the change, i realized i lOVED it! the only thing i would change (and might end up changing) is the side profile. I asked for it to be slightly dished, and I feel that it's still slightly convex. (i don't know the correct terms.) Maybe there's still swelling that needs to go down? What is a supratip deformity and how do you fix it? Thank you for taking the time to comment!

Marilicious, I didn't find the surgery that bad at all! If you'd like to talk more, feel free to email, especially closer to the time of your surgery. The scariest part for me was the waiting to get to surgery. Once they start the anasthesia you'll be out in 20 seconds. After that, I don't remember I thing during the surgery. Immediately afterwards kind of sucks. haha. It's really good to have someone to take care of you for a couple days. Although prior to surgery I told my mom I'd be fine and that she didn't need to come, I was so happy she was there the day following my surgery! Coming out of anasthesia I was extremely nausous and throwing up blood that had gotten into my stomach from the surgery. I threw up about 3 times in the 3 hours after surgery. Then I went home and went to bed for the night. The next day wasn't too bad. I was achy and a naseous, but it really wasn't too bad. it's not stabbing, awful, unbearable pains. I had pain meds that made me feel naseous so I was more naseous then in pain. (although i wasn't throwing up, just felt sick to my stomach.) After laying around for a couple hrs, my mom and i went for a walk on the beach and i showed her around town some. I had to take a couple breaks to sit down, but again, it was because i felt naseous, not because of pain in my face/nose. the second and third day were the worst looking; my eyes were greenish from bruising and swollen, but like i said, that was the worst day, it got better after that. also, i didn't eat anything except grahm crackers for like 3 days too because of the nausea. that was the worst of it! it's hard to eat because of the pain-- it's not awful pain, but you just don't feel like opening your mouth wide or smiling big, etc. it's great for weight control! hah. if you have other questions, let me know!

wow, interesting to read how it affects everyone so differently. I did not get nausea but I did get super swollen. I had a severe trauma though, in terms of my nose being crooked (though mostly also noticeable from certain angles). Mine came from childhood trauma (falling on my face) when I was still learning how to use my legs. Anyways, one of my eyes pretty much closed/squinty. I found the internal stints to be extremely uncomfortable and I'm hoping healing in time will fix the issues I hate because I had a hard time even swallowing my saliva the first week after. Definitely lost some weight that week. Crackers were my friend. Congrats on the success story, danirpi! Good luck, Marilicious! My advice for anyone thinking about rhinoplasty--communication is KEY--make sure you and your doctor are on the same page with every detail (put it in writing if you have to) AND get in touch with actual patients who can tell you the doctor listened to them and truly cares