Rhinoplasty: Stories

Congrats JanRio! You've made a lot of progress in the past two months. Your nose looks great!

You're looking fantastic Jan! Wow!

Hope you're doing well!

Hi Gift how are you doing? I do not tape at night. I have my follow up on the 17th. My nose is looking crooked but the Dr. says it is because of uneven swelling. Do you tape at night and how is your healing going?

Hello JanRio! I'm glad to see and hear that you're healing along nicely! It really does take a very long time to heal. It's hard to be patient, but I guess we have no choice! Do you tape at night?

Hi my nasal scar is so much better, not perfect yet. I think it will be fine though and my nose is cute!!!I had so much done and was getting impatient, so......silly me...youtubed the operation.. I am here to say, no wonder it takes so long. My nose has been through ALOT. It literally needs to grow....Heal and shape up.

HI, I am not sure about my sca yet as it is quite asymetrical. My surgeon thinks it is the swelling and I have a follow up 3 weeks post op. I am sure he can fix it if it is not right. I put bacitration on it and I am sure it is fine for a touch of makeup as the wound is closed. It is a bit wierd about the swelling though, has anyone else had this? My nose is great and still numb. I am going to love it I am sure. I go back to work tomorrow and will be presentable so I will take pictures! Happy New Year.

Hi Jan Rio. I have enjoyed following your story. How is your wound-scar going? How have you been caring for it, and is it ok to put makeup on it yet? Congrats!

Hi Gift. I could not log on for a few days, something wrong with site, UGH. OMG I am so happy for you and for me. I really could relate because I was trying to hide my narrow nostrils as well. When the Dr. removed my cast last Wednesday I was so excited. I have some swelling that needs to go down for sure but it is healing nicely. I asked the Dr. what he did and it is amazing how skilled these surgeons are. He removed cartilage and then added it to build a tip for my nose. He also lengthened my nose so he could shorten my nostrils. I think you and I had similar work? Anyway I will take another picture today as the swelling has gone down alot and I have a new little girly nose. Did you have a picture of a nose that you gave your dr. as a wish nose for you? I did, I would love to see yours, and I will send mine too. Do you have a private email? I would love to keep in touch, I am in NM.

Hello Jan Rio, How are you? How did it go?

Merry Christmas everyone. The procedure I had done was a full open Septo/Rhinoplasty with full reconstruction.Yes I had my front nasal bone rasped, alot and my nostrils shortened. I was tired of having a "push up" nose. I also had one nostril lower than the other which bothered me although other people seemed not to notice. On the tip I had provious cancer surgery and had a scar that bothered me and as a result also had veins that were showing. Everyone said makeu[ covered it however. sometimes I like to go natural. I found pictures of noses on google images and printed them out for my surgeon. Of course I tried to find women with the same shape face as mine. Boy had to make sure I knew that my face was still going to be min lol. I gave the pictures to my surgeon 2 days prior so he had time to look at them and he chose the same 2 that were my favorites and we discussed the morning of my surgery. I felt comfortable with my surgeon and "liked" him which I think is important. So now to the Twilight...thing... I truly thought I would be asleep. Which I was but I wasn't. First thing is I was in a nice surgery center and had an IV inserted and was relaxed. So as usual they put me on the table and I was in an operating room that was playing "Jingle Bell Rock" which I thought was just perfect. I dozed off and as I reflect back now don't really remember the first part at all. Then I remember hearing voices and feeling th novicaine being put into my nose. Kinda like a dental procedure, not really disconcerting at all. Then I started talking and asking when I was going to fall asleep, but felt like I was in a dream. Not scared or in pain or anything. I had a clothe draped over my eyes and thought to myself, keep my eyes closed I do not want to see. To be clear I was not really awake it is weird but would do it over again. Then, they started rasping my nasal bone, like going to town on it. He would check my profile then rasp some more.. No pain at all just a little pressure. Then he would rinse and he started from the bridge of my nose so I knew I was totally open. What I really liked is when he told me he was cosing me uo and then like nothing I was totally awake and in a wheelchair. I got myself dressed within 30 minutes. So my thing is, if I can do this and have it go well, anyone can. I am a big chicken but I hate going under general..... I hope this helps and does not scare anyone thinking about this procedure. It was not scary, ot painful and yes I would do it again.

Hi Jan Rio, Yes, that's funny, I agree with you and renap1 about how common this procedure is! At the last few staff meetings I worked I slyly checked out all the women's noses (at least I hope I was sly). There were more than a few that I thought, for sure, they had had work done! Jan Rio, did you only have the deviated septum corrected? Or any aesthetic work done as well?

Funny you say that many women have done this surgery. Since I have done mine I cannot stop looking at everyone's noses and trying to figure out if they had it done too. Some I can actually tell others I cannot but wonder if they have. This is going to be an obsession of mine now although I really hate it because nose is the first thing I look at when I meet someone. I swear its like buying a car that you think no one has but once you buy it everyone seems to have it and you keep seeing it on the street all the time when you didn't see it before.

Thanks Mari, I hope mine heal that well. The Twilight was a bit wierd but honestly I would do it again in a heartbeat. It was almost like I was a spectator. The thing I really liked was NOT having the after effects of general anesthesia. I am so excited. I would like to wish you all a Happy Holiday and Merry Christmas tomorrow. I will share details tomorrow when my boys are gone. Gonna chillax with them now..

I had my sutures taken off 2 days ago and now go can´t even tell where the doctor made the cut!! they heal really fast!

Wow, I'm amazed at the lack of swelling and black and blue eyes. Your doc did a great job! I had sutures under my nose too, and at day 16 you can't even tell I had stitches there. I don't think I could do the twilight deal though. You are braver than I am!

Great pics. I'd like to know the answer regarding scarring too as mine will be open too. Keep up the great healing :)

Thanks, I do have some yellowing around my eyes. I cannot wait to see the result? Hey gift how are you?

Glad everything is going well

Hi Jan Rio! I had read your post and was remembering you as Albuquerque, so we you wrote to me as Jan Rio I got confused - sigh - it's a confusing time! I'm thrilled for you that you have no bruises! I knew I would bruise terribly because I always do. I'm never really without a bruise... I have them on my thighs all the time because that's the height of my students' desks! I'll know they'll go away soon though. They're already not such a deep purple as they were yesterday. How long did your surgery last?