After All These Years, Finally a New Nose! - Baltimore, MD

I'm fresh out of surgery, but I just wanted to go ahead and start my review, at least. About 7 years ago I had a primary that left me with a very crooked and uneven bridge and tip. My nose tilted dramatically to the left and made my whole face look slightly asymmetrical. I'm probably the only one that noticed the facial asymmetry the but the nose was obviously crooked. The bridge was uneven. The graft were obvious and leaned more toward my right side and didn't spread evenly between my eyes ( hope that makes sense). My radix was also too high for my face. The bridge looked too thin, the tip too wide, especially since I have a thin face. There was an obvious graft in my tip. My bridge was too high and the tip was too low. My profiles looked completely different. My nostrils were highly uneven and one was a notch higher than the other. I also had a bump on the bridge to top it off, lol. That is all I can think of for now. Despite this my overall look was good and most people probably wouldn't notice all these things unless I took the time to point it out. Taking pics was very thought provoking, lol, hmmm, which side photographs better? Which way to tilt my head to avoid my crooked nostrils showing? How to pose so it won't look so big? Just way too much thought went into it. It was time for a change....

So in early May I had my consultation with Dr. Boahene. For whatever reason I was having a hard time articulating all the issues I had with my nose in the exam room, but in his office he pointed out all of my nose issues, he was soo on point. It was not hard for me to decide to have him do my revision. He said it could be a closed procedure with ear grafting, because my first procedure was closed I liked the idea of this one being closed as well, to avoid the scars.

Yesterday, was the big day. Let me just note that everyone at the surgery center is extremely nice, the anesthesiologist was just so sweet. It calmed my nerves about the anesthesia. When the doctor got there we went over what I wanted done, and that's when he told me that he would prefer to use rib and do the procedure open. I was okay with the change in plans because my nose was messed up and I just wanted it to look its best, and I trusted his judgement. So I was fine with the changes. Went into the OR, and was knocked out within 2 minutes. Next thing I remember is being awoken by a nurse and my husband was sitting there in the room. I just wanted to go back to sleep, I was so sleepy, I noticed my rib was sore so I knew that he used rib grafts afterall. My husband immediately told me my tip looks a lot better. I slept most of the way home but when I really looked in the mirror, no doubt the shape of my tip was much better, can't wait to see my bridge because that was very uneven before, but at least I can say my tip already looks a lot better.