Rhinoplasty: Stories

was searching across the internet, and I found your post, and it's exactly what I wanted to read! I'm and eighteen year old, female, and all my life I have struggled with trying to deal with an abnormally large nose. I look exactly like my dad, so sadly, I got his nose. I'll include some pictures bellow for you, at the end of this message. My dad's nose is long, wide, and heafty...while it looks pretty nice on his face, it looks AWFUL on mine. I have a very small, delicate face, and this totally throws off the harmoney of it. It sticks out too long...that's really my only complaint, to be honest. It just does not fit my face well. If I had a large nose, and it looked okay, then great...but sadly, that's not the case. I've been debating, and I decided that I want to do it. I want to get a nose job to make myself feel more confident. I often cry at times, and even confronted my mom who would not hear of it. I'm not doing this for others..I want to do this for ME, which I think is for the best. One big, big problem-money. I will be attending college next year and attending summer classes down there, then moving on into the fall. I thought the perfect time to do this would be the end of may, or around the end of may. I would be leaving for Florida on June 17th...would that be enough recovery time? As in, the bruises fading, and swelling going down? There are also some actual problems I am having with my nose, though. All my life, I've had difficulty breathing through my nose, wake up multiple times in the night, gasping because I couldn't breathe. The tip is also in so much pain, and from what I've read, I could 'cartilage overgrowth' If that's the case, I would need to go under the knife anyway. I just don't know how on earth I would fund this? I'm going to be a college student, but I can no longer wait, not even a year. I'm starting off fresh there, knowing no one (Literally, I'm coming out of state) and want to be the person I'm supposed to be, and look like the person I'm supposed to be. So I am asking for advice...how would I got about affording this? I also need to find a good surgeon, but the only thing holding me back is the money. I'm eighteen, so I know my parents will not be happy, but I'm doing this for ME. How should I approuch them (How did you approuch yours?) and how does the paying method work? I've asked my mother if I could cover some of the cost, and they could cover the rest as a 'Birthday, H.S graduation, and christmas gift' for the next four years. If not, I could pay them back after college, and they can charge me interest. They don't see how this is all I can think about...what's the best way to confront them? Also, I'm not sure where you're located, but do you think you could direct me to a site that can show me good surgeons (Not TOO expensive, but will give me great results!) in Chicago, Illinois? (I'm in the subs right outside of the city). Like I said, I don't want to grow from huge nose to tiny...I just want to shorten it and balance it out a bit. Here are some pictures of me (Front and side view) and I want your bluntly honest opinion of my nose-be cruel, be nice, I've heard it all. I just want to make sure I'm not imagining it when I say it doesn't fit my face.


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Any help would be great! I'm serious about this, and I'm ready for a change. Only money is stopping me-it's time for me to live the life I want, not being held back by my insecurity.