Rhinoplasty: Stories

It looks a lot better! You are still 2 weeks post op, its still early days but I can understand how anxious you would feel. you know your skin and the tissue just under it has memory-as it was used to an indent there and now the cartilige is changed it might take awhile for your skin and tissue to settle.. just a thought perhaps your could ask your surgeon

Trust me, your nose looks AMAZING! It will only continue to get better with time:-)

Hi Mari: Did you have an open or closed rhino? If it was an open surgery you are looking for your nose to change for up to 18 months. I speak from experience because I have had several rhinos. My Dr. told me 18 months and he was right. My nose looked completely different. 2 weeks or even 4 weeks or 6 weeks is so soon. You probably still have bruising. The more surgery you have the longer it will take to look better. Since you didn't have your nose broken, you will probably start to see a big difference in swelling a lot sooner. You are really jumping the gun. I bet if your Dr. had taken a picture of you right after surgery (before the swelling kicked in) you would be very happy with what you will eventually end up with. As long as everything is straight, just be patient. Maybellineo

your latest pic shows a smaller, narrower version of your pre-op nose ... your nose is still very swollen ... hence it will improve as the swelling goes down ... be strong ... healing is a long process ... the swelling may fluctuate but will go down for good eventually ... I found taping and gentle massage (talk to your surgeon about this) helped to bring the swelling down ...

I think it looks good so far :). You are so cute! I think once the swelling goes down more you will look so beautiful! ;) I hope the best for you!

The tip takes the longest for the swelling to subside. I am almost 8-9 weeks post op and I am only now seeing the swelling going down in my tip. Actually today for the first time I have noticed the difference. For some people like yourself who has thicker skin it can take even longer. If in fact its a dent that will not go away they can fill it for you with your own fat graft that is a permanent solution. You have to give it time. My doctor keeps telling me that 3 months is when your nose is stable. I am waiting for my 3 months so that I can have my mini revision done. I have an indent on the side of my nose that has to have a graft put in to fill that area and make it look even. So don't worry they can fix that minor thing and it may not even be needed as you are still VERY swollen. Your nose will shrink about 50% of it is right now. Two weeks is very little time especially for you since you have a thick skin. I will say though your nose looks cute and symmetrical, count your blessings because most of the problems in rhinoplasty is symmetry. I think you look very cute with the nose that you already have an will look even way better in the next 2 1/2 months.

I think your nose is looking better with the passing days, Mari !! It looks like it will be narrower and more refined, but otherwise similar to your old nose. I like it.

Looking good. Are you a little happier?

Well if he only rasped the bone instead of breaking it I think you are in better shape than you think. Breaking bones is WAY WAY more invasive than rasping. Do you have stiches that he had to remove or do you have dissolvable stitches? The reason I ask is they use stitches to pull your nose together to make it more narrow. I think your surgery was less invasive and you might end up with the same nose you already had except a little narrower and smaller.

and by the way... thank you so much for the nice comments! It is true, having a nose job is a roller coaster of emotions and I was feeling pretty down and you guys help me a lot! I will put more pics of the progress... :)

Well it is sunday!! And i went to the surgeon and he took the stitches and the cast off! The good thing.... It doesn´t look bad without the cast!!!! :) The bad thing: he put the cast back on because I am still really really swollen!..So I will have to go to work with the cast! :(