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Tip Refinement - Hawaii
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I'm getting surgery on the tip of my nose in a...
carriejmMarch 22, 2012
WORTH IT$4,800
I'm getting surgery on the tip of my nose in a couple of weeks and thought it would be good to keep track of progress for those who may want one in the future. I'm not a blogger or anything, so I hope this is helpful to someone! I haven't found a ton of people who are just doing the tip, so I thought it might be good to do, though I'm pretty private and this is kind of embarrassing. I've heard that it takes quite a while to see the results you want with the tip because the swelling lasts so long, but I'm excited!
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March 26, 2012
Good luck girl and don't be embarrassed. The tip does take longer then any other part of the nose to heal. I'm a little over two weeks post op and my tip is still pretty swollen. You'll look great afterwards and since you are only changing your tip I'm sure it will look very natural and nobody will notice :)
March 26, 2012
Thank you for the encouragement! I keeping it a secret from people I actually know, so it's nice to get it from strangers ; ). Good luck with your healing!
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1 day pre
Tomorrow's the big day! Nice and early so I don't...
carriejmApril 8, 2012
Tomorrow's the big day! Nice and early so I don't have to wait around being a stress case.
I've been trying to lay off the sodium yesterday and today, and my doctor gave me two herbal medicines to start today for swelling and bruising: Arnica Montana and Staphysagria. I take four of each four times per day for four days starting today (at least the dosage is easy to remember!). You put them under your tongue and let them dissolve, but they're sweet like candy so it's hard not to just eat them!
I've been trying to lay off the sodium yesterday and today, and my doctor gave me two herbal medicines to start today for swelling and bruising: Arnica Montana and Staphysagria. I take four of each four times per day for four days starting today (at least the dosage is easy to remember!). You put them under your tongue and let them dissolve, but they're sweet like candy so it's hard not to just eat them!
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Day of treatment
Day of surgery: I had my surgery today!!!! I can't...
carriejmApril 9, 2012
Day of surgery: I had my surgery today!!!! I can't believe I actually had a nose job...
I was expecting to just blink and have everything be over like when I was put under for getting my wisdom teeth out, but it felt more like I was awake (though I know I wasn't because time went way too fast), and I was tripping out on acid the whole time. I really was conscious the last part of the surgery, but my eyes were covered and I couldn't see or feel really anything except these round lights above me that seemed like they were dancing around.
About 12 hours later, I can kind of walk without falling, though I'm still a little out of sorts. My splint and packing look awful; I'm excited for tomorrow to at least get the packing out so I can breathe better. I've been bleeding a little bit from under the packing, but the doctor said that might happen, so I'm not too worried. I haven't had any pain; the doctor said all I'd need is Tylenol. I can't wait for this week to be over!
I was expecting to just blink and have everything be over like when I was put under for getting my wisdom teeth out, but it felt more like I was awake (though I know I wasn't because time went way too fast), and I was tripping out on acid the whole time. I really was conscious the last part of the surgery, but my eyes were covered and I couldn't see or feel really anything except these round lights above me that seemed like they were dancing around.
About 12 hours later, I can kind of walk without falling, though I'm still a little out of sorts. My splint and packing look awful; I'm excited for tomorrow to at least get the packing out so I can breathe better. I've been bleeding a little bit from under the packing, but the doctor said that might happen, so I'm not too worried. I haven't had any pain; the doctor said all I'd need is Tylenol. I can't wait for this week to be over!
I'm sure your story will help lots of people! Thank you for being open and sharing with us! Looking forward to following your process.