25-year-old Rhinoplasty. Knoxville, TN

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Frontal

  • 24 Oct 2015
  • 1 month post
Here's my before and after a from the front. I haven't posted many from this angle because I didn't care about it. I was mostly happy with the way I was from a front view. I just hated my profile. I feel like I have more than one angle to take a photo now, which is awesome.

If anyone is curious, I had a closed rhino. I was a little caught up on the differences. My two other consults suggested open-- mostly because that is the way the preferred. They almost had me convinced it was the better way to do it for everyone.

The doctor I went with did both closed and open procedures, but thought closed would be good for my particular case. I liked that he would do both and chose what was best for me, instead of his own personal preference. I think it is also part of the reason I had so little swelling. From what I understand, open is good if you're having tip work, which I did not want.

One-month post

  • 24 Oct 2015
  • 1 month post
There's not too much more to update except that it occurred to me that I am now one month post-op. I'm still a little sensitive, but honestly it feels as though more time has passed than just 4 weeks. I haven't been working out because I don't think I'm supposed to for a couple more weeks, but for the most part I feel great. After reading about how much the nose can continue to change up to a year after surgery, I have been anxious about the healing process. Im happy to report that healing could not have gone better for me so far. I'm still so happy with the results and this has done wonders for my self-confidence. I feel great meeting new people and no longer worry that my hooked nose is my identifier. The experience has been great and I'm so glad I had it done.

2 week post op

  • 7 Oct 2015
  • 14 days post
Had my two week post op today! Went ahead and took some before and afters there. Still can't stop looking at it. My doctor told me I had very little swelling and bruising, although my dad did just tap me I'm the face on accident. Wasn't a hard hit, but I cried-- partly out of fear and partly from initial shock of pain from sensitivity. I think all is well though. The first bump is brutal.

Provider Review

Stephen M. Lazarus, MD
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
801 North Weisgarber Road, Knoxville, Tennessee
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  • 30 Sep 2015

I'm only a week post-op, but I couldn't wait much longer to sing Dr. Lazarus's praises. Rhinoplasty is something I have wanted to do for many years. Naturally, I was a little nervous when beginning the actual research to follow through. (I tried to stay away from most of the bad reviews to not talk myself out of it). However, I did want to make sure I picked the right surgeon for me. I scheduled 3 consults. Dr. Lazarus was the only surgeon who really focused on what bothered me about my nose. He was also the only one to actually take time to look through my paperwork during my consult. He was very patient with my long list of questions and reassured me on my every concern and simply made me feel at ease with his confidence and overall kind demeanor. I was very impressed and scheduled my surgery. From my consult to my post-op, he -- and his entire staff-- call to follow up consistently and encourage as many visits, calls, and questions as I want/wanted. They are very thorough. The procedure went very well, and I know he took his time to make sure I would be very happy with the result, which I am a million times over. He is very gentle with everything he does and tells you exactly what he's going to do before he does it. His whole staff made my journey a personal one, and I will be forever grateful. My only regret so far is that I didn't do it sooner. :) I hope everyone on staff will read this-- just know I can't thank you enough.