Rhinoplasty: Stories

I needed a major septorhinoplasy to correct an injury which happened as a result of being kicked in the face, and knocked out by my dying horse last June.

The ER in the town where I live failed to diagnose the extent of my injuries and their ENT also failed to do any studies nor intervention. By the time I got a CT scan it was past the 1 week period to fix my injury, so I had a displaced, deformed nose, with a crushed airway that was 90% obstructed on the left, with bone fragments and 30% obstructed on the right. It had to remain that way for 9 months until my surgeon could do the septorhinoplasty with ear cartilage grafts to rebuild my airway. This was done at the end of March.

The surgeon did an excellent job by repairing all the damage, repositioning my nose and rasping down the fragments and lumps. My breathing immediately improved and my nose is straight again. I also used an aque cool after my procedure for 7 days. There was no bruising and minimal swelling. It helped my healing to have the aque cool unit. Most important my surgeon had amazing precision in his work and left minimal evidence of all he had to do. My breathing is normal again and my face looks great.

Just past 100 days post surgery. Continuing to heal well from surgery. Tip area still swollen to some degree and lacking its usual definition and there is some numbness remaining in the area, all this is normal as it heals. Breathing and function remain excellent. I can really feel the difference exercising where I step up my respiration rate in speed swimming, ballet, or swordwork. All of these were compromised terribly with the injury. Stamina has improved considerably with all workouts. Will add more info 3 months past this update.
Also for clairification purposes, my cost was the total cost I spent to correct my injury, this included my seeing three different facial reconstructive surgeons to determine the extent of the damage and what to do about it, as well as treatment for pain and swelling. My actual surgical procedure cost was a part of this number.