Anyone Have a Crooked Nose to Begin with AND a Crooked Nose Still Afterwards?
My nose has always bothered me since I can...
My nose has always bothered me since I can remember - maybe like 10 years old, and now I am 33. I always have had a curve to my nose that I thought looked terrible. But, I liked the way I looked from the front. When I went to a few consults, the docs pointed out that my nose was also crooked to my right side (which I guess I always new, but it never bothereed me that much). I finally decided on a doctor, based some research, the fact that he was a facial plastic surgeon, and a gut feeling.
I had my surgery (rhinoplasty with septoplasty, turbinate reduction, and repair of vestibular stenosis) on June 21st, and my cast came off yesterday (the 28th). It was weird, but my nose is actually straight instead of bumped now, which is really cool and was my main objective. But, my nose is still crooked. I don't feel it is any more crooked than it was per se, but it almost seems more obvious that it is crooked now. I think maybe because the doctor raised the tip of my nose slightly and my nostril are more exposed in view combined with the tip swelling that makes it seem more exaggerated.
I am hoping it is just the tip swelling, and will get less noticable over time. I wasn't looking for perfection, I just am worried it looks more obvious now than it did before and also wondering why the doctor didn't fix it? So, I got the cast off at 10am yesterday and was back in the doctor's office complaining at 3:30pm. He said he thinks it looks better than it did, and seemed to think it isn't anything that would require revisional surgery. He did, however, tape my nose up again (I'm guess just to quiet me up?)
I will try to post pics when I get a minute, but I am one of those folks that take a lot of pics and it takes me forever to upload them to my computer.
Has anyone else had a similar issue?
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Some updated pics, trying to illustrate my point...
Some updated pics, trying to illustrate my point...
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Ah, I get it now. Your old nose was pretty, too. But I really like your new one!
Cost partially offset by insurance.
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You say partially offset by insurance. I'd like to do the same thing....Medicare plus I have Supplemental Insurance to cover part of what Medicare doesn't. Did Dr Holcomb support you in the process of getting Insurance approval and payment? What did you need to do to get approval. A major part of the rhinoplasty I need is reconstructive due to fall and badly broken nose, septum etc.
Nice photos! Your new nose looks really pretty. My nose started out crooked and after two rhinoplasties still is... :( Not ideal, but I live with it fine. I still think my nose is a million times better than before surgery.
According to these doctors, rhinoplasty healing doesn't necessarily happen symmetrically. So you might still be more swollen on one side than the other.
Rhinoplasties are super intricate and difficult, so I always tell people to look for improvement, but not perfection.
Hope this helps!