Rhinoplasty: September 14, 2011
Hi everyone, my surgery is coming up this...
Hi everyone, my surgery is coming up this Wednesday and I am beyond excited. I am a little nervous, because I do have that thought, "What if I still don't like it?", but you can't make my nose worse. Plus, I trust my physician and believe that he will do the best job possible in making my nose fit my face. Plastic surgery is a personal opinion and everyone is entitled to their own opinion....I personally have been thinking about this for awhile and finally made the move to get the surgery.
My nose itself has a bump on the top and well, is just BIG! My dad's side is the one to thank, he was from Jordan, so I have a "roman nose" as you call it. No one has ever told me to my face that my nose was big, but I knew and that is all that mattered to me. And if I knew, I am sure everyone else noticed. It is also something that has brought my confidence level down. I can fix my hair, put on some makeup, but the moment I look in the mirror, ALL I notice is my Nose....I am doing the surgery for myself...and know that some may not agree with the decision I have made...
**I will take some pictures of my profile before and after the surgery and upload them!
Well surgery went well yesturday! As far as pain,...
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Hey everyone! Well today is day 5 since my surgery...
As far as Pain, it's bearable, but I jab a high pain tolerance. I only took one pain pill when I needed it. It is very very hard for me to sleep past 4 hours without waking up. That has to be the worst part. Then you can't lie down, you have to stay elevated. It is very important that you eat something before you take your pain medication because you do not want to throw up and damage your nose. My meals have consisted of soups, rice, cereal, and fruit. I do not eat alot. Just very very light stuff. You do not want to eat anything that requires alot of chewing because you do not want to rip out the stitches...
I have very minor bruising and it's starting to fade away. Always keep chapstick in your pocket!!!!! I have to breath out through my mouth and my lips become super dry! Always keep a bottle of water by your bed at night time!! I have awaken and have had my mouth to be severely dry. My nose has a lot of dried blood inside so very few hours I spray saline. My doctor said to not stick a q tip up there because you do not want to tear any stitches. I did have open rhinoplasty, so I have stitches on the outside and dissolvable stitches in the inside.
****** I have a question for you ladies who have already had the procedure. How bad did it hurt taking out the stitches? Did you take a pain pill before? I will be going to get them out by myself and can't take a pain pill and drive so how Terrible was the pain??!!
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I don't remember pain from removing stitches. So it must not have been too bad. Maybe a little pinch here and there. I do remember the packing being removed, but you don't have to worry about that, so yay! Thanks so much for the updates.
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