Rhinoplasty: Stories

~Two month post op ~

My nose has bothered me ever since I was a young girl. I am 22 now, but I have always wanted to get a rhinoplasty because of how large and bulbous my nose looked. Every single picture I've ever put up on myspace/facebook/etc was photoshopped. And what did I super edit? My nose of course! It ruined every picture I took and just made me really sad that I had to change my real appearance. People would compliment my pictures, say I look pretty, and it felt nice hearing those things but the real truth haunted me because I didn't really look like those edited pictures. Therefore, my self-esteem has been low for a very long time. Till now :)

Dr. Joseph did such an incredible change to my confidence and life in general. He fixed that gross looking nose and deviated septum I had and made me what I always wanted to look like in my photoshopped pictures, if not better. I couldn't begin to tell you how much better I feel about myself now. No more cringing and sighing whenever I look in the mirror because all I can see is that big nose making me look hideous. My own friends used to ridicule me in middle/high school and I am more than relieved that those memories don't have to make me feel sad anymore.

The only cons I had from my surgery was not being able to breathe as well as I did till about a month post op, but it is slowly going back to normal. My bruising was pretty severe as soon as I woke up from my surgery too, but that's mostly because of how thin and sensitive my skin is. I had a blood vessel pop in one of my eyes so it looked pretty bloody for a few weeks, but didn't hurt or anything. Luckily this was during my summer vacation from college so no one had to see me look all scary :) I'm just really glad that I went through with all of this -- all I ever wanted was to accept myself, how I looked in pictures, and have a little more self-esteem.

I wish I had more normal before pictures I could share of myself here, but I usually deleted all my pictures in their original form after I edited them. That's how much I hated myself :( It feels so awesome that I can take a picture and show it to others without feeling the need to completely change my face. I couldn't have asked for anything better! Thank you so much Dr. J for making me into the pretty girl I always wanted to be :)