Hi there, it's great to see a post from you. I have stopped posting for a while as I felt there were no real changes and not a lot of positive comments on here. So many people get a ton of positive comments so when I wasn't getting too many I figured it was because people didn't like my results. It was making me more depressed to be on this sight unfortunately. :-(
I completely understand what you're going through. I am having the same issues as you. My nose was long and thin from the front before and now it is shorter and wider from the front, plus my tip is a lot bigger than it used to be. I had a doctor appt on January 18th which was 6 weeks for me and my doctors said I was still VERY swollen and that they didn't make my tip this big, that I needed to be patient and wait 6 to 8 months. Like you, I constantly wonder if it will go down or if this is it. I'm surprised people have noticed you had anything done, like you said it's a little disappointing when they don't notice but maybe that's a good thing. People have told me my nose looks shorter so I need to celebrate the small victories. Now if the tip and width would go down I would be happy. I think you look really good but we are our own worst critics. Oh, my nose feels bumpy too by the way...my doctor said it's perfectly normal at this stage of the healing process. I would listen to your doctor and not so much about what everyone else is telling you. There are so many opinions on realself about when your swelling will go down, some people say 2 months, some say 3 months, the truth is they really don't know, they're just guessing. You looked beautiful before and you still look beautiful...hang in there. :-)
Hi! Glad to hear your surgery went well. I understand "trying not to freak out". I cried after my cast came off, it was awful. I went to see my doctor today. It was the first time I have seen them (him and the resident doctor) since the day of surgery. As soon as they seen me, before even touching my nose, they said I was still VERY swollen. I am so glad they said that because there was a part of me that thought they made it this big and that's how it was going to be. My tip is still really hard and kind of numb which is a sign of swelling but I needed to be told my the experts. They told me I have to give it 6 to 8 months to even know what it's going to be like. They said with the amount of work I had done and the fact that it was an open rhinoplasty the swelling will be much worse. So I am going to try to relax now. It has only been 6 weeks, they said that is not nearly enough time for us to know anything. They said they think I will be really happy with it sometime this summer. It seems like a long time but I guess for a lifetime of wanting a different nose that's not too much time to wait. People at work have already been telling me it looks good and that it's changed even since I've returned to work which has been a couple of weeks now. Good luck to you, you may not have the issues with swelling that I've had. I know everyone is different. This blog has helped me but in some ways it has made it worse. I am comparing myself with others too much and I have to stop doing that. I probably won't post any more pictures for quite a while. It's hard when people don't see any changes and then you don't get much support, so then I feel like people think it doesn't look good, which then makes me depressed....lol. It's a vicious cycle. Keep us updated on your progress and congratulations to you for going through something so emotionally and physically hard. It takes a lot of courage to do what we've all done. :-)
Thank you! I will be thinking of you on Monday and praying you get the results you want. I need to remember to exercise patience but it is so hard. I just want a nicer looking nose, is that to much to ask for? Lol. Keep us posted on your recovery. :-)
Glad to hear you're starting to see the swelling go down. My doctor has not given me the okay to exercise yet. I see him this Friday so I'm hoping at that time he will say I can. I thought exercise caused more swelling but it sounds like for you it improved it...yay! I've started looking at the positives. My nose profile is a definite improvement and the new shape of my nose is nicer. I stopped taking pictures every single day because it was depressing me to not see any changes. And being on Realself does tend to depress me because although I am happy for people it is depressing when their nose looks perfect right away. I have read up on it a lot though and a lot of reviews from doctors say you don't want your nose to look perfect right away you want it to look bigger and then gradually go down over the next several months. I am hoping that's the case for you and I. No wonder I waited so long to do this, it is such a hard thing to go through and I don't think people really get it. All I wanted was to have a less noticed nose, from the side and the front. I am praying by this summer I can say this was all worth it. I hope you had fun at your friends wedding and I'm very happy that your swelling is starting to go down. You should post a new pic!! :-)
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