Had an accident so it was a repair surgery. Promised things that he could not follow through on. Don't be fooled by his bedside manner, make sure you tell him what you want and not what he wants to do. He can be very persuasive and you will end up unhappy and not saying a word. Well that is not my personality.
After years of researching and dreaming about a nose job, I finally decided to take a leap of faith and go for it. Seeing that my wedding is next year, I wanted to give my nose time to settle into my face so I wanted to get it done this summer. Of course, I did extensive research, browsing the web for hours, searching reviews of every doctor on every website. I had my first consultation with Dr. Oakley Smith. He was an impressive figure, and gave an air of confidence that showed he knew what he was talking about. His patient coordinator was also pretty great. However, once I received my digital images of what my nose would look like, I only liked the side profile, and the frontal view didn't show much changes. As I went to my second consultation to Dr. Peter Adamson (based off a recommendation from a friend who had her nose done 10 years ago with him), I left feeling his office as if I just said yes to the dress. What I really liked about Dr. Adamson, is that he is very personable and does not come off as a know it all (even though he has 45 years of experience). He made me feel very comfortable, and asked in great detail what I hoped to achieve together. Although his fee is the highest I've come across, I hope there's a good reason for that. So I booked my surgery date, and have already had my second planning/ consultation with him. Will post before and after pictures!!
I'm a 23 year old living in Guelph, Ontario who is moving to the UK in September 2017 to study Law. -I have been battling insecurity and anxiety about my nose since I was in the 9th grade. -The way I see my nose in the mirror, in sunglasses, and in pictures does not reflect the person I am on the inside. -Rather, it stifles my bubbly and expressive personality. -I have come to realize that if I do not get up and make a change, this will bother me for the rest of my life. -I am sick and tired of dealing with this through repression and listening to other people's opinions of my nose. -Life is too short to not go out there and make a change that will impact you for the better. -I do not want to spend the rest of my 20s, my youth, battling shame and embarrassment, panicking when someone is taking a picture of me or filming me, feeling exposed and insecure putting my hair up, in fact never cutting my hair too short or changing it up/dying it a different colour in fear it will draw more attention to my face, hating my face in sunglasses, worrying about what angle of my nose is facing someone, my nose getting in the way of things because it's so long, etc etc. -This decision goes along with my struggle to maintain a healthy diet and exercise regularly. Instead of silently complaining and feeling bad about myself, I am ready to make the changes in my life to break free of this wall of insecurity and uncertainty and live up to my full potential as a happy, confident, go-getter. -as someone who lives with generalized anxiety disorder that often manifests itself in social situations, I am READY to have one less thing to feel anxious about in my life. I am ready to be free from the limitations my nose has placed on me for 10 years of my life. -I am ready to LOVE my nose, LOVE my face, LOVE my body, in the same way I love other parts of myself: my intellect, my empathy, and my passion for helping others. I am in a unique position (not unique for me though...always doing things last minute) as I will be moving to England in mid-September 2017 and am hoping to have my surgery done BEFORE then (pray for me!). I have already booked three consultations with the following surgeons: Dr Corey Moore, Dr Rival, and Dr Oakley Smith (in that order). My consultation with Dr. Moore is next week, which is amazing since the other two are not until the end of the month and early July respectively. Since this is all happening very fast, I'm going to be researching like crazy for many days to come. Looking forward to this journey! Updated on 13 Jun 2017: Since I am pressed for time, and would like to have my surgery as soon as possible so I can heal before school starts, I have booked 4 consultations in hopes someone can get me in in July 2017. I believe that all of the surgeons are leaders in their fields and I trust all of them with my face. I met with Dr Corey Moore in London and had my consultation. Unfortunately I froze up and didn't ask any of the questions I wanted to, so I left feeling kind of uninformed. He was very confident that my desired changes were achievable and realistic. He told me I have neither thick nor thin skin..rather something in the middle. And he said I have strong nasal bones and cartilage, which is a good thing for results and predictability. I booked my surgery for the end of August...but I really don't want to wait that long and have my surgery so close to leaving for the UK! It would give me just under 4 weeks before leaving. I'm meeting with Dr Oakley Smith this week, Dr Peter Adamson next week, and possibly Dr Rival at the end of the month. This time I will be more prepared with questions. Here are some unattractive pictures of my nose that I took for my dad who seems to not see why I want to change it... I want to fix the slight deviation to the right, shorten the overly long septum and the tip. Updated on 16 Jun 2017: I ended up cancelling my consultation with Dr Oakley Smith after reading he charges $2000 deposit just to book a surgery date. Not cool with me. He was also the only surgeon out of all my choices who my partner's mother does not know personally (she knows a lot of them!). And he has no spots left in July. So going with my gut I decided to cancel. I phoned Dr Peter Adamson's office to see if he still has dates open in July and they informed me that he DOES! Which was so exiting as my consultation is on Monday with him and I have a great chance of getting a spot. GAME CHANGER Dr Corey Moore's office called me this morning and said, due to a cancellation, they can move my surgery date up from August 21st to JULY 24th!! Of course I took it! I still plan on seeing Dr Adamson at least for a second opinion. He also might have a date available as early as July 13th. Now...do I go with Dr Adamson (got more years of experience on Corey but charges way more- starting at $10,900) OR do I keep my new surgery date with Dr Corey Moore who quoted me a $7,900. The tricky thing is, when I had my consultation with Dr Moore I wasn't prepared with all the questions I had for him. I emailed his receptionist to see if can get some answers to some important questions I have. Now I will just wait to hear back from his office and wait til after my next consultation with Dr Adamson to see how I feel. Updated on 17 Jun 2017: I wanted to post an up close and personal picture of my face to show the asymmetry of my nose and eyebrows. My nose is deviated to the right and so the septum at the bottom is to the right as well, not centered. (also this is a mirror image so it's your left). And my eyebrows have been one higher than the other for as long as I can remember! I wonder if this reveals something weird going on with my bone structure. Comments?? Updated on 19 Jun 2017: I went to see Dr Adamson for a consultation today. He was extremely thorough and kind. He encouraged me to share my whole story as well as the details of what bothers me about my nose and what I would like to achieve. He wrote down notes, which I found to be a very detailed and personalized approach. From start to finish I felt confident that I was in good hands. Dr Adamson has a passion for what he does, and it shines through in the way he communicates and listens carefully to the patient. He genuinely wants to provide the best experience possible for the patient, and that includes making sure we are on the same page. I felt calm and reassured throughout the whole consultation. I didn't feel rushed nor did I feel that my questions were glossed over. He was realistic and transparent with me when discussing what was possible and realistic for me. I was very impressed. And thennnnnnnnn came the price. $12,600 (insert "daaamnnn!" meme here) My heart sank. This is about a 5k difference between the two surgeons. But... I left my first consultation feeling very unsure, confused, and left in the unknown. To this day, I still havent received the digital images I was promised. I was also told I could send the receptionist some follow up questions. Still haven't heard back. There's no pre op appointment. I just show up to my surgery at 11am with an empty stomach. Compare this to: leaving the consultation today feeling fully informed, having a good understanding of the techniques/procedure that will be used, they booked me a "planning/preop" appointment that's for 2 hours +, to review the entire plan in full and allow me to ask for any further clarification, and they also let me know that I will have post op appointments at day 1, 4, 8. Then 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months and a year. On top of this... there will be Dr Adamson's associate on call 24/7 during my healing process who I can contact for any issues or concerns. I'm very disappointed about having to pay so much. But I am willing to pay extra for both excellence in surgical skill as well as patient care and service. Now I wait to see if I can book the July 13th slot. They should be calling me tomorrow to let me know. Updated on 20 Jun 2017: I have booked my surgery with Dr Adamson for July 13th. This Thursday I have my pre op/planning appointment. On another note..I finally got my simulated before and after pics from Dr Moore's office. The side pic shows a big improvement, but I find the "after" nose from front view is very weird and unnatural looking. Thoughts? Updated on 22 Jun 2017: I had my planning appointment with Dr Adamson to make sure we're exactly in the same page. He reiterated his plan to get rid of the bump on my bridge and break the septum to make it more narrow, shorten the columnella, reproduction of the tip by a couple mm, slight rotation of the tip, and refining the bulbous tip. The last part is what I'm really struggling with. I can't visualize what that will look like. I never saw a problem with the shape of my tip per se, just hated the long columnella and how long it is. He says my tip is very bulbous like a big dome, and he is going to "refine" it. What will that look like? I said I don't want a pointy nose and he said no were going to deproject it as well. I don't have any picture in my mind of what my finished nose will look like from the front :( and this is worrying me. Who has had a bulbous tip refined? I'd love to see what was done. Here is a close up pic of my tip. 3 weeks till surgery!! Updated on 23 Jun 2017: I'm still freaked out by the edit Dr Moore made of my nose (frontal view). So to ease my fears I decided to make my own little edit to see what it would look like. WELL! It's way more natural looking! I wonder why?? Take a look for comparison. Updated on 4 Jul 2017: I was going to write a post at my 2 week pre op mark, but got caught up with Canada Day Celebrations! Now I am just 2 days shy of 1 week until my surgery. Yikes!! So far I have: -Qtips -Hydrogen peroxide -Prescription ointment -Small icepacks for my eyes -gauze & tape -I've had a physical with my family doc for the go-ahead for general anesthesia -Arnica ointment -Stool softener -(still have to get my prescriptions filled for pain meds and antibiotics) -Align (probiotic) -Mederma -bendy straws -lip balm -still need to get a u-shaped travel pillow -stop consumption of alcohol, herbal teas, vitamins, coffee? What should I add to my list? Updated on 12 Jul 2017: I can't believe tomorrow is the day. It's creeped up so fast on me. My partner's mom will be driving me to the Cumberland Clinic tomorrow for 11/11:30 am and my surgery will begin at noon! The surgery is anticipated to be 4 hours long. Somewhere during my surgery, my mom is coming to do the handoff (lol) and take over from there. She's going to be driving me home to her house where I will stay for about a week or so for recovery. I've been eating a lot of pineapple this week to stock up on bromelain in my system to help with the healing. I also just packed a bag of stuff to bring to my moms for the week: -shirts that don't need to go over my head -loose tanks that I can step into from the bottom -bodysuits!! Again, I can step into them and simply pull the straps over my shoulders. Easy & cute. -sweat pants -pajamas -bathing suits (to lounge around the pool in) -hat to wear outside -sundress -jeans and shorts What I'm gonna wear tomorrow: -probably my fitted Roots sweatpants -my comfy grey spaghetti strap bodysuit -zip up sweater -socks -bringing extra warm socks for recovery -vans Recovery items: -hydrogen peroxide -q tips -arnica cream -small square icepacks -eye pads -gauze -tape -prescription ointment -pain meds -stool softener -mederma -organic baby food packs -bendy straws -lip balm -face wipes -probiotic -humidifier (thanks n_m09 !!) -neck pillow Things I'm worried about: -accidentally touching my nose when I'm sleeping -my mom's dog running in the room and jumping on me -my little sisters bursting in the room and accidentally touching my nose or something -worried about the pain -worried about the extreme discomfort, stuffiness, itchiness, drips, etc -scared to see how much I swell up and bruise -nervous for the healing roller coaster that is going to follow Anddd yeah that's all! I'll update as soon as I can! Updated on 13 Jul 2017: Today's the day! On my way to the Cumberland Clinic. Stuck in typical Toronto traffic. Feeling nervous and a little out of it. Hungry from not eating anything this morning. Here are some before pics and videos. Seeing them makes me even more sure of this decision. I gave up on "protecting my identity" so here is my full face in all its asymmetrical and makeup-free glory. Stay tuned!! Updated on 13 Jul 2017: Today was great! -Nurses were amazing. Shoutout to Shirley and Helen. And the anesthesiologist Dr Tang. Phenomenal team. Everyone kept me optimistic and relaxed with humour. -I got to see Dr Adamson shortly before the surgery. We went ovr the plan once more and he made me feel at ease. -one of the nurses told my mom that everything went perfectly and that Dr Adamson is very pleased with the result. -needles suck. Having to put the iv in was the worst. My anxiety was so bad. I thought "there's no one way I'll be able to go to sleep right now". Sure enough it kicked in and next thing I remember is sitting in a reclining chair in recovery. -sore throat from breathing tube -dry mouth -pressure on my nose -completely congested and stuffed up -mouth breathing -dripping... Ew -I get itchy sometimes which is annoying. They took the mustache bandage off for a second to show me and my first thought was NINJA TURTLE.. Now looked flat and wide. Not cute. She said it has to do with swelling and the cast. Anyone relate? I made friends with the lady sitting behind the curtain to my right. We had a nice drug fuelled chit chat lol Now I'm home in bed (in my sister's bedroom for the week while she's away) my other little sister is helping take care of me he he she's so sweet. Mom reapplied my mustache bandage. Feel so drippy and wet again already. Im sipping Gatorade and water and my mom is bringing me soup. Just took an oxy about 20 minutes ago. Hope it helps. I have a bag headache in my temples and keep accidentally moving my nose. Example: everything I swallow, the roof of moth moves my nose.. Like it contracts!! Very freaky and concerning. I hope im not damaging anything by doing that. Here are some pics xo Updated on 14 Jul 2017: It was hard sleeping upright last night. I felt like I kept sliding around or morning my head even though I had the neck pillow. Woke up quite a few times to adjust Woke up at 4 am in a lot of pain. Took extra strength Tylenol and called the doctor who said I could also have an oxy if it stays bad. So I did that and fell back asleep. Got up at 7:30 and had cool oatmeal with Greek yogurt. This morning at 8:45/9 I had my first post op appointment where they took my gauze out from inside my nose and showed me how to use the hydrogen peroxide and antibiotic ointment on/in my nostrils. Then Dr Adamson came in with diagrams and drawings of my nose to show me exactly what he did. I found that so cool. He said my nose was pretty crooked inside so they fixed that. Deprojected my nose about 3mm. And took in the "M' arch I think he said 4m. And refined the bulbous tip and took some of my septum cartilage to reinforce parts of my tip. All cool science-y stuff. He said he was really pleased with the outcome, especially how much he was able to straighten it. He also said im in the top 5% of patients with the least swelling and bruising at this point in my recovery. Ladies and gents I owe that to my habit of eating a pineapple a day three days before my surgery! I took more Tylenol and oxy. Then got Starbucks with my mom which was nice and cold albeit tasteless of course haha. Then I went home and pain started getting bad again!! Especially when I went to clean with the hydrogen and ointment at 12pm. When I was trying to tape the mustache bandage down again I bumped my nose!! OUCH. That was throbbing pain. And made it so sensitive that when I accidentally touched my nose two times later it felt like a hit! So I knew it was time for more oxy. At this point I started getting panicky because of accidentally hitting my nose and my anxiety was rising fast so I took an ativan to keep things calm. I feel better now. Eating pineapple (holy grail) and had a Freezie. Also these squishy squeeze packs of organic baby food are amazing! So easy to eat and very simple ingredients. Now im on the couch with my dog. Going to lie back with a cold compress on my face and possibly place the two little icepacks over top of the towel where my eyes are. Xoxoxo Updated on 14 Jul 2017: Pain has been really hard to keep under control. I don't know if its because I have such a low pain tolerance or if I keep accidentally bumping or touching my nose. But it hurts. And im really starting to swell up beside the bridge of my nose and get yellow looking brusies under my eyes by my nose. So swelling is really starting to take hold. Im also finding it hard to breathe and swallow with mucous in my throat. The sutures hurt too from cleaning them. This sucks. I feel it all getting worse. Kind of nervous for tomorrow. Updated on 15 Jul 2017: -horrible sleep last night -have to sleep in the reclining chair from now on instead of bed -even with the neck pillow my head constantly slides and ends up anything but upright in the bed -SO SWOLLEN AND SO MUCH PAIN THIS MORNING -I took two oxys at 7:30 and still feel throbbing and painful pressure -I took for granted how Much I could move around yesterday. Big mistake -people... Don't take the first day for granted thinking you're wonder woman. It catches up to you! -can't tell if the bruise cream is working. I have developed bruises under each eye. Still using it though. Im going to eat a lot of pineapple today and keep the cold compresses on as often as possible. Also have to stay on top of the medication schedule so pain stays under control. Updated on 15 Jul 2017: Its hard to resist the urge to busy myself. I keep feeling stir crazy or anxious to move around. I've been blowing a little bit out of my nose out of habit which probably isn't good for it. But hey I've been able to momentarily taste some food that way. Today I got to lie out in the sun with cold compresses on my eyes and my hat covering my face. That felt nice. I also had a bath for the first time since my surgery. Time to take my medicine. I think im gonna try to take it easy the rest of the day and watch a movie. Updated on 15 Jul 2017: At 5:30 pm I got fed up with the pain. I was hurting a lot and still had two more hours until I could take my next dose of pain medication. I decided to call the 24 hour line for the surgeons office to page Dr Adamson's associate Dr Carniol. He decided to have me come into the office to check out my nose and see if there was anything he can do to ease the pain and discomfort. What ensued was SO DAMN PAINFUL HOLY. He got his bright light goggles and started digging around my nose to see what was going on in there (it felt like digging.. I think he was being gentle but it was a lot of pain). He was looking for swelling. When he couldn't find any, he put some freezing in my nose and took out the two stints from inside my nose. As soon as they were out, he took a suction instrument and sucked out a whole bunch of swelling/fluid that was behind where the stints were. He then used syringes to take out swelling fluid from various parts of inside my nose to relive pressure. This was pretty painful. Then he tried to stitch the stints back in except I wasn't frozen enough and I felt EVERYTHING AND IT WAS SO PAINFUL. I started having a panic attack but he thankfully brought me back down from it. He then checked my nose again and suctioned some more stuff out. Lastly, he rubbed gauze with ointment and packed it deep into my nose in place of the stints. He said he will call me tomorrow to see how the pressure is feeling. And if the gauze is hurting we can take it back out and he will assess it Monday when I have my day 4 post op apppintment with Dr Adamson. He prescribed me antibiotic pills to take for 4 days to prevent any infection as well as more pain medication. I am very thankful for having Dr Carniol to meet me on a Saturday night on such short notice and take extra care of me (even though it hurt.. I already feel way less pressure). After all this im left with a few thoughts: 1. Damn it sucks to have my whole nose clogged with gauze again. I was finally starting to taste food here and there. 2. I'm worried about having the stints removed too soon. How will all of this affect my end product? 3. At least now I don't have to worry about infection since I have the antibiotic pills. 4. Time for sleep Updated on 16 Jul 2017: Slept in the reclining chair last night. What a difference. I actually got a full nights sleep! When I woke up I was alarmed to see that I had taken the mustache bandage off in my sleep. I took a breathe and felt the air going through my nose. But wait- how?? That's when I realized that all the packing gauze was out of my nose! I got up and found it bunched up behind me in the chair. I must have taken it out of my nose while I was sleeping. I called the doctor and now am waiting for him to get back to me on what to do about this. Now there are no stints or gauze packing in my nose... Nothing. On the bright side I woke up with WAY less pain and pressure in my nose today! So yesterday must have been a great success. I took my medication and had some breakfast. Now I'm going to lie back and try to ice all this swelling away. The swelling is all over my face.. Even my right lower cheek. I feel so puffy. And under my eyes are puffy and bruised and yellowy. Gross. Updated on 16 Jul 2017: I feel like this week is dragging on sooo slow. My face is starting to get very itchy. Under and around my eyes and under the cast. Im also feeling very fed up with my face looking and feeling like a balloon. Its hard not to worry about what the heck my nose looks like under the cast. I also wonder how much of my nostrils is the final product and how much-if any - is swelling. The bottom of my nostrils appear wide and weird looking. Its hard not to obsess over how the nose looks. Anyway hopefully I'll have another nice long sleep tonight in the reclining chair!! Xoxo Updated on 17 Jul 2017: Today I had my day 4 post op appointment. Dr Carniol took out my external sutures and placed three Steri-strips over top of the incision. He said that he is pleased with how my nose is healing so far. Then Dr Adamson came in and checked everything over. He said I have to be very careful now that the stints are no longer inside. Its kind of freaked me out because if I bump it my nose could go crooked. He said right now everything still looks straight but I have to be careful. Since the appointment, 2 of the 3 Steri-strips have already fallen off even though they were supposed to stay on until Friday. Hopefully I can find some at the drug store and replace them myself. Pain has been on and off manageable today. If im overdue to take my pain meds it starts throbbing again. Still feel qhite a bit of pressure. Can't wait until Friday so I can get this cast off and see my nose!!!! Updated on 18 Jul 2017: Not much to report today. Whenever my steristrips fall off, I simply replace them with fresh ones. Bought another pineapple. I'll cut it up and eat some tonight. Bruising is going away. Swelling is slowly pushing outwards to the edges of my face. Still have pain when chewing and brushing teeth and when accidentally touching it. My nose is very sniffly. Which is annoying. Itchy under the cast too. Another day come and gone, means another day closer to taking the cast off. Updated on 19 Jul 2017: Had a lot of pain again today. Ran out of oxycodone. Doctor prescribed tylenol 3 instead. Starting that tonight. I'll update if it actually helps manage the pain. Hurts to eat :( and chew etc. Nose still runny and sniffly Worried about if my nose is still straight or if it got bumped and shifted due to lack of stints in there. Glad today is over. Looking forward to this pain and sensitivity to be behind me. Updated on 20 Jul 2017: Tylenol 3 is surpringly managing the pain quite well with little to no side effects. BUT still hurts to touch it and chew food etc. So its still annoying and painful. I want my nose to feel like a nose again..... I took my Steri-strips off and cleaned the incision line with hydrogen peroxide and put more antibiotic ointment on. I finished my antibiotic pills this morning so im back to using the ointment. I think I'll put fresh Steri-strips on tonight before bed. I get my cast off tomorrow at 10:45 am! I can't wait to shower and wash my hair for the first time in over a week lol. (I've been having a bath to clean my body but my face and hair need a deep clean). So scared to see what it looks like. Its probably gonna be all swollen and scary looking ughh. After all the research I did I thought I wouldn't be annoyed by how slow this process is but its only been a week since my surgery and im already so over it!!!! Anyway here's to surviving a full 7 days! Updated on 21 Jul 2017: Cast came off this afternoon - swelling has been increasing throughout the day - it hurts -I can breathe again -the inside of my nose is a maze of stitches, even tho the doctor took a bunch of them out today -happy with the initial reveal -no so happy with the swelling im seeing tonight. -uneven nostril swelling -nose acne -fat face and nose Surgeon has instructed me to place a finger on either side my bridge and push down for 1 minute every hour for he next 5 weeks... In place of a cast. Im worried im pushing it unevenly. It freaks me out. Updated on 22 Jul 2017: My nose is so big and swollen :( its so fat and round. As opposed to my longer thinner nose before. I hate how I look right now. I *know* its just swelling. But its hard hating your face even more in the mirror after something thats supposed to make you like it more. I haven't been doing the exercises where I push my index fingers on opposite sides of my nose bridge because im scared im pushing it out of center. Or pushing unevenly. Had anyone's surgeon ever asked them to do this??? I attached a pic of what it looks like. Updated on 23 Jul 2017: Slept laying down in a normal bed last night for the first time. I tried to prop myseld up but kept ending up back down on my side. Needless to say, I woke up with a lot of swelling. I could feel it right away all around my eyes and cheeks. It must have subsided quickly throughout the day because now I feel back to *normal*. Today I went with my two brothers and sisters, my brother's girlfriend, And my boyfriend to support my mom while she competed in her second ever triathlon. I put makeup on and uploaded a few pictures on my Snapchat and Instagram. I wonder if anyone who doesn't know about my surgery notices something different about my face. :/ Still have so many stitches inside my nose and its so tempting to pull them out Lol. But I resist. Also constantly have a runny nose. You can see some of my stitches from the side in my nostrils. The plan is to go back to work tomorrow but I dont want anyone to notice :( my nose is still so swollen and fat. We shall see how it goes tomorrow! Updated on 27 Jul 2017: My nose is still swollen and fat, especially from the front view. Everyone says I look great and that the pictures make it look more swollen than it looks in real life?? One main concern: the incision area isnt healing flat and is bumpy to touch. Especially the part of the incision that goes in both nostrils, on the sides of the columella... Theres a little bump on each side. Idk what it is. Scar tissue?? I'm gonna call surgeons office tomorrow and see. Has anyone encountered this? I can't wait for the swelling to go down more!!!! Updated on 29 Jul 2017: These were taken yesterday.. Day 15. Heres my nose in diff angles, lighting, and with/without makeup. Updated on 31 Jul 2017: Here are some pics I took yesterday (Day 17) of me smiling in the car with no makeup on. It feels like its getting back to normal but I can tell its not there yet. I feel like my nose looks different every day and it freaks me out :/ I worry about my columnella starting to droop back down. Its like "return of the hanging columnella" "bi*ch you THOUGHT I was gone" "revenge of the columnella" "columella strikes back". Even though it looks way better its scary to be seeing it reappear again :( Updated on 5 Aug 2017: Day 23 -getting better slowly but surely -receiving compliments from friends on the change -still so sensitive to touch :( can barely put makeup on it! It hurts -stitches still inside -incision is still obvious and raised to touch -but overall im happy with where im at on this journey!! :) Here are pics from today. Updated on 14 Aug 2017: Im really unhappy with how my nose has been looking the past few days. Swollen. Lacking shape. Big. I worked at a wedding on Saturday and had to do some heavy lifting. Woke up the next morning so swollen. When will this end?? I had my 4 week post op last Thursday with Dr Adamson.. Hes happy with where im at so far. Says im still swollen. On a positive note, yes im loving my profile. And yes its still a big improvement. But the swelling Is really getting to me. Anyway. Im seeing the surgeon one last time before I leave for England. Then I won't see him again until December when im home for a break. Heres some pics. Updated on 27 Aug 2017: Still swollen (I hope). Really not happy with front of my nose. Trying to be patient. Updated on 26 Oct 2017: Nose is far more moveable and real feeling/less stiff Still feel the stiffness/tenderness in the tip I definitely see the major improvement however am not happy with how my nose appears wider (perhaps because it is shorter) I am hoping to see a bit more refinement in the tip over the next few months. Hopefully achieving a slimmer frontal look. Still very happy I made this decision. Updated on 15 Mar 2018: Happy with my nose It's not perfect. Because it's shorter, it naturally appears wider from the front (even though it's not). But it is a major major improvement and I am so much happier with a lot more confidence. I no longer stress about my nose and how I look from the side. I'm far more comfortable and happy with my appearance in pictures. I have zero regrets ! This was perfect timing. I also recently had 1 ml of dermal filler into my chin to correct it's flat appearance due to my slight overbite. It's really made a great improvement to the balance of my face! Here are some recent photos.
