



Ever since I was in middle school, I have hated my nose. I've always considered myself an attractive girl, but I hated the way I looked from certain angles. From the time I found out that you could actually surgically alter your nose, I've wanted to get a nose job. Of course my parents just thought it was something I would grow out of, so they never even entertained the thought of it. Now that...
I really had to take initiative to get my parents to consider letting me get a rhinoplasty-- in fact, it took years, and the (blunt) advice of a modeling agent. I had to draft a Microsoft Word document of twenty pages with details about the procedure, costs, pictures, and advice for recovery time. I got a whole bunch of names and addresses of local doctors and, finally, in the summer of my...
I had wanted to do this for a while. Last summer, I went to see an ENT, who had confirmed my enlarged turbinates and deviated septum after several sinus infections. This past year, I had 4 pretty bad sinus infections which included losing my voice. I didn't miss as many days of work as I should have- i just stuck it out and went anyway, which I think just made things worse. The antibiotics...