Cast Off! Dorsal Rhinoplasty - MN

I have been aware of my nose shape ever since about seventh grade when my nose started changing. I inherited my dad's nose (thanks, Dad!) which consists of a dorsal hump with a slightly drooping tip when smiling. I honestly love how my nose looks from the front, but looking at pictures of me in 3/4 or profile view makes me squirm! Rhinoplasty has been crossing my mind from time to time ever since I realized that real people had their noses surgically altered, and not just celebrities (about 15 years old). I am now 23 years old and have about twice as much in my savings account as I'll need for the surgery, so I figured now is the time to make my dream a reality. I am starting a teaching job at the end of August, so doing the surgery before my students and colleagues know what I look like is going to be a great timing opportunity. I have spent the last 3 months researching in depth. I scheduled my consultation in the middle of May and the soonest I could get in was today (June 26th). I ended up scheduling my surgery today for August 8 after the consultation.

My surgeon is a very down-to-earth, easy to talk to, and honest doctor. He answered my NUMEROUS questions in depth and took over an hour with me to go over everything with me. I also like that he is relatively conservative in his aesthetics. He really wants each patient to have a natural looking nose that fits their face, body type, and even height! My procedure will be a dorsal rhinoplasty, meaning only bridge work. I was happy to find out that he does not anticipate having to break the bones around my nose - he believes that my hump is small enough to be removed by cutting and rasping the hump itself through a closed procedure. He also doesn't think my tip needs to be messed with - which I fully agree with. I am very happy with the shape and angle of my tip. The one solution that we came up with to address the drooping while smiling is cutting a nasal depressor muscle, so hopefully that will help at least a bit. Has anyone had experience with this?? I wouldn't mind if it doesn't work though - I would much rather have a slightly dropping tip than a pig nose!

My surgeon is located about 2 hours from my house. I actually live in a bigger city than where I am traveling to have the surgery. There are 4-5 surgeons in my city that do rhinoplasties, but they are either ENTs (meaning more structural than cosmetic in my eyes) or full body plastic surgeons. Although my rhinoplasty is relatively simple on the complexity scale I really wanted someone who I trusted. My surgeon is a facial plastic surgeon who has been doing about 1 septo or rhino per week for 15 years. I thought it was very important to find a FACIAL plastic surgeon. Since he is located in a more "rural" setting it is also less expensive than going to someone in my town. Does anybody have experience or advice for traveling? I am a little nervous about it, even though it is only 2 hours away.

I'll add photos once my PS emails me them!