Rhino and Chin Implant by Dr Guyuron

Update of nose job!

Updated pics

Never thought I'd finally be at a point where I'd be leaving a review! I always just read them. I have been researching nose jobs since I was 20... my parents finally said they'd allow me to get one and I began the hunt for the perfect surgeon. I met with Dr Foglietti who had done my mom's facelift and did a fabulous job, and Dr Lucas. I was set on Dr Lucas because he does a number of rhinos a year. Dr Foglietti is someone I would certainly go to for other things, but if I wanted a nose job, I saw two that he did and they were cookie cutter to me, it was the same nose on two different women, not a nose that fit their faces. I had seen a nose done by Dr Lucas on a friend and hers was nice and fitting. However, she had to have hers done twice (which is common with rhinos for anyone researching), my esthetician also went to him and I don't want to say he botched her nose but it is not in good shape. He also did hers twice and she still has complications. So I was around 21 at this point and decided to wait until I found a good surgeon. I wasn't opposed to traveling out of state either for surgery. I also was at a place where I started to like myself as a person and was okay with having to wait. I knew a new nose wasn't going to make me like myself anymore but more so boost my self confidence about the nose I had. I had the opportunity to get the surgery so I planned to take it, but if I had to get stuck with my old nose, I wouldn't be thrilled about it but it wouldn't affect me as a person and I would survive. I think that was important. Fast forward to turning 24, my esthetician told me about the famous Dr Guyuron. He is THE nose job guy is what she told me. This is what I was looking for. A surgeon who specialized in this difficult surgery not someone who did it on occasion. I met with Dr Guyuron, and he barely spoke. He mostly Looks at you and makes suggestions in his pristine office and his residents by his side staring at you. Definitely intimidating. I wasn't bothered by his lack of communication, I want someone who's the best at the job, not my best friend. But I think this freaks some people out. He doesn't take any insurance so I had to run the price by my dad. Guyuron also suggested a chin implant because he's Dr Guyuron and a genius, and I went with it. My mom wasn't sold, but then he didn't that imaging thing whatever it is called where you eat an idea of what you'll look like and my parents clearly saw I wanted it so we booked the surgery. You owe a deposit at the time of scheduling, I want to say my cost of surgery before the room and anesthesia charges was $15k, I believe the deposit was around $3k. As surgery approaches I got SO scared and cancelled and rescheduled it THREE different times. I was such a wimp about the pain of recovery. Finally, my parents said listen you either do it or don't do it it's now or never. So I went with yes. A month prior to surgery there's a list of things you can't eat or consume which was pretty interesting. Mostly salicylates or anything with aspirin. The surgery Day came and I was terrified. I cried the whole way there and couldn't get a grip in the operating room. I can't say that the nurse who administered my anesthesia was super nice but I thought maybe she thought she was important because she worked for Guyuron... which is silly... like be nice to me. Here I am still hysterically crying, I had never been put under before, and again I was afraid of recovery, people come over to you and talk to you regarding the procedure. They took me back and administered something to calm me down and that's the last thing I remember. I'd like to try to block out those two days after surgery. The chin was certainly the most painful part. For the record, I do not heal quickly or seamlessly, I am a total baby and my body heals so slowly. The chin was very painful, the nose was not painful but mostly uncomfortable with the swelling and the cast. My eyes swelled up, my cheeks, everywhere. My eyes actually turned red on the inside, I looked crazy. I was only prescribed Tylenol with codeine to start and I think that's why I suffered from a lot of pain. Two days later after still suffering the nurses gave me Percocet because of the chin pain. Once I got that I was a lot better off. A week later they took my cast off, I did not drive myself, and I was still very swollen at this point. God bless those people that like go to the mall the next day because that was not me. Along with the cast coming off they took the tubes out of my nose- Dr Guyuron DOESNT DO NASAL PACKING!!!! I cannot emphasize enough what a blessing this was. The tubes coming out aren't painful it just feels like a booger being pulled out of way up in your nose. Gross, sorry. I was instructed to tape up until two months post-op which I have done religiously. The broken blood vessels in my eyes didn't go away until 6 weeks post op and I still have a pinch of bruising under my left eye. I am at two months post op. I work out pretty hard and for the past two months, I've stuck to light exercise such as walking and Pilate, nothing crazy like I am used to just because I can tell my nose is still so tender. Even my jaw is in pain at some points. There was a lot of downtime in my case, I am not sure most people experience what I did, but I do think this is largely due to my chin implant. I intend to start harder exercising in the next week or so. My nose still can't really be touched and is hard as a rock. But it was worth it! Oh! And be very realistic about the fact that it takes a year to heal- too many girls expect this fabulous nose right away but this takes some serious time! I can still feel the swelling! While it looks great already I know this isn't the final product.