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Nose Just Doesn't Quite Fit! - Ireland
UPDATED FROM J_R_
10 months post
9/10 month update!
J_R_October 3, 2016
WORTH IT$6,800
Tried to add as many angles as I can! Feeling optimistic that the bending is very slowly reducing a little bit. It doesn't look so bad from below but it is still a bit noticeable from above so it seems to me that the bending is in the bridge not the tip. I think this is why the 3/4 views look so different from each side. Haven't been to see dr small for quite a long time, so I will make an appointment soon and ask him his opinion on my bridge. I'm also going to ask about the scars, they seem to be quite slow to fade but hopefully they'll go eventually!
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UPDATED FROM J_R_
8 months post
About 8 months post
J_R_August 18, 2016
So a few things are bugging me a bit. My nostril on the left side of my nose looks different to the left. The left is nice and flat and compliment the tip but the right is curved up and makes the tip look bulgy and squished or something, it's kind of ruining the appearance from that side :( also it's been eight months and my scars are still really visible, did anyone else have to get stitches on the outside of their nose? Any idea how long they'll take to heal? Seems like forever :( not feeling so great about the whole thing now
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August 18, 2016
It happens a lot when one side is always different from the other . I mean a lot. Usually you are naturally different in the first place . As for the scar you can try rubbing it with coconut oil .
August 19, 2016
Your new nose is a major improvement and it really does suit your face. You look great and it is quite normal to fixate on small things, that trust me, NO ONE ELSE NOTICES haha! I had septo/rhino just over 12 months ago too and I drove myself and everyone close to me insane for the first few months thinking I'd made a huge mistake, but then I remembered how self-conscious I was of my old nose and I'm not self conscious of my new nose :)
August 19, 2016
I think your result is a huge improvement! I don't see any difference between your left and right sides. My nose is curved to one side and so I have a good and bad side but when I brought this up once with family they were unable to tell at all what I was talking about, it's just not something anyone other than yourself would ever detect. I also think that if I didn't have that asymmetry, that if both sides looked just like my bad side, that I would be perfectly happy since I have nothing else (ie a better side) to compare it to. Do you get what I'm saying? Anyway very few noses are perfectly symmetrical. If you start doubting your decision, trying going back and looking at your before photos to remind yourself of the improvement.
UPDATED FROM J_R_
6 months post
Big update! 6 months!
J_R_June 15, 2016
So I thought I'd post pictures of every angle. I still prefer one side more than the other, but that's because there really is quite a bend to one side. I'm kind of disappointed about this because, I never really thought that my nose bent to one side and was quite surprised when my surgeon suggested correcting this, and I guess now he's over-corrected it and now it bends to the other side. The only other thing I'm a little frustrated about is my scars taking a long time to fade, but I haven't tried using bio oil yet, so I'll definitely start doing that.
Anyway overall, I'm much more comfortable with how my nose looks now compared to how it looked before, so I am still glad I had it done. I guess it's just because I was always so focused on my nose that I notice these details, I genuinely don't believe they are obvious to others!
Let me know if you guys have any questions and I'll try and reply as soon as I can :)
Anyway overall, I'm much more comfortable with how my nose looks now compared to how it looked before, so I am still glad I had it done. I guess it's just because I was always so focused on my nose that I notice these details, I genuinely don't believe they are obvious to others!
Let me know if you guys have any questions and I'll try and reply as soon as I can :)
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June 16, 2016
I don't think any natural looking nose is perfectly symmetrical so I wouldn't worry about that. Nobody notices our noses like we do ourselves:) you look fab!
June 17, 2016
Hi. I'm Irish. Had my Bleph (eyes) done in USA. You look fab. Congratulations. I'm so sorry I didn't read your experience earlier.....to comfort you early on. I could have told you that scars take time to heal and recovery can be a fast/slow roller coaster. So now ...be sure to continue to eat clean so that your body can heal your nose. This was a big surgery. Well done! You are a beauty. I hope you are enjoying your new location ☘
June 17, 2016
Oh wow you've had some incredible changes over the last six months maybe the swelling is pulling it over a bit? Great results so far!
July 27, 2016
Hiyah thank you for your review :) I'm getting Surgery with Mr Small in Belfast. Would you recommend him? Did you get twilight sedetion? Any info would really help put my mind at ease thank you :) xx
August 1, 2016
Hey. I'm not entirely sure if I would recommend him to be honest. There aren't many surgeons in Ireland, and I was desperate to get mine done as quickly as possible. But I think if I'd looked overseas maybe I could've found someone a bit more experience. I'm not entirely unhappy with my result obviously, but I'm not entirely satisfied either and now I'm too scared to mess with it anymore. The only reason I'm saying this as well is I've had private messages from people who had surgery with him as well and they weren't totally satisfied either :/ just take your time xx
August 1, 2016
Thanks for replying. Im in the same postion as you I'm in Belfast and any other clinics I've been too have said I'd have to travel which I don't want to do. Mines the same kind of shape as yours before but i need work done at the tip. Im just hoping for an improvement xx
October 11, 2016
You look beautiful! my good friend had a similar issue after his nose job. The same surgeon corrected it at no charge, under local anesthesia in less than an hour.
Im having my nose job in November this year I'm scare but have wanted to do this for way too many years.
October 13, 2016
Thanks for your comment! Do you know anymore about what your friend had done? That does sound promising. Maybe I could mention it to my surgeon next time I see him
October 14, 2016
Hey there! I'm also getting a small in office revision, now that I am nearly 1 year post op. My surgeon is tidying up my left nostril because it is hanging down a bit further than my right one due to an alar reduction only one side. No cost to me. I also have a small bump on my right side which is scar tissue. He is going to inject that with steroids to help shrink it. My point is, this type of surgery just comes with a long recovery journey as i'm sure you know. I personally think your nose is really nice and it suits your face, it doesn't look like a fake nose jobby type nose. Those fake noses that all look the same in my opinion and are a tad freaky. I mean they literally look like the same nose pasted on different peoples faces. It definitely does not look wonky like I read in another (insensitive) comment. Also, props to you for putting all of this up here so other people can benefit from your experience. I would recommend discussing what you are unhappy with directly with your surgeon on your next visit, and perhaps he will have a solution with no down-time and at no cost. Otherwise be happy, because it looks natural and it suits your really pretty face. :)
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