Rhinoplasty with Dr Oelbrandt in Belgium... and my Experience Meeting Another Realself Member - Belgium

So I haven't updated in a while. Most of the time I don't think about my nose at all, which is obviously a good things. Sometimes I think to myself "wow, I had plastic surgery!". I still often wonder what people would think of me if they knew I had it done (very few people know). I still sometimes find myself in situations which in the past would have left me feeling so insecure and ready for this surgery. Now, I just sigh and still try to end those conversations (e.g. people picking apart others' appearances... or even their own). I also feel very confident these days, more than ever before. I couldn't care less about what other people think of my looks. I feel very content with myself and if anyone does have anything negative to say then I just think "ha!" because it doesn't affect me at all. I just think "sorry but I am not sorry!". I guess it is easy for me to say that since I have had the surgery already and have a more "normal" nose and for that reason I truly can not say if I would not have the surgery (if I hadn't already had it done). It's something I can not say.

What I have learnt the most from all this is that it doesn't matter! I don't judge anyones choices and there are much more important things to worry about than whether someone has had plastic surgery or not. It doesn't make you a good or bad person. It's irrelevant. Like I said in a previous post, I can not understand how people judge some for having plastic surgery as though they are such bad people, when they themselves go around picking apart others or making them feel inferior for their looks.

I care about myself and what I can improve on character-wise and how to be on a better person etc. When I meet people, I hope they are the same and if they are not then * them!

These are updated pictures. The ones in the grey top were taken minutes ago. The one in the red is a few weeks old.

my pictures didnt come up. Most are 6 months old but one is recent . I dont take many pictures of myself but tried to find ones at different angles...

I have been meaning to update this a long time ago but it's so weird how you end up forgetting how you were before you have the sugery. It is no longer such a big part of your life as you stop feeling self conscious of it etc. I took most of these pictures 6 months ago but have included a more recent one. I feel like I owe it to dr oelbrandt and to realself members to provide an update as the fact that I don't think about my nose anymore speaks for itself.
How do I feel after a year? There were times where I have felt bad about what I have done and criticised myself for 'giving in'. I also sometimes wonder if I would have done it now, if I hadn't already done so and I can not answer myself. I wish I was confident enough before the surgery but I wasn't and this definitely did make me feel less self conscious. I also find it interesting hearing people talk about plastic surgery as most people don't know I have done it. It's interesting hearing people condemn it whilst at the same time, calling others ugly and making other shallow comments.
I sometimes wonder what people would think of me if they knew I had done it but I know that it doesn't matter. I know that even if I did do this, I still don't look at people and reduce them to their looks/criticise them. I think that is a common misconception about people who resort to surgery and it's not true. I am sometimes so shocked at some of the shallow things people say and that reminds me that having this doesn't define who I am or make me a 'bad person' in any way.
Having the surgery has sometimes put me in weird positions where people can make insensitive comments about others because now you are on the 'inside' e.g 'look at her massive nose'. It kind of gives you an interesting perspective as you sit there thinking 'you have no idea what how your shallow comments can affect someone', and I usually voice my opinion.

I also couldn't say whether I would have found confidence without the surgery. I was never loud and proud about my physical flaw and that really affected me socially and would get in the way of my life. It always held me back.

So, I would basically recommend (like most others) to try to be happy with yourself and love yourself. If that is too difficult for you, like it was for me... than if you can afford it I really recommend dr oelbrandt. Besides being a genuinely nice guy (which is quite important when doing something like this), he is highly skilled and I don't have one negative thing to say about him.