Ribgraft Rhinoplasty, I should not have done it, but I am also not upset anymore

First I was super concerned about scar from the Ribgraft. But after talk to their stuff many times and meeting with girl who just did the Ribgraft at doctor Yoo's office, I believe it worth it.

Now I am just on post day 1 and I am so happy. I can't believe how much better my whole face looks! Yes even though my nose is wrap with lots of stuff, I can tell the shap is already looking great. I have no swallow nor bruise on my face at all so far. What's amazing is not just the nose but my whole face structure looks a lot better. I have no idea how Dr Yoo did this magical transfer! I am so excited to see it getting better day by day!


I have no pain at all(just feel a bit like cold), sleeps very well.

It is a lot of work to clean and maintain post op, how the person takes care of you is extremely important to the recovery process. Ideally he or she should be more clear of what to you than yourself because you would be on drug.

Family support would also help a lot. At the beginning I was so worried my bf gonna be mad and my parents are gonna be upset. After I explain to them how it would make me happier and the low risk, they all became very supportive. Now my bf is taking extremely good care of me, and I just video chat with my mom, we are all happy.

I might update more photos as days goes by!

Feel free to ask me questions, I might not be around but I would be very happy to help other girls who are just like me.

Today I went to my 1wk post op appointment. Getting all the stitches and other stuff out was surprising painful, but don't get too scared, because I have very low tolerance of pain, so what's a lot to me maybe okay to you. The good part is the pain only lasted for a few seconds.

After everything is out I felt 10 times better. Everything is pretty much go back to normal, the best part is now I can breathe through my nose just like before the surgery.

I am very happy even just at 1wk post, It is already a big improvement comparing to my old nose, which used to be very low, wide, soft, and had a big tip. I feel like the nose already look natural enough that without the tape, most people won't tell I had sugary. Dr Yoo told me it will look much better as the swallow goes down. I am very looking forward to it!

I also attached photos of my rib graft incision and head incisions. They are much smaller than I thought.

Overall during the recovery, the rib and head didn't cause much discomfort. There were barely any pain neither, most discomfort comes from the dizziness of the medicine, and not being able to breath through the nose. The whole process I barely had any bruce. Still some swallow around face though.

I feel eating and drinking enough is very important for recovery too. I drink as much as I can, usually 3L a day, including lots of coconut water, honey water and soy milk. liquids help a lot to get chemicals out of your body. I prepared lots of bottled water and drinks before sugary. They are much easier to drink when you don't wanna move. For food, I had lots of tofu, seaweed, avocado, and bone broth.

I start to workout lightly, going out for shows and events again. Pretty much everything is back to normal, I don't feel I had a surgery, even my parents are surprised of how fast they healed.

Facial expression is 10% tight, but no one can tell.

Rib incision healed pretty well too. I attached a photo for it.

I also did some LED light & ultrasound treatment with the skin Doctor in the same office, they are supposed to help with the swallow, speed up the healing and minimize the scar.