Dr. Sumner Slavin of Boston Desereves a Nobel Peace Prize - Boston, MA

Hey guys im getting surgery in less than four weeks and its finally starting to kick in that its happening so soon! Its hard to believe as ive been planning this for over a year now. Ive never gotten surgery before and would describe myself as having very high anxiety! Does anyone have any suggestions? I know that this is very rare but I also have concerns about waking up during surgery. Thank you all for your help!

Ive pretty much always hated my nose my whole life. I had one of the
worst noses EVER. I thought I was just going to deal with it and live my
life with what God gave me. But I started realizing how much my bad
nose affected my life. It affected my relationships because I never
thought I was good enough. It affected my self esteem. I thought about
it everyday in some way, shape or form. Every time I saw someone or had a
conversation, I was painfully aware of what angles they were looking at
me with and how my nose looked to them. That's when I realized
something had to change. This procedure didn't feel elective to me- it
felt necessary. I approached my mother with the idea and surprisingly
she was supportive!

I had consults with two different doctors. The first doctor was okay-
but what I really didn't like was that she was pressuring me to also
get a chin implant along with my rhinoplasty which I didn't want. I felt
like she was "selling" me on it. I do have a small chin, but I felt
like I didn't need to get it done.



Dr. Sumner Slavin in
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts was recommended to me by my dermatologist
actually. When I met with him, I knew he was a much better fit for me.
He didn't tell me I needed a chin implant and he clearly explained what
we would do to me nose. He also got me evaluated for my deviated septum
and we were going to fix that at the same time. He was concerned with
both my nose esthetically and functionally.



I cant really
explain how nervous I was for my surgery. Ive never had a surgery
before, ive never even had my wisdom teeth removed. I didn't know how I
was going to go through with it! I stupidly googled anesthesia awareness
and was terrified that was going to happen to me. Dr. Slavin gave me
Valium to ease my mind before the surgery. I only took them one week
prior to the surgery and mostly only at night to help me sleep. But the
day came and I just sucked it up because I knew it was now or never. My
advice to those that might feel the same way is that 1) This is going to
change your life. Be a big girl and do it. and 2) Its not as bad as you
think it will be.



We got to the hospital and arrived an
hour and a half early like I was instructed to. The people at Beth
Israel Hospital in Boston were so nice. It was a bit annoying to be
sitting there just waiting to be called in, but once I was everything
went pretty quickly. They had me get into a gown, got an IV inserted,
talked to Dr. Slavin, and the next thing I know I was waking up in
recovery.



The recovery for the rhinoplasty/septoplasty
was not painful at all. I would describe it as uncomfortable. They put a
cast on your nose, and I also had splints in my nose. I only breathed
through my mouth so at night I would wake up with my mouth completely
dry. I also didn't shower for 8 days until they took the cast off (ew). I
had a lot of bruising, I think the worst of it was the second and third
days pre-op. It went away soooo quickly though. I did use Arnica pills
which are supposed to help get rid of bruises, I do think they helped.
My bruises were almost totally gone by the time I had my cast removed
eight days after the operation.



Overall, I think my nose
fits my face way better. My nose is honestly one of the worst noses ive
EVER seen and he created something so beautiful from it, its really
impressive. It just proves that he knows what he is doing and he is
extremely skilled and is an expert in his field. Wow, not just anybody
could have done this. Dr. Slavin, thank you, you are amazing. I would
highly recommend him to anyone wanting plastic surgery.