Really Pleased with my Rhinoplasty Results:) - Calgary, AB

I had always been self conscience of my nose my whole life. Always worried about how it looked in pictures. I was sick of worrying about how it looked all the time. So I decided to do some research and look into it, I found lots of surgeons in the Edmonton, AB area. I decided to look in the Calgary area as well and I found Dr. Zakhary, she seemed to fit the bill perfect! She was a lady and she specializes in ear, nose and throat surgery- (Facial Plastic Surgeon). I decided to book a consult! I am so glad I did. We talked about the parts of the nose, how it works, what she could do for me, what I should expect. Its good to go into your consult with an open mind, and have something in mind that is attainable. I wasn't going in thinking that I wanting Jessica Alba's nose. I wasn't sure if I was going to go ahead with the surgery or not, but the consult went really well and she was confident that she could make my insecurities go away! Dr. Zakhary said she was going to do the procedure, Septarhinoplasty ( which means I have a slightly deviated septum) and she was going to fix that for me also. She explained that she would break my nose in 3 places to narrow my nose, shorten it (as it is long) and my nostrils would be more prominent. At this point I am so excited, so I booked the surgery! This is exactly what I am wanting.
Day of surgery: I wasn't to eat anything after 12:00 the night before. I was scheduled in for 2:00pm the next day for surgery. At this point, I have never been so nervous in my life. I went it and lights out, don't remember a thing! I was under general anesthetic. The surgery took ~3hrs, woke up and was super super groggy, I felt terrible! I wanted to throw up so terribly. I would highly recommend you have 2 people with you helping you leave the surgical facility, I could barely walk. Once I got out to the vehicle, I finally was able to throw up since I had been feeling so nauseous. I looked down at the ground and there was about 2 cups of blood on the ground! I guess this is normal because you must swallow blood during surgery. Dr. Zakhary had prescribed my Tylonel 3's, the pain wasn't super terrible but the swelling was and I seemed to feel a lot better once I took my pain meds. About 4 days into my recovery I developed a throat infection. The ER doctor stated that it was from being intubated and this can happen if the throat is scratched from the breathing tube. I was in complete agony at this time. Imagine not being able to breathe out of your nose and then your throat is on fire! By day 7 my infection was gone and I was on my way to Calgary to get my cast off! I was so excited to see my results! Dr. Zakhary wasn't there but one of her girls working for her took everything off and the stitches also came out, felt so good to get all of it off my face. After that she took pictures and she taped me up again, I was told I would have this tape on for another week. A lot of swelling is completely normal! And the sinus rinses help you breath immensely- I was doing these about 6x a day (I started rinses 3 days post op). I went through a little bit of depression also, they do warn you about this. As being cooped up in the house for 2 weeks as I didn't want any public siting's. I took about 6 weeks off of work, they recommend you take about 2 weeks- by then the bruising is mostly gone and you are considered socially acceptable. My own opinion, I am very glad I had as much time off as I did. There is no way I could have went back to work after 2 weeks, your nose gets very swollen and sore if you are standing or sitting for long period of time. It felt the best when I was laying down or on a 45 degree angle. I am back to work now and feeling great! Despite the rank healing period I had, I would do it over for sure. I am so so happy with my results. I wished I would have better prepared myself, but you don't really know what to expect- and everyone is different the way you heal!

My nose has been something that has bothered me all my life! I wanted to put an end to my insecurities, I did my research and Dr. Zakhary seemed to be the perfect fit for my rhinoplasty operation. As for Pro's, consult to the surgery went great- Dr. Zakhary is so nice, genuine and such a great surgeon. The only Con I have are the frequent post op visits, which I understand are important- but for the out of towners this can be inconvenient. As for cost, start saving! The rhinoplasty cost me~$9000. So start saving, and I believe you get what you pay for. I wasn't interested in shopping around for the best price. I am super pleased with my results and would do it again in a heartbeat!