Typical Asian Nose - Chicago, IL

It's been a year postop and I can finally say with some certainty, I am unhappy with the results. My nose has settled in more, but it's still extremely asymmetrical, bulbous and the height change is very minimal. It's disappointing when I look in the mirror and I register very little change.

A note of caution for out of towners: I would seriously recommend finding a doctor in-town. I am finding that the cost of plane trips back to Chicago and annoyingly long waits (45 minutes+) for Skype check ups annoying since I have a full time job and an incredibly busy schedule to wait on the computer for long periods of time and schedule time way off in advance just to come back into the office. Since I am displeased with my nose, I am flying back into his office for a check up and in-office procedures which means coordinating time off work, cost of a plane ticket, etc.

Very frustrated at this point. I am still patient and optimistic and hoping for a better result this summer. Will post an update soon.

Even though I don't want to be too hasty in judging my rhinoplasty results, as the 12 months draws nearer, I can't help but feel dissatisfied with my nose. When I first had my cast taken off, it was incredibly swollen. The tip stuck out and skewed to the side dramatically. In the months since then, it has slowly improved but it doesn't look like much has changed. In photography and videos, I can clearly see the swelling around the bulbous tip. The entire tip is still quite swollen and numb, I can't feel anything. It's also not symmetrical. I will probably schedule a Skype consultation soon to see his thoughts but I can't see my nose getting that much better in just under one month. At this point, I'm worried that too much tissue scarred over and is preventing the healing... I don't know, I'm just not that happy with the progress so far.

Hey guys!

It's been about 10 months since my PS, and my swelling is still pretty bad. I've avoided the sun and I try to avoid salt, but my swelling is still my biggest enemy >_<

I've seen Dr. Shah twice since my rhinoplasty, and I've had a kenalog injection (the first time was standard, the second time was significantly stronger because of my thick skin and swelling). It's help a lot, but my nose is still asymmetrical and skews to the right more, which is obvious depending on the profile I show in photos. I still don't photograph too well. The tip is also still bulbous, thick, and droops down. There hasn't been too much of a change in the past few months and even though it looks slightly different than my old nose, it's not too much of a positive aesthetic difference. My family barely notices, and my friends haven't mentioned anything.

I would update my review with more photos, but my nose hasn't changed enough to really show a result. The changes have been too minute to really notice. Only my keen eye has noticed it, but I've been scrutinizing my face like crazy haha. I relocated out of the state after I had my rhinoplasty, so I've been talking to him via Skype once every few months. I'm going to schedule a Skype chat with him sometime next month. I'm also going back in town to visit my family and see Dr. Shah for another in-office visit sometime in July. Since we last talked, he told me that my nose should still go down by a LOT more and get smaller. I'm pleased that I didn't have any major issues with my rhinoplasty, but I'm still not super happy with my nose.My alars still flare out more than I want it to, and my profile isn't as raised as I want it to be but I'm not going to judge my results until May when it's been a full year.

Up until yesterday, I still had breathing problems and issues breathing out of my nose. I became a mouth-breather over the last 10 months :/ I used a nasal spray every night before bed to moisturize my nose and prevent slight snoring, which I never had before until after my rhinoplasty. Last night, when I was in bed, I felt a weird tingling in my nose and now my nose is cleared up! I can breathe out of it normally like I once was able to before my PS. So still reserving judgment until the end since I'm cautiously optimistic. My nose is still hard which is indicative that it still has a long way to go before the swelling completely dissipates.

Sorry for very badly structured review, just wanted to post an update! Rhinoplasty healing takes a very long time, which I was aware of before and during the process. Coupled in with the fact that my nose was just a giant ball on my face, I knew that creating a better streamlined nose would take a while... I don't want to jump to conclusions too quickly, or sign up for a revision rhinoplasty until after my healing is completely done and I can accurately gauge my results. Hopefully, my nose starts to really change shape and improve in the next two months. I'll remember to post an update when my healing has progressed further. I'm happy with Dr. Shah at the moment and trust his advice and judgment. Hopefully it gets better!