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I decided to get a nose job mostly because of the...
rhinoplasty19January 2, 2016
I decided to get a nose job mostly because of the fact that I felt very insecure about my large nose. I feel like I have a lot of nice features but my nose would make me not want to take any pictures and I would constantly turn my head a certain way to make my nose look smaller and straighter. I felt like my nose was the main thing people noticed and I didn't want to be known as the girl with the big nose. When I was younger kids would call me pinokio jokingly. As I got older that stopped because adults don't say stuff like that. But still those jokes when I was younger really took a toll on my self esteem. Even now when people don't make comments anymore I feel like they still think it. I felt that I would be so much more confident after my nose job and that I would have more nose symmetry and a better profile.
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Off centered columella
rhinoplasty19January 3, 2016
I really love my side profile after my surgery. My nose looks SO much smaller and there's no more hump on my nose. However I'm very disappointed with the front view of my nose. I know it's only been less than 3 weeks and it's early in the healing process but my nostrils look very uneven and my columella looks off centered. There is more swelling on one side of my face and this might be affecting my nostrils and tip. I also had an open rhinoplasty so my tip is very numb and tender. I really hope I see an improvement in my nostrils and columella once the swelling goes away. I can't afford to do a revision financially and time wise. Also I heard "fixing" the columella can open up a whole new door of complications.
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January 4, 2016
Your new nose looks very much like your old nose straight on. It was a bit crooked before and it still is, but not in a new or worse way. The swelling definitely needs to come down quite a bit more from your tip to see what your true result will be from the forward profile. I am three months post, and tip refinement was part of my surgery and currently my existing tip is bigger / more bulbous than my original, and I don't expect this to change for another 3 months if not longer. The tip takes a LONG TIME to come down.
Did you have an open rhino? If so, for sure closer to a year.
I feel the same as you, I miss my old nose. I wish I never did the surgery with the surgeon I used. He was WAY too conservative (which looks to be the case with you) and didn't change my nose enough to justify the surgery, and in my case, he didn't even do what we had planned.
I know how it feels to question your decision, and in my case, I do need a revision and will be travelling to the US to do it and spending enough 10K to do it. Which is so terrible and incredibly disappointing. But in your case, if you were looking for a subtle change, and it sounds like you were, you might be ok. If you like your side profile, then great, your tip will only get better as time goes on. 3 weeks is way too early. If I look at my 3 weeks pics compared to now, my 3 weeks looks like a chubby potato on my face compared to how it looks now. It's really significant. I will say though, that the basic shape remains relatively the same.
Again, I think your face on looks almost identical to your old nose, just more swollen.
Did you have an open rhino? If so, for sure closer to a year.
I feel the same as you, I miss my old nose. I wish I never did the surgery with the surgeon I used. He was WAY too conservative (which looks to be the case with you) and didn't change my nose enough to justify the surgery, and in my case, he didn't even do what we had planned.
I know how it feels to question your decision, and in my case, I do need a revision and will be travelling to the US to do it and spending enough 10K to do it. Which is so terrible and incredibly disappointing. But in your case, if you were looking for a subtle change, and it sounds like you were, you might be ok. If you like your side profile, then great, your tip will only get better as time goes on. 3 weeks is way too early. If I look at my 3 weeks pics compared to now, my 3 weeks looks like a chubby potato on my face compared to how it looks now. It's really significant. I will say though, that the basic shape remains relatively the same.
Again, I think your face on looks almost identical to your old nose, just more swollen.
January 5, 2016
Both pictures are taken after my surgery. I haven't posted a before picture yet. You're right I just need to be more patient. Good luck
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Acne/ rash
rhinoplasty19January 3, 2016
I have very clear skin. I used to have some acne years ago but in the past year my skin has been very clear. After my surgery my skin was still doing very well and I had very little bruising. However a week after my surgeon removed my cast, and a few days later I had this awful rash/acne on my skin. I was beyond worried honestly because now I had so many bumps and it itched like crazy. I used coconut oil on it to calm my skin down but it wasn't helping at all, in fact I think it made it worse. 2 weeks after my surgery I went to my surgeon to get my splints/tubes removed and she saw my face and said its acne not a rash. However I was very convinced it was a rash because it was painful and didn't look like acne. She recommended a few different creams for acne and a possible rash. I ended up buying hydrocortisone %1at my local pharmacy and I did put a little on. However I decided to just let my skin heal by itself and stop using both the cream and the coconut oil too the next day. The only thing I would do is apply an ice pack on my skin (not my nose) where it itched for some relief. I would also put a little cold water occasionally on my skin. The rash/acne whatever it was started to go away. Idk if it was a reaction to the cast removal or to my coconut oil or what. I was so freaked out I even thought I had an infection because after my tubes were removed I had a weird smell in my nose which disappeared the next day. I figured the rash was a result of the infection. I kept thinking the worse. I was wrong. My skin is doing a lot better now, just my nose skin feels very weird like after you get a bad sun burn.
I'm 39 now, and I was in a near-fatal car accident on September 4, 2015. Every bone in my face was broken, I bit through both of my lips, and I have a 3-inch square hole in my skull that's trying to fill in. My cheekbones and orbitals were badly broken on the right side of my face, and my eyes don't even aim in the same direction now. This is how I will look, unless I win the lottery, for the rest of my life. My sinuses will be fixed (insurance) but my facial deformities will remain, because they don't affect my ability to live. My nose, which used to be big with a dorsal hump, now makes a hard right turn that is noticeable to anyone who looks at me.
Perfection is unattainable; symmetry is unnatural. From the pictures you've included, I'd trade places with you in a heartbeat. Kids called you Pinocchio? They called me that, too. Not only are kids jerks, they're unimaginative. I'm sorry if I'm coming off as rude, but ten thousand dollars is a lot of money to fix a "problem" that is likely only there because your bratty classmates put it there years ago. Before I became the target of bullies, I actually thought I was attractive. I thought I was attractive on September 3, 2015, too. Now, I am bald, scarred, deformed, and ugly.
Whatever decision you make, I fear that your unhealthy self-esteem will not allow you to see yourself as you truly are: a beautiful person who is worthy of love.