Asian/Ethnic Rhinoplasty - Dallas, TX

In January 2015, I had an alar base reduction but my nose still looked wide and flat to me. I'm pretty nervous about my surgery tomorrow since this one will be an open rhinoplasty. Dr. Rohrich was very nice and approachable during my consultation. He will be using cartilage from my septum and allograft. I requested for my columella to my lowered, my alar taken in a little bit more and my tip to be refined.

The surgery went really well according to Dr. Rohrich. I had to provide a urine sample yesterday morning before surgery, spoke to a nurse to go over my previous medical history and the drugs I was prescribed, and spoke with the anesthesiologist to go over any complications I have had prior. All of them were very nice and reassuring. I was incredibly anxious and was being the worrywart that I am. I was given valium to help with my jitters though, and that calmed me down a bit.

Before heading to the surgery room, Dr. Rohrich came to visit me and again specifically asked me what I wanted to get done. Because he made sure we were on the same page, I finally felt ready and confident about the procedure.

All of sudden, I woke up a little groggy with slight pressure on my face. I did not feel any pain at all. I probably stayed in that room for half an hour until I was able to come to. Then, I was wheeled out into the parking garage so my fiance could drive me home.

For the remainder of the day, I was pretty out of it and slept on and off. I had cold eye patches to use to help with any swelling. I took tramadol every 4-6 hours to keep ahead of the pain, and my fiance helped me switch out the gauze below my noes every so often.

It's now the morning after and I still feel no pain. We cleaned up a little bit of the dried blood with hydrogen peroxide, and are waiting a few more hours to see if the bleeding continues before we clean up the rest.

My nose is swollen, but so far, it's looking good!

It's now three days after my surgery and the bleeding has stopped. I have stitches along my columella and the side of my nostrils. I've made good progress trying to clean up the dried blood with hydrogen peroxide, but there's still a bit more to go. I also don't have much feeling along the columella and tip. Everything is still swollen of course, but at least it's not bleeding anymore!

The anesthesiologist also gave me a call today to see how I was doing. I've had no complications with the anesthesiology and the Tramadol is working fine. I've only been feeling slightly groggy, no other side effects.