20, Primary Rhinoplasty - Glendale, CA

1.5 years after surgery, my biggest advice is to not believe the hype. Take that money and go on vacation. Love yourself for who you are. I absolutely DO NOT believe in plastic surgery anymore and do not encourage ANYONE to go through with it. It won't fix your confidence you'll find other things to pick on after. I was 20 years old, saved money working endlessly, sacrificing any type of social life as a young person for two years all on my own and spent all of this on surgery. Looking back I'm just a baby and I'm SO proud of myself for doing this without any financial help from anyone, I admire my ambition and achieving my goals despite hardship, but I look down on myself for choosing this to spend my money on. I cried about my appearance so often in the past before the surgery and now I do the same. Do not get surgery. I thought there was no way my surgeon would [RS bleep] up. Pick a different surgeon. I literally have worse breathing problems than I did before. Live and learn.

My nostrils were never a concern at all for me, they were completely symmetric, a little long so they were shortened during the procedure. But wow...they are so asymmetric now. I'm so depressed. I would have been fine with my nose still having a little bump or with it still being crooked a bit but to have to now have insecurities about something I never worried about before...it's heartbreaking. I noticed it when the cast came off and it's just gotten worse and worse. I always make the wrong decisions in life. I hope I can get through this.

Wow! The first four days for me were horrible and honestly, I wanted to just die from all the pain/discomfort. I got my cast off yesterday and I was terrified thinking it would hurt so much but it was not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. I put a ton of vaseline around my nose, in my nose, so I think that helped. I barely bruised and only have some yellowness under my eyes but I have bad cheek/lower face swelling and I can't even really chew properly or open up my mouth more than a bit- is that normal? Anyway! My nose is super swollen and looks uneven and I'm scared to even touch it, it feels sooooooo weird you guys! It looks so small to me, it's very weird seeing it in mirrors but I know it's all just swelling and the shock of a new nose. One side is more upturned/seems smaller and less defined, but I know everything will settle out and for now, I just have to wait. Even with all the swelling, I'm so happy with the result. It's so surreal for me to not see the bump anymore. I love it :) I know the front will get better but it definitely right now looks like a weird fat potato sitting on my face. Oh and my skin is completely suffering lol ): P.S sorry for the bloody nose pics - I'm still scared to really try and clean it!