I Hate my Nose ! - Glendale, CA

Thank you so much for the nice comment :) yay ! It's done

Thank you so much ! My nose was big I'm actually posting the close ups lol

Thanks for the tip, I'm sure my recovery will go well. I am just really nervous that my throw up goes to my nose. Especially because I have been trying to eat to get rid of the anthesia.

They didn't do that for me :( thanks a lot, il be posting updates soon.

Yea, you have to specifically ask them to administer anti-nausea drugs with the IV anesthesia prior to the surgery. It does help a lot.

@Kandiie: *scared of vomit coming into your nose unless Dr. G worked in your tip, I should say, and it looks like he did not. you don't need to "get rid" of the anesthesia. Please be aware over the next month you may feel a little stressed...putting put under is sort of like your body being put through a marathon without you being awake for it. What you can do is drink some Gatorade or juice (really helped me). Arnica gel will help with future bruising, as will ice packs, but don't quote me without asking Dr. G. If you feel a little uncomfortable for a while...it's swelling and don't need to worry. After the cast removal, it might look a little bigger as the nose unfolds and takes it's final contour (or not! In a closed rhino, possibly not). Like a butterfly having come out of is cocoon. It looks so good right now, though, I hope this week gets easier and easier.

@Kandiie: also, on the likelihood you have to sleep propped up for a while--I found rolling a towel or blanket under my neck was a lot easier than pillows.

Hello Irsi, I think he did the open Rhino. Dr. G worked on my inside and also on my tip. My bottom tip is open, and I need to be carefully because I'm cut. But regardless I've been drinking lots of liquids to keep my body hydrated. I also cleaned around my nose with Hydrogen Peroxide but nothing directly. I've been walking here and there so I won't get blood clots. I am also very swollen at the moment and it makes it a little difficult to see. Thank you for all your feedback, I will definitely try drinking more Gatorade and juice to see how I feel.

@kandiie1228: So annoying about the site "bugs"- I didn't even see you had replied to me. I found drinking through a straw and swishing the liquid around, including up to my throat, really helped wet my mouth. Popsicle and ice helped too. Please be aware you're probably going to look a little gnarly when that cast comes off. I did. It took a week to get a nose, and then, by about three weeks post-op, I'd notice the nose would look DRAMATICALLY different depending on the time of day. Water balloon in the morning; and then, by about 1 pm, like a regular nose. It Fluctuating on and off. It settled down by 6-8 weeks. The physical discomfort of swelling and any anti-swelling treatment Dr. G has given you (like Prednisone) may make the nose feel bigger than it actually is and may make this more stressful than it should be--know that what you see in the mirror isn't nearly as bad as what others do. I felt for at least a month made me much, much more self-conscious about the nose than I should have been. I realize in hindsight a lot of it was because the nose just felt so heavy. Finally--you deserve to hold your baby, but that nose is settling and will need a month too, so you really need to be careful about keeping him from hitting you from underneath (but I guess 6 months is young). It's no big deal, but at the same time, there are probably internal sutures of your nasal cartilages (not grafts--the actual framework of your nose Dr. G tweaked) you have to be careful of. Good luck and happy healing. This ride may be a little bumpy but it is so worth it.

This sucks but beauty is pain :/ do you have any recommendations for swelling ?

1) Bromelain (not pineapple juice) 2) arnica gel as a gentle lubricant (do not pinch--stroke this on gently) 3) Time. That's really about it. I'd say cold, too. It really does depend on how much of your own tissue he needed to modify