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I'm still alive! And much more positive since last time!
Hello! You might remember me from around 1.5 months ago when I got my rhinoplasty with Dr. G. I haven't updated in a while due to personal stuff getting in the way - which was actually a blessing in disguise since it distracted me from checking my nose obsessively. Not healthy!
Last time I posted I was having a post-rhinoplasty freak out (I swear, it happens to all of us) which stemmed from me foolishly comparing my no swelling cast-off pic, to my 5-12 day potato faced post-op pics. I knew it was dumb to judge so early on, but I went ahead and judged anyway. I made myself very anxious, thinking I was going to have this fat, asymmetrical nose forever and the cast-off pic I had taken earlier must have been a mirage.
My life took a dramatic turn shortly after day 12, so I stopped spending all my time looking in the mirror at my nose. Then when the dust finally settled, I had been so distracted that I barely noticed the asymmetrical swelling on one side of my nose... had gone! I also noticed my tip was overall pointier and less swollen. Everything suddenly looked nice, after I'd been so negative.
I'm only 6 weeks in and I know there will still be more refinements as I heal. I've been happy with my nose for a good 1-2 weeks now, hopefully that doesn't change. I doubt it will.
I really love the curved bridge, especially from the side. My tip is sometimes pointy and looks great from the side too, just like cast-off day, but other days it is swollen and round. I am ok with this, I tell myself it's all part of the package.
My main issue going into this rhinoplasty was my hanging columella (the bit between my nostrils). Whenever I grinned, this fleshy nub would hang down and make this weird columella/tip blob hybrid with no definition. Please refer to my before pics to see! It was so ugly! Dr. G really tucked it in and I love that I now have a tip and a columella that are clearly defined as two separate parts of my nose.
My nostrils and bridge were narrowed and I now have a perfectly straight nose from the front. It was previously wonky and looked like it had a ball on the end. I feel so much more dainty and feminine now. I like how the narrowing of my nose has made my eyes look further apart and my cheeks look bigger. The nose is such an important part of the face because it affects all these other things - it's almost like a bunch of surgeries in one. My eyes and lips definitely take centre stage now - whereas before I felt my dominating nose made my other features shrink in comparison.
One of my friends told me I looked different from the side the other day. I got this done in secret so I just said "what do you mean?" he said "your cheeks? nose? you just look different from the side".
I put it down to not seeing him for a while but I was secretly pleased!
Last time I posted I was having a post-rhinoplasty freak out (I swear, it happens to all of us) which stemmed from me foolishly comparing my no swelling cast-off pic, to my 5-12 day potato faced post-op pics. I knew it was dumb to judge so early on, but I went ahead and judged anyway. I made myself very anxious, thinking I was going to have this fat, asymmetrical nose forever and the cast-off pic I had taken earlier must have been a mirage.
My life took a dramatic turn shortly after day 12, so I stopped spending all my time looking in the mirror at my nose. Then when the dust finally settled, I had been so distracted that I barely noticed the asymmetrical swelling on one side of my nose... had gone! I also noticed my tip was overall pointier and less swollen. Everything suddenly looked nice, after I'd been so negative.
I'm only 6 weeks in and I know there will still be more refinements as I heal. I've been happy with my nose for a good 1-2 weeks now, hopefully that doesn't change. I doubt it will.
I really love the curved bridge, especially from the side. My tip is sometimes pointy and looks great from the side too, just like cast-off day, but other days it is swollen and round. I am ok with this, I tell myself it's all part of the package.
My main issue going into this rhinoplasty was my hanging columella (the bit between my nostrils). Whenever I grinned, this fleshy nub would hang down and make this weird columella/tip blob hybrid with no definition. Please refer to my before pics to see! It was so ugly! Dr. G really tucked it in and I love that I now have a tip and a columella that are clearly defined as two separate parts of my nose.
My nostrils and bridge were narrowed and I now have a perfectly straight nose from the front. It was previously wonky and looked like it had a ball on the end. I feel so much more dainty and feminine now. I like how the narrowing of my nose has made my eyes look further apart and my cheeks look bigger. The nose is such an important part of the face because it affects all these other things - it's almost like a bunch of surgeries in one. My eyes and lips definitely take centre stage now - whereas before I felt my dominating nose made my other features shrink in comparison.
One of my friends told me I looked different from the side the other day. I got this done in secret so I just said "what do you mean?" he said "your cheeks? nose? you just look different from the side".
I put it down to not seeing him for a while but I was secretly pleased!
Days 5-12
I've come back to update you guys on what's been going on. The photo in my day 4 post last time showed a really cute nose, right?! I thought "wow, only day 4 and it's a happy ending for me already!" I was on top of the world. Sharp tip, a refined bridge that was narrow, cute little nostrils that blended in to the rest of my nose perfectly, perfect symmetry, breathing 100% clearly...
Well, that was cast off day, and let me tell you this: THINGS CHANGE. From day 5-12, my nose has been pushing me to the limit.
On day 5 after I took my last pic, I woke up with a nose that didn't even look like that cute nose anymore. AND IT WAS BLOCKED! After being so over the moon about being able to breathe again, that got snatched away from me. I woke up with a fat, swollen nose with a round tip and no definition sat on my face. My beautiful nose was gone. So cruel! It's like I got given something amazing and then it got stolen away.
Every day my nose looks different, and it's quite exhausting. Whenever I get freaked out I just look at my day 4 pic which was taken an hour after cast off, where I can see everything is in place. I dream of getting back to that!
There is a side of the bridge that seems to swell more than the other, which freaks me out because my nose was wonky before, and on cast off day it was so straight. I just keep telling myself it's swelling. My tip feels super hard and sometimes looks fat. But sometimes it looks pointy and sleek. It's so annoying because some days I will think everything is improving, then the next day it'll look really fat and I'm back to square 1 again.
Breathing through my nose clearly is becoming more of a regular occurrence with every day that goes by and more crust/blood comes out of my nose and allows air to flow through.
There's a lot of mucus in my throat which is kinda gross, I'm swallowing constantly and trying to clear my throat doesn't do anything.
Another annoying thing is that my smile looks weird. If my columella/septum/tip are particularly swollen that day, my smile will look extra chimpish.
Also I have bruises under my right eye that won't fade even after 12 days. This is taking longer than I thought!
Well, that was cast off day, and let me tell you this: THINGS CHANGE. From day 5-12, my nose has been pushing me to the limit.
On day 5 after I took my last pic, I woke up with a nose that didn't even look like that cute nose anymore. AND IT WAS BLOCKED! After being so over the moon about being able to breathe again, that got snatched away from me. I woke up with a fat, swollen nose with a round tip and no definition sat on my face. My beautiful nose was gone. So cruel! It's like I got given something amazing and then it got stolen away.
Every day my nose looks different, and it's quite exhausting. Whenever I get freaked out I just look at my day 4 pic which was taken an hour after cast off, where I can see everything is in place. I dream of getting back to that!
There is a side of the bridge that seems to swell more than the other, which freaks me out because my nose was wonky before, and on cast off day it was so straight. I just keep telling myself it's swelling. My tip feels super hard and sometimes looks fat. But sometimes it looks pointy and sleek. It's so annoying because some days I will think everything is improving, then the next day it'll look really fat and I'm back to square 1 again.
Breathing through my nose clearly is becoming more of a regular occurrence with every day that goes by and more crust/blood comes out of my nose and allows air to flow through.
There's a lot of mucus in my throat which is kinda gross, I'm swallowing constantly and trying to clear my throat doesn't do anything.
Another annoying thing is that my smile looks weird. If my columella/septum/tip are particularly swollen that day, my smile will look extra chimpish.
Also I have bruises under my right eye that won't fade even after 12 days. This is taking longer than I thought!
Day 4 - Gently applied make-up to go food shopping
I know you're not supposed to put on make-up yet, but my bruises are very dark and I've run out of food and drink!
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