Rhinoplasty with Dr. Grigoryants - Glendale, CA

I'm excited to finally start my own review as I have been gently stalking (to put it lightly lol) all of you who have shared your journey here on Real Self and have ultimately convinced me that I can actually go through with this!

I surprisingly never considered a rhinoplasty growing up (besides maybe the brutal pre-teen years) because Ive always been happy with how I look and probably too distracted with everything else that I've been blessed with in life but now that I have graduated college and I've found a great job as an RN I find myself thinking about the possibility of a rhinopasty. I know that objectively speaking I have a large, crooked Italian nose but in some ways I have come to embrace it and I can't believe I'm actually going through with this! I know this will definitely be an emotional journey for me however after reading all of the reviews and before/afters on Dr. Grigoryants work I am so excited. It seems like he not only fixes one aspect of someone's nose but he actually magically just transforms the whole thing and to me every single one of you has had beautiful results! I mainly decided to write about my experience so I can hopefully ask you all questions (God knows I have MANY) and then return the favor to those who may seek a rhinoplasty in the future :)

So I have told all my relatives, cousins, close friends and co-workers as I am definitely very comfortable and open about the whole thing. I am ultimately doing this for myself and my own confidence and everyone has been very accepting of it and excited for me. I had my email consultation with Dr G. and he basically would be giving my the whole package including narrowing my bridge, deprojecting the nose, shaving the bump and reducing the tip/nostrils. I am definitely nervous about not having an in person consultation until the day prior but I really couldn't find any surgeons around me who I would have the same confidence in. So my surgery date is scheduled for April 27th 2016 I wanted to make sure it is over and done with before the summer months since I'm a new nurse and don't think it would be easy to take too much time off in the summer. One of my first questions actually is how much time do you all recommend taking off of work? I scheduled 10 days and since I work 3x12hr shifts in a week I'm only requesting 4 shifts off. Hopefully that will be enough time.

I'm also traveling to Cali from Boston, Ma so if anyone has any recommendations of a great place to stay or any fun things they included during their stay feel free to share! I'm dragging my poor boyfriend along with me so I still want to fit in some sightseeing and fun activities (nose permitting of course)

Anyways! Here are some photos of what I'm working with and I would love to hear from any of you (questions/concerns/advice) and also I just want to thank those who have shared their journey so far :) April can't come soon enough!

Hi sorry about not updating sooner unfortunately a day before we were supposed to fly out for Ca my boyfriend went through a pretty scary health emergency so we had to postpone the trip so I could care for him (he's doing much better now thankfully). Hopefully I can get a date in mid July if there are any cancelations but if not I have a date set in October. Il keep you guys updated :)

Hi guys so I'll be flying out to LA in just a few hours and my pre-op appointment is scheduled for later in the afternoon. Im leaning towards asking for a straight bridge instead of a sloped one but I'm hoping he'll be able to give me an idea of what would look best and most natural on me. Does anyone have any advice on questions I should ask? I feel a little underprepared for this lol I can't believe how fast time flies! I have been taking pre-op vitamins (multivitamin, Esther c and zinc chelate, no vitamin E) daily for about two weeks now and will start taking bromelain and arnica post op. I've done my best to avoid garlic but wow that was the hardest thing to avoid!! Also, my surgery is on Wednesday and my boyfriend and I bought tickets for universal studios for Sunday and Monday so I'm hoping 3-4 days is enough time to rest before going out and walking a lot (no rides or anything crazy). We will also be near the LA zoo and the Griffith park observatory so I'm really hopeful that I'll be able to get out and do stuff while I'm in LA. Any advice on good eats would be appreciated!