Over Projected and Long Overdue! - Glendale, CA

I honestly can't believe I am going to do this. I really hope everything goes smoothly. I was never teased, about my nose (I can't believe some people can be so cruel), considered myself attractive and don't have major issues with my nose. I actually like the front fine, it's the profile that is a challenge and luckily I don't see that everyday in the mirror. All this said, I am at the stage in my life where it is time to take care of what I don't love about myself. I am not working right now so it is the perfect time to do this. My husband and family think my nose is beautiful and this is unnecessary but frankly all of you have given me the courage to move forward and finally take care of my nose. It has so much room for improvement. I just hope it is indeed an improvement and not a "what the hell was I thinking" experience. Thank you to all that have had the courage to post here with pictures. It has been so helpful to me so I will return the favor (without the annoying eyes blacked out). Hoping Dr. G is having a great day Wed and on his "A" game.

Thanks everyone for your super sweet comments. I met Dr. G for the first time this afternoon. He is a very busy man and his waiting room was standing room only. I saw two woman that were seriously the most beautiful creatures that I have ever seen in my life. Far more beautiful than any model or movie star I have ever seen waiting to go in for their appointment while I was there. I was dying to ask what Dr. G helped them improve. If he had anything to do with their faces or bodies I am in excellent hands! My consult was a bit quick and my nose is far more of a mess than I thought. I now know I need this to breath. I have a deviated septum and he asked how I have breathing all these years. Essentially I never tried to close one nostril and breath from it. He closed one and honestly there was no air coming in at all. Wish I had spent a bit more time with consults etc than to learn this the evening before my surgery but I guess I know now that I need this regardless. He measured how far my nose extends from face and we recorded it so we can compare before and after. He also noticed things I honestly never knew were a problem aesthetically, however if he feels he can improve my face, more power to him. Dr. G must be some sort of super hero because he works very long hours and does three surgeries a day (from what I can tell). I am the second and I go in at 9 am tomorrow. Wish me luck! My only concern is that we did not have a lot of time during our meeting today. I only hope when we get in there he can refine the areas that need help and can make me more gorgeous. I am thankful for all that I have in life. I don't think I could have done this when I was in my 20's. I was not the woman I am today.

Hospital is great and so is the staff. Met with Dr. G for about 2 min before going in to review the "plan." He asked if this was a revision, which is frankly kind of frightening since NO this is not a revision but honestly the man has a million patients so who can blame him for getting us confused.
Anesthesiologist was wonderful. She gave me something for nausea and honestly I was out before I could even take a look around the surgery room. I had no vomiting afterwards either. I asked her to ask Dr. G to take a pic after he was done but not sure if this happened yet. I have not spoken to Dr. G since the surgery either. The recovery room was fine until my mom said something that upset me and I lost it. All the drugs and dealing with her making it all about her threw me into a tail spin. Then we had to drive 7 hours home and she was a nightmare the whole time. I am self caring, pumped the gas on the way home, etc. I should have stayed in Glendale longer. The trip home was just a bit too long for me. I am dreading having to get back there. Strangely enough my nose felt lighter when I was waking up. It felt like it weighed less....maybe it does now that is hopefully smaller!!! Pain is manageable, lots of drip pads. My biggest mistake is I was icing like mad in the car and using my sweater as a wrap for the ziplock bags and burned the heck out of my cheeks! Warning for all you out there. I compounded my face issues. Also I got a facial earlier this week. Big mistake. I think that is what made my skin so sensitive and left scars on my forehead. My cell phone is dead and I am too tired to get charger out of the car so can't share a picture but I look almost exactly the same as Sarah who had her surgery Monday. Same exact areas of bruises (around the eyes- same color and everything). I guess it's the Dr. G special! I need to get some rest....