Rhino/septo with Dr. Grigoryants - approaching 1 month post-op

Hi everyone,

Just a quick note to say that I will no longer be logging my experiences. I was surprised and a bit upset to learn that Real Self's Terms of Service prohibit almost all forms of editing, and that once you publish content on this website, RS effectively "owns" it. I can't think of any other social media website that doesn't't allow you to retrospectively edit or remove content that you would no longer like to keep in the public sphere, and I find this policy particularly draconian given how personal and sensitive cosmetic surgery is. We're all more vulnerable during and after these procedures, and things we write one day may not reflect how we feel the next day. While I understand that RS wants logs to accurately depicts the ups and downs of these procedures and recovery processes, I also think that they should ultimately respect the sensitivity and privacy of users. When I asked to have certain elements of previous posts removed, the RS team was inflexible and argued that I had agreed to their Terms of Service. This left me with a bad taste in my mouth and I think it's probably healthiest for me to entirely disengage with this website. I did want to explain my rationale before vanishing, though. Best of luck to all of you!

There were a few requests for before pics. Here are 2 -- I know none of these pics are so great b/c of the edits I make, but I hope they at least give you an idea. For the record, both were taken when I was smiling which is when the problems with my nose (it's width, the droopiness of the tip) were most pronounced.

Hi everyone, happy holidays!

I'll be 1-month post-op later this week and figured that I'm overdue for an update. On the whole, I'm feeling good (finally). The shape of my nose has changed dramatically over these past few weeks and the swelling has come way down. It's sort of crazy to wake up every day and see something slightly different in the mirror, but I suppose that's just the reality of recovering from this surgery. A few observations thus far:

-I'm still taping as much as possible and notice a big difference when I do. My nose swells up a lot if I eat salt or have anything to drink (even half a beer, as I did yesterday), so I'm trying my best to avoid those things although the holidays have made it a bit difficult.
- I can breathe pretty well though I'm still very swollen and somewhat "booger-y" inside.
- The tip of my nose and my columella are still VERY hard but less numb than they were.
- I am going craaaazy not being able to exercise. I just emailed Dr. G to see if I could at least begin "light exercise" (e.g. yoga), since technically I'm supposed to wait another 10 days. I hate not being able to work out!

In terms of the appearance, my tip is slowly begin to de-swell and take on a slightly more natural shape but to be honest, I think it's going to be a few months before my nose actually looks good. The profile is beautiful, though, very natural which is what I wanted (I didn't want a scooped out nose). My big complaint is that my nostrils look really weirdly pointy right now, something I just emailed Dr. G about. I think it's because I have these two "bumps" (grafts, I think?) which are moving as the swelling comes down, and for now, they're causing the pointy nostril shape. I hope that goes away, it looks a bit odd.

Here are a few pics. Happy holidays!