I Have Wanted This for 10 years - Glendale, CA

Just thought I'd check in and update you guys a little. Haven't had much time to check in lately, so I went back to work last week at 2 weeks post op. Everything is going good so far, when I went back to work last week I still sounded a bit congested and my cheek's were still pretty swollen, but all bruising was gone. I still havent worn makeup even though I'm able to already but Im being careful with my nose because it still feels sensitive when I touch it especially on the tip and if i wear makeup im gonna have to wash it n scrub my nose more to take off the makeup so I'm gonna give it another week before I wear makeup, I can't wait tho lol. So this was a quick little update on last week, I'll do an update on this week in a few days :)

I got a little busy and hadn't logged in here for a while but here's a few before pics so you guys can see how my nose was before my surgery lol. What I didn't like about my nose before was the tip drooped/hooked down especially when I smiled. I didn't like my profile view at all I also had a small bump on my nose which was only visible from my profile view. My front view I didn't mind as much except for the tip and my nose was slightly more slanted towards my right side. What I forgot to mention before was that I also had troube breathing at night through my left nostril, I had a deviated septum so Dr. Grigoryants did a septoplasty/turbinate reduction and rhinoplasty surgery.

Hey everyone, so I got my cast off yesterday which was post op day 5. My appointment was very quick I would say about 15mins but even tho it was quick it I didnt feel rushed which is a plus. When I got there I got checked in and I didn't wait more than 2minutes before they called me back. When Dr. Grigoryants came in he came in with a smile and very polite as always, he removed my cast. I hadn't had any pain with it so far so I have to say cast removal has been the most painful part out of all this lol it wasn't like extremely painful tho but on a scale from 1 to 10 I would say about a 7. My nose was so sensitive and sore so anything that touched it hurt, he first took off the cast, then he took out the splints inside both nostrils and dry blood, after that he squeezed the sides of my nose where the bones are and that made my eyes water from the pain lol. When he was removing my cast he was talking to me so I didn't focus as much on the pain lol. He said it was a very nice and natural nose result and he asked where I lived n I told him about four hours up north and he asked how I heard about his office and I told him on Realself.com!! I had to give credit to this site and everyone who posts their experience here, thanks to everyone cuz that's how I found him and hopefully my review contributes to helping other's find him too. I told him he has so many good reviews on realself :) he smiled and said thanks in such a humble way, he has a very good personality. He taped my nose for the swelling and showed me how to tape it and gave me the roll of tape and said to tape it every night. He then handed me a mirror to hold and had me stand up infront of a mirror that was behind the door so I can see my nose from a side view. I quickly looked at both sides. I know it's still swollen but it looks good already :) I could hardly move my face cuz of the swelling so I wasn't talking so much but when I saw it, I loved it! He told me that it's gonna be a very beautiful natural result and to email him in about 4 or 5 months or sooner if I have any questions or concerns. Oh and i forgot to mention when i had gone to my pre op appointment in May I told him i was insecure about my skin too cuz i wouldnt even break out as a teenager and a few years ago i started getting acne as an adult n its left me with so many scars :'( he prescribed me something for acne and acne scars so he said if i needed refills to just let him know, telling u guys hes such a nice person :). My sister had taken me to the appointment and she was waiting outside with my niece, nephew and son who as soon as they saw me held my hand and walked me to the car :) the kids were hungry so we Googled for a mcds with a playground so the kids can eat and play for a bit before another 4 hours on the road. We stopped in San Fernando at a McDonald's I felt a Lil weird getting off like everyone was gonna stare cuz I had tape on my nose and I couldn't move my face cuz it still felt stiff plus my face with no make up is full of scars :( but I got off anyway but tried not making much eye contact with ppl lol and I just ate a yogurt cuz I still feel weird chewing lol but I was able to smell a little bit and get a tiny bit of air through my nose, woohoo!! I'm still trying to not breathe much through my nose tho cuz it still feels a little sore. I'll upload some before pics later too I haven't put any cuz most are in my computer since my phones memory was full I had to transfer them, but I'll post some soon:)