26 Yr Old, Rhinoplasty - Houston, TX

I went back and forth about getting a rhinoplasty for a long time. I had a deviated septum on my left side which altered my breathing, a hump, and a droopy tip. I finally went through with it on December 19, 2014. I'm almost 3 weeks post op and I have mixed feelings. Dr Siegel and his staff are professional and attentive. I had my surgery on a Friday and he went out of his way to meet me on a Saturday for my 1st post op appointment. Everything before and during surgery went great. My only concern now is the most important thing, the results. I fully understand it takes approximately a year to fully recover and see the end results however I can't help but feel the insecurity of it being more uneven than before. My insecurities before was my profile, and now it's front face. I will definitely keep my hopes up as I do know there is still a lot of swelling. Dr Michel Siegels explanation is that since the left side had more work done it is causing more swelling on one side. I still trust his expertise so by no means is this a bad review, just an impatient patient sharing an experience. I will continue to update.

Don't really have much to update since I posted just 2 days ago. I tried contouring my nose to look straight. I thought I did a great job until I took a picture :( I did want to mention that for about a week I was really depressed. Like really really depressed. You definitely have to be emotionally ready. I didn't feel like myself nor did I look like myself. That was honestly the toughest part of the recovery.

So it's definitely still crooked. Swelling is getting better. My tip is still numb and just yesterday I noticed there's a pointy feeling on the right side of the tip. I have a follow up on Monday, but I'm almost certain I will get the answer of swelling. I'm getting used to it but At the same time I've been avoiding those friends that are dying to see the results only because I'm not completely happy with them. Nothing I can do now but just wait.