Rhinoplasty-- Houston, TX

Hi everybody!

I just wanted to come on here and update everyone. So last Thursday marked 1-week post op for me and I must say swelling has gone down! I got my cast off last Monday. Tuesday or Wednesday I went out shopping with my mom and sister and that was not a good day. My mom and sister kept saying things like, "I really hope your swelling goes down." They also seemed a little embarrassed to be out in public with me. Also, the girl working in the fitting room was starring at my face, which made me want to hide under a rock. All of that brought me down and made me freak out. After that day swelling kept going down! It's going down a little bit everyday or at least my mom, sister, and I can see a difference. I went out to my cousin's pre school opening yesterday and then to HEB, and car shopping with a friend. No body looked at me weird and my friends and relatives have actually complimented my new nose!

I have a few breakouts and HUGE disgusting pores on my nose. I also have dry/peeling skin around and on my nose. I can't scrub my nose because it feels weird- it's still developing under the skin and I don't want to ruin it. This sucks because when I wear makeup the peeling skin is more noticeable. I'm going to call my doctor tomorrow and ask him when it's okay to start using my clarisonic.

At my post op appointment, my doctor recommended me to stop reading stuff on the internet about rhinoplasty. I finally took his advice and I have been able to relax and not obsess over my nose all day lol

I haven’t seen anyone I haven’t told about my rhinoplasty yet (does this make sense?) I’m a little nervous to bump into people and for someone to rudely ask about it. I’m sure some people will be quick to judge and be nasty towards my decision. Oh well, I guess I’ll deal with it when it happens. I’m thinking of cutting my hair to a medium length (it’s super long right now) and dying it to a medium shade. Maybe that will take the attention away from my nose.

There is still quite a bit of swelling but my nose definitely looks natural now and I know it's only going to look better as the swelling continues to go down. I’ll update later. ?

I won't upload a front view because I literally look like Avatar. I'll upload one after a few days :)

So glad that nasty thing is finally off my face lol I was relieved when the packing came out! I can finally breathe again!!! It was a bit uncomfortable when he took it off but nothing painful. I am so happy with my profile! My front view is not so pretty because of all the swelling. Dr. Athre assured me it was just swelling and 60% of it should be gone by next week. My mom seems more worried than I am.

After my post op, I went to Benihana for lunch and Rita's for ice cream. I felt like people were starring at me lol but I didn't care much. I was just happy to be outside of my house! I know the swelling is going to get worse but hey if 60% of it is gone by next week then I'm not complaining!