AA Rhinoplasty Experience - Jacksonville, FL

Since I was a young teen, I've longed to have a rhinoplasty. I've always felt my nose was far too wide for my face and no one in my family had a nose quite like mine. It was very damaging to my self-esteem and confidence, but I went back and forth with the idea of changing it thinking that maybe someday I'll learn to accept it. To make a long story short, that day never came. It got to the point where I hated to take pictures or even looking at people directly in their eyes, self consciously thinking they were staring at my nose. As an African American it was very important to me to find a surgeon who was experienced with ethnic rhinoplasty and only specialized in the plastic surgery of the face. I had my first consultation online about a year ago, continued to do research and had a face-to-face consult this year. I decided to go with the surgeon that I spoke with this year, he seemed very skilled and addressed all my concerns. I booked my surgery for July 9th and my pre-op is in about 5 weeks. I'm really excited, nervous, and anxious ! *I will be updating around the time of my Pre-op*

Pre-op appointment is in 2 weeks... time is really flying !! (: I was going to wait until after my appointment to post pictures but I decided to go ahead and upload a few. So here goes.....

So my pre-op appointment is done, surgery is paid in full.. so everything is pretty official now. I got my prescriptions, pre-operative and post-operative instructions, and she explained to me what would be going on the day of the surgery. The patient care coordinator also gave me some very helpful tips that she learned during her rhinoplasty recovery, I absolutely love that she has been through the experience as well and can really relate... it's helps a lot. One of the tips she gave me was to drink lots of pineapple juice and eat blueberries prior to surgery because it helps minimize bruising. So I definitely plan on doing that. In other news I'm not feeling as anxious as I thought I would be, I guess this is all still kind of surreal to me, I just can't believe it's finally happening ! I'm very excited, nonetheless. Well I officially have 19 days til my surgery... LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN !!!