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24, Revision Rhinoplasty for Tip - Leeds, GB
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I am 12 days po and am in a huge panic about my...
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I am 12 days po and am in a huge panic about my rhnioplasty. I had my primary rhioplasty on my 18th birthday for a hump reduction. Initially very pleased with the results but scar tissue began to cause me problems until it built up to such an extent that it pushed my tip downwards. Revision rhinoplasty with specialist UK surgeon. However my tip looks so bulbous and a-symmetrical currently I am really worrying. I know it's early days but after looking at other people's recoveries on this website I feel as though their results are usually quite visible by now. It's my birthday tomorrow and I naively had an image of me enjoying it with this perfect little nose but right now I hate it and think it looks worse than before my surgery. PRAYING this is just swelling and will go down in the next few weeks at least to the extent where it looks better than before surgery. My nose bends to the side and I have strange indentation marks above each nostril which emphasise the bulbous tip. Don't want to leave the house atm.
UPDATED FROM amyfischer1989
13 days post
Before revision rhinoplasty - tip hanging down
Going to try to add a 'before'# again as it didn't work last time!
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July 23, 2014
From that angle I think it looks improved! Swelling can do crazy things in the early days. Here's what some doctors say about uneven swelling.
Try not to look in the mirror just yet and have a happy birthday! :)
Try not to look in the mirror just yet and have a happy birthday! :)
July 24, 2014
Thanks for your reply! I really hope it is just swelling! My doctor has asked to see me sooner than my 6 week check as I said it was 'bent' so I'm seeing him next week. He sounded quite concerned which I have to say has not filled me with confidence!
July 24, 2014
I'm so sorry you're in distress. I can't tell what this looked like from your old surgery, but the unfortunate thing is that for a while your nose WILL look overprotected/assymetrical (esp. if your pre-op nose was) for about a month. With time, the nose/skin will "contract" at certain times of day, after a shower, etc. The skin has memory. Just talk to your surgeon by week 8 if you feel you aren't making any progress.
I started seeing my nose contract by about 3 weeks; after that, it was literally like a sponge animal folding in on itself. But it was always worst in the heat, in the morning, etc. Just appreciate that your nose now, at its "worst" is probably about as bad as your pre-op nose. I failed to, and I regret it.
Did he rotate your tip? (Even if the doctor didn't, the tip will look "piggy", but I assure you--I don't see it.)
I actually think you look like you haven't had work done. I hope you feel better and enjoy your birthday. I sympathize so much; it's stressful to feel helplessly self-conscious about your face while you heal.
July 24, 2014
Thank you so much for your reply. How do you mean your nose 'contracted' around 3 weeks? He uplifted my tip but I feel like it doesn't look any better (you might be able to see this now with the photos I have added). But it just looks so fat at the tip... It does feel rock solid and is sensitive - it wasn't this sensitive with my primary rhinoplasty. I know it will take even up to 2 years (I'm sure mine changed for several years after my primary) but I guess I'm looking for reassurance that before week 2 and 4 it gets much better, to the point that I'm at least not embarrassed to leave the house. Every time I look it the mirror I feel so depressed. I don't mind slight swelling that can linger long-term but at the moment to me it looks awful.
UPDATED FROM amyfischer1989
15 days post
Some more photos
This was the only photo I could find from the front of my 'old' nose as I would avoid this angle like the plague
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