Consultation with Lucian Ion Today - London, GB

My breathing is a lot better. I feel congested some of the time and blowing my nose is an 'interesting experience', cotton buds (q tips) are a must to do the job properly! I also no longer snore so sleeping is a much more refreshing experience :)

You look amazing, I can see a huge difference in the swelling xx

What did you have did you have done overall? Hope you feel better!

Yes I had the steroid injection and it made a lot of difference. If Mr Ion thinks you'll benefit, he'll just give it to you as part of your follow up appointment. I had pretty bad post surgery blues and I not think I was prepared for them.

@aurora - hope you Are better.

Sorry I've no idea

I'm sorry, I honestly don't know. I had some cut out at one week post op which were blue or black in colour and I have ones that look like fishing line left.

Think those are the dissolvable ones left, if i remember from my primary.

I specifically asked for a slight curve as I thought the straight bridge was too masculine and that the curve suited me better. I was told he'd aim for a minimum of an 80-85% improvement and the front on morph shows that my nostrils would be slightly different. I'm going to try to be patient and address things that are bothering me at my next appointment.

The curve suits you best in my opinion. I also prefer curve. I meant the front view-usually his noses from front on are very very straight, like a drawn line, I do not know how to explain. But I do not know if it's a shadow or sth else, I see certain irregularities on your last front on pic... Honestly, you look so great in your afters, softer, very feminine nose, I really have to concentrate a lot on your nose to see what was done, or that sth maybe is not as good as expexted (yet!), your nose is really inconspicuous (which is the aim of rhinoplasty in the end) but I'm soon having surgery with Dr Ion myself, I am super attentive about his afters. Please keep us updated!

Honestly, I think it is the type of thing that I wouldn't even notice (and I'm a very observant person or so I've been told by my art teacher when I used to do portraits) because your nose fits your face and my attention is drawn to your other features like your eyes for example . I think you nose looks very good one month in and if you look at some celebrities even they don't have perfect noses (eg.Pixie Lott or Selena Gomez in close up pics) but it fits their face and people think they are gorgeous still . It's gonna look so much better a few months later I think you just need to be patient. Don't want to sound like a cliché haha but I think it will get better and prettier.

What does 80-85% mean? Improvement from what?

I asked him if 100% was a perfect revision, what was he aiming for realistically.

At this stage it's a given you have swelling and a significant amount. It's also a given your swelling would be uneven do to the fact that each side wasn't operated on exactly the same.

That said I do think your nose will become narrower in more defined. That has been my experience. Also, any uneven swelling will subside and often changes the crooked appearance.

I can't 100% tell you that your nose will be straight, but based off of my experience it looks like it will be from the frontal view. It looks like it is swelling.

As far as your profile goes, I do not know of it will begin to slope. My personal experience would urge me to tell you to use your fingers and run them down the bridge. When you do this does it feel like something firm with a slight springiness to it? Or does it feel like bone? If it feels firm but with a slight give this would indicate it's likely swelling or soft tissue. If it feels like irregularities in the bone that's not so promising. My experience has been what looks like bone and feels like bone is bone. If it turns out to be bone then it will be more pronounced as the weeks and months go by, because swelling will not conceal it.

I think you have a strong chance of getting the nose or something close to the nose you wanted. I would love to see some images when you hit 4 months, because enough of the swelling will have depleted and you will get a really good idea of the final result.

Many thanks for this, I think my right side was the more challenging side and I can feel definite swelling there still at the side of the nose and towards the tip. I can feel bone in the tip the end of my natural nasal bone and then there feels like a fleshy area, so I think the slope will become more defined later. I have noticed that I've got broken veins all over my nose and the ones high on the bridge are red and without makeup, look like a misleading shadow area. I will ask about this during my next appointment.

The fleshy area you feel makes me feel almost certain from experience that this will not be permanent and will likely deplete over time. Worst case scenario around 4 months you'd get a kenalog injection to force this to smooth out. Usually, it goes away on its own.
I can see, even with your post op selling in this early stage, a natural lovely nose under the swelling. I really think you are going to end up with a nose that's either spot on or very close to the image in your morph.
The red vines you are seeing are broken capillaries. They are of no consequence to your health. They also will not go away on their own. You can visit a dermatologist when you hit the year mark and get them lasered with a specific type of laser for permanent removal. In the USA for such a small area it would cost around $400. It's the same type of laser procedure that is done on patients that have rosacea. I actually got these after labor and delivery for my daughter except it was on my nasal labial folds. Also a small area. In the mean time if they really bother you concealer will completely cover them. I found IT Cosmetics to cover the redness very well and last all day even when I was sweating.
I really do hope you keep posting for a little while p, because I am excited to see your 4 month and 6 month images.

Hi did you take any probiotics and FLX prior to surgery ? Mine is in May and I'm starting to get very nervous .

No, just supplements generally recommended on forums, bromelain, arnica etc.

Please keep us updated im so intrested in ur case im in same situation

Thank you so much, that means a lot to me. I guess readjusting takes a long time and when you've lived with a botched nose for 16 years, you become Uber critical. I'm not worried about my outcome , I guess I'm just looking forward to seeing my 'finished nose' as I've felt disfigured for so long x