26 Years Old, Black Female Rhinoplasty

11 days post surgery, I am happy and satisfied with the result, and I have to wait for another 6 months to a year to heal!

Since I was a child I never like my nose. I became more aware of it as grow older. I was always picked on by my friends, and family members. They way they picked on me was just for jokes in a friendly term, that is how we joke in the Caribbean. It wasn't to make me feel bad. In my cultures jokes like that don't have the same bad views as in The US. people in the US hate being picked on and may become depressed/suicidal etc.
Wide and thick nose run from both sides of my family, (mother, and father). As their daughter, I am the only one that ends with the biggest nose, it's was like a combination of both of their noses on one person. I've been thinking about rhinoplasty for a long time because I have a pretty face but my nose doesn't align with anything on my face. Pretty eyes, lips, face shape, etc. lol! anyway. I would have done that rhinoplasty a long time ago, but, my religious beliefs held me back. I believe in God, and I think/thought that God makes us perfect the way we are. Everything that God created or give you in your body is for a reason, and we shouldn't correct God's creation, it's like insulting him if we correct him. But, I am not happy with my nose. So I decided that I am going to get a nose job either way and go against my beliefs.
I watched a lot of videos on how the rhinoplasty procedures are done in different types of rhinoplasties and in different ethnics. I watched mostly African American rhinoplasty procedures videos with similar profiles as me on Youtube, and read their reviews on RealSelf. I only read reviews with pictures of pre-surgery and post stories. I searched and read reviews of a lot of surgeons. I looked all the before and after pictures how the results came out. I was afraid of not choosing the right Surgeon. I didn't want unaligned or crooked tape due to the surgery. Also, I wanted to choose a surgeon and staff that care most about their patients, and most passionate of their professions. I always read behind the lines, attitudes, and aptitudes, because they say much more then what you verbally say. So, I usually say less, and let someone talk more, and I coordinated everything that was said then and what is said now with the body languages with the tone and what has changed. I look forward to good customer services and welcoming when I'm going to spend a lot of money in someone's business. Most importantly it had to do with something of my body. So, I better invested that money well in me and that business.
The first surgeon I choose was in NY, he was nice, but the staffs were rude. I came to their office, the receptionist looked at me from head to toes multiple times liked she wanted to provoke me. After meeting the surgeon, the lady that came to explain to me about the procedural cost just dropped everything on me like I didn't really have the ability to understand what she was saying, and she did not leave any room for me to ask questions. It seemed that the way they price patients is by their professions, and work experiences, it's not on what the procedures and the surgeon specialty based worth/cost etc. That day, the surgeon and I also agreed on a date for the surgery. When I called to make my first deposit, they said the date wasn't available until 3 to 6 months later, and if I wanted to save a date I need to put my downpayment 1st for a date I/we don't know yet. I tried to talk to them on the phone to say what I was displeased with. She talked over me and was like (okay! 3x) like she was talking to a child and just wanted that child to agree with them. I canceled everything and I told them that I don't want the surgery anymore. I waited for another year and a half before I chose a different surgeon. First I did the same background checks about the surgeon, read reviews, watched before and after pictures, and even watched one of his videos during one of his procedure. I talked to his secretary, she was nice, she made feel good, and not afraid of the surgery. She explained every little detail about the procedure. The only thing I didn't like about her, is that she talked a lot. She asked a lot of personal and unnecessary questions about my personal life that has nothing to do with the surgery. I just go along with her because she seemed sweet, but in my head, I was like please just go straight to the point. She would talk and talked and when she thought the conversation is going well, she was like "OKAY,...blah blah" switched straight to what she was supposed to say at the beginning of the conversation. At one point I couldn't fake my sense of humor anymore. while she laughed on the phone of something that seemed funny to her, I was just waiting for her to stop. When she was discussing the cost of the surgery with me, she became a little discriminating, because I was asking questions about the cost, questions like; how to pay for it? where to deposit? etc. She thought it was because I couldn't afford it. She said something, like; I know, it's expensive we can make it a lower downpayment, but you will have a higher credit etc." I let her finished talking then I said can I please deposit this amount, she repeated the amount as she was surprised, and I was like, Yes, please!. She gave me that snob fake laugh and nice talked after. Anyway, I could have paid the full amount at once, but for some reason, I just decided to pay it in full in two payments straight from my checking.

In the end, it was also because of how welcoming she was and when she switched to her professional mode?, that I chose Dr. Anthony Bared, M.D as my Facial Plastic surgeon

I flew from Vermont to Florida to meet the Doctor. When I arrived the surgeon was so nice. I re-explained to him what I wanted, and told me what he recommended, and he asked what were my reasons for wanted my nose the way I explained it. The thing is I was afraid to have work done on the nasal bone, and I only wanted to work on the tip. so he recommended working on the nasal bone to get the result that I wanted. He said, if you're going to do a rhinoplasty why don't you get it done right the first time. When he said that I completely trusted him with the surgery and I had no fear at all.
The next day during the surgery, the male nurse was nice and professional, the anesthesia specialist was nice and professional, the female nurse was brute and somewhat a [RS bleep]. The female nurse was pulling tips off me like my skin is made of stone, and she kept dropping the real chair on every little bump while she pushed me to my car. I told her to be gentle and I got discouraged later because I didn't have patience with her anymore before she noticed and calmed down. Overall it was mostly good experiences with them.