Rhinoplasty Scheduled on July 19th - West Bloomfield, MI. Rhino Revision-April 9th in Troy, Michigan

Taped nose is 24 hours after the revision. Packed in both nostrils but No black and blue eyes. Just a little bit of swelling.
Untaped nose is 3 days Post-op. Swollen but I am very happy!

Hi Kids! So Dr. Golden just did my “2nd” Revision surgery ( so this is the 3rd time I’ve gone through the surgery) on Friday July 25th. If you didn’t read above, I went to a general plastic surgeon the first time and pretty much got what I payed for and was not happy with the results. Ended up having a 2nd surgery (April 9th, 2012) done by Dr. Golden 1 year after the first initial surgery. Once the swelling came down I had a tiny tiny bump that I just wanted quickly shaved down so he just did my 2nd revision surgery on July 25th. And although this time around, no bones were broken AND no cartilage was removed, the post-op was HORRIBLE!

After surgery, I stayed in post-op for about 4 hours. I was hemorrhaging from both my nostrils and it wouldn’t stop. Dr. G refused to let me go home until it had stopped. Well it didn’t, so he ended up PACKING both of my nostrils. OMG! I didn’t even need to have that done the first or second time around, but wow! What a extremely uncomfortable, miserable feeling! Felt like that stuff was way up into my brain lol! That night of sleep was just absolutely horrible, I mean you can barely even swallow, sip through a straw, or chew food when both nostrils are packed like that. Butttt he was so nice enough to actually come in the next morning on a Saturday to remove them and to see if the bleeding had stopped. He had asked if I had aspirin or drinking heavily before the surgery. We couldn’t figure out why it just wouldn’t stop bleeding.

Well came in the next morning and he took out the SOAKED BLOODY packing, I mean literally dripping with blood. He slowly pulled them out (I swear it mustve been like 5 ft long that stuff lol) and my left nostril started to bleed very bad again. He said the scab must’ve not have fully heeled over night. He was debating on either packing it again and then having me come in on Monday to remove it. I started to cry because that stuff is just awful! He then stuck some gauze way up there in my left nostril with some medication on it. That stuff tastes soo bad it started to drip down my throat yuck!! So he let the gauze sit up in there for about 10 mins with my head back in the chair and then he would come back, take it out, put in new gauze soaked in medication, and let it sit. Did this about 4-5 times. After about 50 minutes, he cauterized the wound with silver nitrate and finally the clot formed. Wooo thank GOD!

So obviously no cast was needed this time around for the revision. Just some medical tape over the bridge. He took down my little bump that was still lingering on, straightened my septum a fraction (told him I was having horrible sinus problems recently) so my sinuses could drain better and I can breath better down the road, took out a little from the tip to make it appear even and that was it!

Post-op: Horrible headaches this time around, feeling a lot of sinus pressure in the midline and behind my eyes, very congested to the point that I just cannot breath at all and sleeping at night is horrible. I have absolutely NO bruising, except for a slight black/blue mark where he shaved down the bump. But other than that, just the normal swelling. So pretty happy that I didn’t need to look beat up this time lol. I am also feeling very tired and lethargic. Cannot do too much for a long period of time without having to lay down for a bit.

Saw Dr. G today (4 days post op) for him to look in my nose and clean it out. He put some medication in there and I was able to breathe normally again but a couple hours later the nose swelled back up. He said I am healing fine and this is the last of everything lol! I see him again next week for a check up and a clean out and then after that I am a free woman!

Updated photos within the last 4 months. 2 years post-op will be in April