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Rhinoplasty. Middleton, WI
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As I was turned down for a chin implant, the next...
Seek ITSeptember 11, 2015
WORTH IT$8,000
As I was turned down for a chin implant, the next thing that may help balance my profile is a rhinoplasty. I have a small bump near the top of my nose and extra cartilage on the tip. Id like more of a slope with some of my nostrils showing for the cute yet sexy look. Im beginning to save for it and saw one doctor for a consultation he quoted me at 8k, has 17 years experience and is board certified. I am thinking of seeking a second opinion with another surgeon in my area but he costs $100 for a consult although the price would be overall less with him (6500). He is board certified 30 years experience. The biggest thing that concerns me isnt pain or cost (which are biggies) but how certain family members would view this if they were to notice. I am in the contemplation stage and beginning to take steps of action. Just nervous!
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Reading others blogs
Seek ITSeptember 22, 2015
I was not sure how to post this on another's profile, but please, please do not get cosmetic surgery until you are in an emotionally fit and mature state to do so. Although I wanted a rhinoplasty since 15, I did not get one in college, or after college. I am 27 now, and more mature-able to handle the consequences good or bad of such a procedure. Not sure anyone will read this, but just throwing it out there-don't concoct unrealistic expectations and become depressed post-op. That is all.
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Second opinion
Seek ITSeptember 29, 2015
I received a second opinion yesterday from a surgeon in another WI county after reading several reviews of his work on RS (DR Parfitt). I was really relieved-he agreed that the photo manipulation i received from other surgeon still does not fully aesthetically please the rest of my facial features. Of equal importance, he listened to my concerns and does not seem to be an ego driven doctor. I have anothet consult with him for November. He also recommended a lip lift since i have some extra distance between lip and nose (rhinoplasty would increase this distance as my bulbous nose will become smaller). Excited!
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Anyway, do what is best for you. Go to a good PS, the best you can afford and insist of seeing lots of before and after pics. The first few weeks after the surgery should you go ahead with it, it will look weird, you'll go through regret and anxiety but if your doctor is good it will turn out well.
I didn't need to see before and after pics from my PS as I'd seen a few of his noses in real life and I had absolute faith. I'm glad I trusted him. He said he had to work with what he had and keep it in proportion to the rest of my face. To get my tip reshaped he also had to break all along my bridge so that they matched up so the swelling was intense but has mostly subsided now.