Revision Rhinoplasty - New York, NY

This is my 13 year post op update. I really did love my nose immediately post op when it was swollen. It hid all of the imperfections and asymmetry. But soon after the swelling subsided I started to notice that the tip issues I had originally had, weren't addressed like we discussed. I read a lot of other reviews about people saying Dr. Rizk deviated from the plans that were discussed and that's exactly what happened to me. What we discussed pre op (in great detail) is not what he did. He added cartilage to try to even out the asymmetry, but never actually fixed/addressed the underlying cause. So once the swelling subsided, I was still stuck with a droopy uneven tip. Does it look a little better? Sure. Did it fix the main issue I went in for? No. Am I happy with it? No. At this point I've just been living with it because I didn't really wanna do this again. But all this time later, I feel like it's time to finally get it fixed the right way so I don't have to think about it anymore.

OK, so I'm officially 10 weeks post op from my revision rhinoplasty. I posted some pics just to give everyone a better idea of what my nose looked like before and after. Although, I haven't posted any pictures of my nose before I had ANY surgery. First, I want to say, my nose is definitely improved from what it looked like before. Second, my recovery was SOOOOOO MUCH EASIER than the first surgery I had. I had no pain and no bruising this time. I took no pain medicine, and I wasn't as anxious and on edge afterwards. I credit that to my surgeon and anesthesiologist. If they did nothing else, they made recovery a breeze. Yes, there was swelling, yes my ear hurt like hell from where they took cartilage and yes, my nose was swollen inside, BUT, I actually could breathe a little through my nose the first night and every night after that got better and better. By the 5th day I was wanting to get back to my normal routine, because I felt like I hadn't even had surgery.

That being said, my nose is still swollen, but I don't care. I had ear cartilage placed on both sides on my nose where they were too narrow and collapsed. I never wanted a super skinny nose anyway. I wanted it too look feminine, not necessarily small. I went into my first surgery wanting to remove a profile bump and raise the tip a little, I never cared how wide my nose was, but apparently my first surgeon did. So now my nose is wider than before, but I don't mind it at all. Actually I prefer it that way.

There are still a few concerns I have, but I will wait to express my concern until I see my surgeon to find out if it is just swelling or if these things are fixable.

So, it's two days after my surgery and here's how it went. Everyone at the office was wonderful. If not for their kindness and comfort I may have chickened out. The dr and the anesthesiologist both came to speak to me before the surgery and go over everything. They took me in gave me the IV and then I woke up. I felt super nauseas when I woke up, but I figured that would happen. My throat was also very sore! I got home and just started icing and resting. I had absolutely no bruising when I got home and still don't. The swelling is insane! The inside of my nostrils are pretty much swollen shut. I had cartilage from my ear taken to put in some collapsed areas in my nose so that I could breathe better. My ear is blue and purple and so painful, but my nose doesn't really hurt. I'm 2 days post op and I'm pretty much ready to have this recovery be over with already, lol. Patience was never a quality I posessed. Hopefully the swelling will go down soon.