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Always disliked my nose, especially when I caught...
Still not entirely sure if it was worth it or not, though. When you change one thing about your face, other things are bound to change as well. For me, it was my upper lip. It now appears longer and covers more of my upper teeth at rest and during speech. The fullness at the base of my nose is also gone and I now have a sharper angle between my nose/upper lip. Also, everyone heals differently and for me, I still have persistent swelling in the supratip region.
The pros? I'm no longer self-conscious about smiling and I think others view me as a friendlier person now as a result. My nose is no longer the center of attention and it doesn't look like a completely different nose when I smile now. Another huge thing is that I now wear my hair pulled back. I used to hide my face behind my long wavy hair like it was a curtain because I was so self-conscious about my nose. Now I wear my hair up a lot. My nose is also no longer bulbous (except due to swelling) and the hump is gone. My eyes now look bigger too, and my dad agrees.
Funny story: I didn't tell anyone about my surgery (only my parents knew, but neither of my siblings did), and the day my sister got back from Africa, she didn't notice my surgery. She and I were sitting in the swing set and she actually told me, "You know, you seriously do not need surgery. You look beautiful the way you are". That was not even a week after surgery if I remember correctly, and my nose was still really swollen. She finally noticed later that night when she was looking at my nose from the side and talking to me at the kitchen table. But my own sister didn't notice, and she told me I didn't need surgery, but I already had it!
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You will not find a more compassionate, honest, caring, down-to-earth surgeon anywhere else, in my opinion. Always responded to my emails, even when it seemed like I was an unhappy patient concerned/unhappy about my result. Never dismissed me and was always honest both before and after the procedure about what was possible/not possible. Never rushes visits/consultations, or post-op appointments. The first consultation I had with him, he spent the first 10 min. or so just talking to my parents and me and showing all the different ways he could rearrange his middle name, Miles, to read "slime", "smile", "limes", etc. He's full of good jokes and stories to tell. Goes above and beyond the call of duty. Went back and forth with emailing & altering the computer images to make sure he understood the result I wanted. Even came in on a Saturday and then the day after Thanksgiving on another occasion to give me a kenalog injection to help with swelling. Very humble person--definitely not your typical surgeon. More like someone's dad or friend.