African American Female Rhinoplasty +Chin Implant. Orange County, CA

I decided I would document my journey on realself, because honestly, I checked it everyday before surgery to see reviews, photos, and testimonies. I will be having rhinoplasty, turbinoplasty, septoplasty, and a chin implant in Newport Beach, tomorrow! I am a 25 yo, AA, female looking to reduce the wideness of my nose, and improve my tip, as well as enhance my chin projection. I will post a few before pictures, and update my progress as much as possible! My surgery is tomorrow morning with Dr. Sajjadian of Newport Beach, at the South Coast Specialty Surgical Center.

A little about me; I've always hated my nose, I knew it was two wide, and I have always been self concious about it when taking pictures especially. Most of my pictures are at an angle to avoid looking at the camera straight on, easiest way to camouflage my nose. Everyone in my family has a big nose, but for me, I couldn't deal with it. I wasn't ever bullied but I did get made fun of by mostly family and friends about my nose. I recently decided to have surgery, mainly because I was in a pretty good financial position to pay for it in cash, and because I am 25, on a pursuit to happiness, and this is just one step closer to getting me there I hope!

I am very confident in the way I look, I just had a flaw that I wanted to fix. Everyone has been trying to tell me that I don't need it, but I am very confident that this is the right time, and the right doctor to make me AMAZINGLY happy and beautiful!

Wish me luck, and I will be posting more soon :)

So I went into surgery this morning at 7:30. Only thing I really remember is the IV hurting, but other than that I didn't feel a thing. Nurse, assistant, anesthesiologist, and surgeon where in the room. It was about a 5 hour surgery. Everything went well, so far so good! I do need the pain pills, I take one every 3-4 hours, I'm a punk! Lol. I haven't had any appetite so I've been just drinking fluids, and taking my meds. I'm not bleeding all that much, everything is pretty much AOK!

So i decided to pull myself together, get outta bed, take some pain meds, brush my teeth and do my hair! That made me feel alot better. I haven't really needed the meds today for pain, so I was holding off.. but when I woke up I felt a little pain, mostly because the entire left side of my chin and lip is numb. I HATE IT!!!! It's the most uncomfortable thing ever. Besides the numbness I'm doing pretty well. No major swelling, or bruising, **knock on wood**, just a bit puffy under my eyes, and eyelids. Nothing too serious or noticeable though. I've been trying to stay elevated when I sleep, so I think that is helping with the swelling a lot. I am going to try and walk around every 30-45 minutes, hopefully that'll help with the numbness, not too sure though? I've iced it, massaged it, and walked, any other suggestions? I've been taking my steroids and antibiotic regularly, and am trying to be consistent with the arnica pills as well.. So much stuff to take I kind of get tired of it though. Overall, day two and three haven't been that bad. Now that I have pulled myself together, I feel better, and am feeling decent enough to snap some pictures!