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Asian Rhino, Hoping for a Prettier Nose - Orange County, CA
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Just like everyone on this site, I've always...
Little Susie QJuly 11, 2016
WORTH IT$7,000
Just like everyone on this site, I've always wished for a different nose. I have the typical bulbous Asian nose and have always been taunted and teased growing up. With the mean people, it was called a "pug nose". With the nicer people, it was a cute "Asian button nose".
When I was 18, my mom offered to pay for my nose job. I turned it down bc I had seen too many scary nose jobs (Michael Jackson) and thought I could live with my nose.
Fast forward 22 years and mini mid-life crisis, I'm ready to take a chance with surgery. I've just had a ba and feel so happy with it. I originally couldn't handle scars and imperfections, but as I age, I'm more accepting of these things that come with surgeries.
I think I'm in a better place to accept the outcome. I have obsessed over my nose for about a year now and I think I can accept that my nostrils will not be perfect after the surgery. I'm done my research and I'm trusting my ps.
I decided to go with Dr. Peter Newen and it's been kinda crazy. I haven't seen what my new nose looks like yet. My husband and 8-yo daughter want to know when the big reveal is. It's been 3 days post operation. I'm not a pretty sight and I haven't left the house. After the second day, I felt fine, I just don't know how to clean the blood that crusted. I think my ps did such s great job with stitching that I don't know where the stitchings are. I don't want to take a chance to clean around the nostrils and irritate the sutures. Honestly, I'm tempted bc it doesn't look like I have stitches anywhere around my nostrils.
Either way, I don't want to chance irritating anything.
I hope when the time comes to remove the casing, my ps gave me the perfect nose or as close as possible.
When I was 18, my mom offered to pay for my nose job. I turned it down bc I had seen too many scary nose jobs (Michael Jackson) and thought I could live with my nose.
Fast forward 22 years and mini mid-life crisis, I'm ready to take a chance with surgery. I've just had a ba and feel so happy with it. I originally couldn't handle scars and imperfections, but as I age, I'm more accepting of these things that come with surgeries.
I think I'm in a better place to accept the outcome. I have obsessed over my nose for about a year now and I think I can accept that my nostrils will not be perfect after the surgery. I'm done my research and I'm trusting my ps.
I decided to go with Dr. Peter Newen and it's been kinda crazy. I haven't seen what my new nose looks like yet. My husband and 8-yo daughter want to know when the big reveal is. It's been 3 days post operation. I'm not a pretty sight and I haven't left the house. After the second day, I felt fine, I just don't know how to clean the blood that crusted. I think my ps did such s great job with stitching that I don't know where the stitchings are. I don't want to take a chance to clean around the nostrils and irritate the sutures. Honestly, I'm tempted bc it doesn't look like I have stitches anywhere around my nostrils.
Either way, I don't want to chance irritating anything.
I hope when the time comes to remove the casing, my ps gave me the perfect nose or as close as possible.
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September 6, 2016
Wishing you all the best...I speak from experience...a good rhino is life changing! No exaggeration x
September 6, 2016
Thanks Tam72. I just looked at your results and you look amazing.
I paid a lot for my rhino and it is good. I think the change is so subtle and nobody notices. I think it, but sometimes I wonder if I'm being grateful that it wasn't botched instead of being immensely happy with thre results. He kept the integrity of my nose and gave me a bridge. He did leave me with an indentation around the bulbous tip of my nose. It's kinda weird. If you look close, you'll see the groove. I'm not sure how I should feel since there's no way that my husband would go for a revision due to money and time. I like it much better than my old nose, but I think I would've liked a little more refinement and no grooves.
I paid a lot for my rhino and it is good. I think the change is so subtle and nobody notices. I think it, but sometimes I wonder if I'm being grateful that it wasn't botched instead of being immensely happy with thre results. He kept the integrity of my nose and gave me a bridge. He did leave me with an indentation around the bulbous tip of my nose. It's kinda weird. If you look close, you'll see the groove. I'm not sure how I should feel since there's no way that my husband would go for a revision due to money and time. I like it much better than my old nose, but I think I would've liked a little more refinement and no grooves.
September 9, 2016
Hi,
Could the indentation just be uneven swelling? You will have some swelling for about 1 year, I think.
Could the indentation just be uneven swelling? You will have some swelling for about 1 year, I think.
UPDATED FROM Little Susie Q
2 months post
Post Surgery Pictures
Little Susie QSeptember 6, 2016
This is how I looked the day of after my surgery.
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UPDATED FROM Little Susie Q
2 months post
5 days Post op
Little Susie QSeptember 6, 2016
This is after the ps removed the cast. I went home and tried to scrub off that surgical marker. What a pain in the ass. It refused to come off. These were the results I really liked.
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December 14, 2016
what did they use to raise your bridge or for dorsal augmentation? thanks
December 15, 2016
I'm not really sure. My ps did not go into details and to be honest, I didn't ask. I figured if he trusted himself to do his 16 year old daughter's rhino, then I trusted him to do mine.
I know he used my own cartilage to do the tip and he used an implant for the bridge. I didn't have enough cartilage from my ear to do the bridge and we both agreed that harvesting rib cartilage wasn't worth it for me.
Hope that helps.
I know he used my own cartilage to do the tip and he used an implant for the bridge. I didn't have enough cartilage from my ear to do the bridge and we both agreed that harvesting rib cartilage wasn't worth it for me.
Hope that helps.
Hi there! I'm so excited to hear all about your result and I am hoping that you show us your transformation by posting before and after photos. You may have already dealt with the dry blood in your nose, but I thought I would still share the following information with you:Is It Okay to Clean Dried Blood Inside Nose a Day After Rhinoplasty?
Do you have packing in your nose? Did you have an open or closed procedure?
Not sure exactly what he did. There was no packing and I honestly didn't even know where the sutures were. He didn't go into details about the whole process. He basically just said he was going to do what he could with my nose to make it look better. I think he broke the sides of my nose and added a bridge to raise and make it look slimmer. He said he took out the cartilage from that break and used it for my tip. From that, I would think it was an open procedure.
I healed pretty quickly without pain. Everyone was weirded out that I didn't get bruising when I normally bruise easily.
For the stuffy nose, I looked on other reviews and asked my ps about using the Neti pot. It was amazing and I had no problems since.
Glad you healed so well. Some people get terrible bruising, like they went 3 rounds with Muhammad Ali! Thanks again for sharing, by doing so you're helping countless others researching this surgery.