Closed Preservation Rhinoplasty
(Pre-Op Review) Surgery Date Scheduled, Closed Preservation Rhinoplasty
I want to start this off by noting that I have not had the closed preservation rhinoplasty yet, this review is for my consultation and experience so far. My surgery date is scheduled for early 2021! I am sad I have to wait so long but it is understandable that Dr. Elyassnia is booked until then. Starting to get very excited (and nervous)!
The environment at MCPS was great. The staff there were all friendly and they took excellent precautions for COVID so I felt very comfortable being there. It has been super easy to reach them so far (special thank you to Tiffany for answering questions and working with me to pick a surgery date.) The offices are super clean and stylish, and the artwork in Dr. Elyassnia's office was nice—he had this cool sculpture vase made out of old book pages. You get a sense right away of how much he and the team value aesthetics, which is important to me for choosing a plastic surgeon. Not to mention the offices were very clean and tidy so considering they have their surgical center and recovery rooms on site this is also very important to me.
The consultation itself was great. I am looking for very subtle changes to my nose and appearance and I am confident that it was I will receive with Dr. Elyassnia. He walked me through the process of the surgery, discussed the potential risks, talked about what I like/dislike about my nose, and what end result I was looking for. We had very similar visions of what changes to make, everything was in line with what i want. I've had other consults where the doctors wanted to make changes that I don't like so it was refreshing to speak with Dr. Dino who didn't want to make any unnecessary changes. I also didn't feel pressured at all to schedule anything, in fact, I waited a few weeks after my consultation to even reach out and ask about potential open surgery dates.
I have always been self-conscious about my nose, even though everyone says to me "your nose is fine" "don't change it." But at the end of the day I've obsessed over my nose for so long I figured it was time to just do something about it. I feel silly because I know this is somewhat vain (I mean it's not like I'm a model, I don't make money off my looks haha) but I decided to just go for it and do this for myself and my overall happiness. I am so excited to see my outcome in January but I am also getting nervous about how this will affect me emotionally (will I regret it, will I look like a stranger, etc.)
I hope this helps anyone out there thinking about taking the first step in your journey! It was a really big deal for me to do this and I am looking forward to sharing more updates every step of the way.
I've included a picture of my current nose, I'm looking to remove the bump and have a slight curve. The main goal is to improve my profile and have a cuter/more feminine nose.
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Days 1-4 Post-Op! Will Continue Updating
Day 1
Surprisingly wasn't in so much pain coming home after surgery. I was super groggy all day and was able to take a couple small naps. My eyes were really watery which made it tough to wear my contacts so I spent most of the evening without them in. I could still slightly breath through my nose but my neck was sore, my throat hurt a bit, and i was running hot (temp reached around 99.8) which is normal/expected after a procedure.
Day 2
On the second day after surgery is when i really started swelling, my eyes were puffy so again had a hard time wearing contacts (which unfortunately i can't see at all without so it was a longg day haha.) I still had a sore throat and my body was pretty sore as well, it kind of felt like I had the flu as I had a high temperature and body aching. By this day i couldn't breathe at all through my nose. I knew i wouldn't be able to but it sucks nonetheless as I'm not used to breathing solely through my mouth.
Day 3 & 4
The past two days have been better, my body is feeling more normal no more aches and it's easier to move to the bathroom or get water etc. At this point I pretty much just feel like I have an intense sinus infection or cold. My nose is still completely blocked of course, starting to drive me crazy but its not painful at all. I've been taking the tylenol because my throat still hurts a bit and there is an aching/throbbing pressure in my nose but its not too painful—more uncomfortable. My eyes are way less swollen and i can comfortably wear my contacts, but I have bruising/yellowing around eyes and and getting a bit irritated where the tape on the drip piece is.
Since the day of it is kind of hard to speak because there is a slight pinching when i talk but mostly its like when you try to talk when you have a terrible cold and can't make certain sounds ha.
Eating hasn't been too bad for me, luckily I haven't had any nausea or vomiting so I've kept down my smoothies, oatmeal, yogurt and today some soup (not too hot).
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Splint Removal Day!
After day 4 I started to feel much better. The rest of recovery was pretty much painless, really just felt like a bad cold. The hardest part was waiting all those days to get the splint removed because it started feeling a bit itchy and i was longing to take a nice shower and properly wash my hair ha.
Hope this is helpful to anyone exploring this procedure! I will add more photos as the swelling starts to go down.
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