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I did it! - Seattle, WA
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I am a 25 year old single mother of one. I have...
preci82July 21, 2014
$7,100
I am a 25 year old single mother of one. I have wanted to fix my nose for at least the past ten years, but have constantly been talked out of it. Family members have told me that I might change my mind with age, or that the results could leave me worse off than I started. Well, here I am many years later, still hating my nose and wanting change it. I'm ready to do something for myself, because at the end of the day it is my nose and I am the one who lives with it and is bothered by it! I just set up my first consultation with Dr. Portuese, and would also like to have a consultation with Dr. Ridgway and Dr. Larrabee. If anyone has experience with any of those doctors or could offer me some advice, I would really appreciate it!!
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13 days pre
Consultation
preci82July 25, 2014
I had a consultation yesterday with Dr. Portuese, and it went very well! They took some before photos and did a simulated after on the profile pic....I loved it and if my profile turned out that way I would be thrilled. The dr said that what he would do to my nose is remove the bump, narrow the nasal bones because they are wide, and lift the tip ever so slightly. He said that because I am tall he wouldn't want to raise the tip too much and have people looking up my nose haha. The only thing that I am a little nervous about is that he said he wouldn't want to do anything to the tip. I feel like my tip is kind of round and bulbous, mostly when I smile. I do trust his opinion but of course I am nervous about this whole procedure and want to love my nose! I think I will ask him about it again. If I go with him I could have the surgery as soon as August 7th, so exciting!
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July 25, 2014
Okay I know I keep commenting but I love the pic he gave you!! As you can see on my pic I uploaded today my nose now looks exactly like the predicted image. And that's funny, in my preop he said he didn't want to reduce my nostrils or do much with my tip. But day of surgery we decided to take in my nostrils and he totally redid my tip (he said about 20% of the surgery was in my tip) and I couldn't be happier! You'll meet with him again for 30 minutes the day of surgery.
July 25, 2014
I'm definitely going to let him know that while he's doing the surgery if he decides a little something more needs to be done than we discussed, he can do it! I trust his opinion because his work is so beautiful and he has so much experience. I do have that fear though of omg I'm going to change something in the middle of my face and what if I'm not happy. I've got the pre-surgery excited/scared thing going on!
July 25, 2014
Oh god! That part is the worst! The anticipation is way worse than any of the recovery! If it makes you feel better, portuese has a much lower revision rate than the average surgeon. He does SO many noses! On my surgery day he had 5 surgeries! And 4 of them were noses! But yet, I don't feel like he rushed with me at all. His stuff was so nice and helpful. I'm going to send you a private message with some more info :)
July 28, 2014
Ah, JustineBaby is the one I referred to as "the other cutie from Seattle." ;)
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11 days pre
Surgery scheduled!
preci82July 27, 2014
August 7th it is! I'm so excited, and so nervous. I've wanted this for so long and I really hope I end up happy with the results.
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July 27, 2014
Wooo we're both getting our noses done the same day! I wish you all the best, the simulation your Dr did looks great :D
July 27, 2014
Thank you and good luck to you as well! Are you getting excited/nervous? I can't wait for the 7th to get here but I sometimes freak myself out :/
July 28, 2014
Although the slight hump on your nose isn't "that bad" as far as humps go, I think you've made a good decision. Especially since you're using that doctor who did the nose of the other cutie from Seattle (I'm in Seattle too) who turned out so amazing.
I had ears that stuck out until I got them fixed when I was 16 and I too had to endure quite a few years of my family discouraging it before I got it done. But I am very happy that I did it because let's face it ... family is not going to be honest with you about these kinds of things. Mothers and fathers especially see things through rose-colored glasses. Hope you turn out great!
July 28, 2014
It's funny because when I saw that photo I actually thought the same, wow my bump doesn't look too bad there! But with animation and smiling it becomes exaggerated. Really looking forward to being rid of it :) ...and hopefully my results are as good as JustineBaby, she looks just amazing!
August 1, 2014
Sending positive thoughts your way! How exciting :)
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