Septorhinoplasty Dallas, TX

I am just over one month post-op from my septorhinoplasty and I am very happy with the results!! Before my surgery I spent a lot of time on here looking at different people's journeys through rhinoplasty and it really helped me realize what to expect so I've decided to pay it forward. I disliked the shape of my nose ever since I noticed a dorsal hump looking at my side profile when I was about 13 years old. At my consultation, I was told I also had a completely deviated septum, which left one nostril very closed off and the other very open. I have bad allergies, so I often had a stuffy nose but never realized that my septum could be contributing to the problem. I was told the surgery did not guarantee a fix to this problem, but that it would help with my breathing. I expressed my cosmetic concerns, which pretty much just entails the look of my side profile and the way the bump creates a shadow on my nose when I take pictures from the front. My consultation was May 11th and I trusted Dr. Bassichis and his team so much (I had also had some referrals to him) that I booked my surgery after this one consultation for June 25th.
On the day of my surgery, I was very anxious but before I knew it, I was in post-op, very loopy, and about to be driven home by my parents. That first night was really not bad at all because I was on my pain meds. The next day, I still wasn't experiencing a lot of pain, just what felt like pressure. I was sure to sleep upright and used some pillows from Brookstone that helped with this. Eating was not hard but because my nose was so blocked off because of the splints, I really couldn't taste anything. On day 3 I started to notice that I was having pain in my top set of teeth. I called the nurse who said that people who experience this pain in the teeth usually have the worst pain overall of all people who undergo rhinoplasty. With that being said, my pain still was probably just about a 6 out of 10. I continued taking the pain meds until about 4 days post op when I felt that I could get by on just Tylenol.
When I got my cast off, I was surprised to see that my nose looked not all that different from the front. I was also very pleased to see that the dorsal hump was gone! I didn't feel that my swelling was bad at all, so I resumed my normal social life that night. After about a week, it was clear to me that my nose actually was super swollen when I got the cast off, as I noticed it had gotten a lot smaller over the course of that week and the swelling on the tip of my nose had reduced quite a bit.
Each week I am feeling that my nose looks better and better! Some days there is more swelling than others, and definitely if I am out in the heat for a long time it gets more swollen. However, I never feel that it looks so swollen that I can't go out in public. I'm so glad that I no longer have to worry about people looking at my side profile/seeing pictures of my side profile!!
I highly recommend Dr. Bassichis and I believe he and his team have made this process as easy as possible!