32 Year Old Female, Primary Open Rhinoplasty - Shawnee, KS

Like most everyone seeking out Rhinoplasty, I too have hated my nose since I can remember a small boy pointing at me and saying, "you have a bird nose." It is the first thing I notice in pictures which is quite disappointing. I really do TRY to look past that and find value in whatever beautiful is happening in the whole picture.

I really do think I am beautiful! My goal is to enhance that natural beauty by decreasing the impact my nose has on my face. My expectations are reasonable; all I am asking for is proportion and to fix a nasal tip deformity (my right cartilage is much smaller than my left causing me to look like a different person weather you are looking at me from the right or left).

I seriously started doing my research and going on consultations about ten years ago. My journey took this long because I could not find a specialist anywhere near my hometown in Iowa. I finally made progress when I moved to Kansas City when I very quickly began going to consultations.

I met the Dr. I decided on four years ago at my first consultation with him. He had a very good reputation back then and gave a fair price but I was not emotionally ready to go through with it yet. I Returned to him once again the fall of 2014. He remembered me and welcomed me back. I was emotionally and financially ready this time and took the first available appointment with him!

I am less than a week away from my surgery and feeling vary anxious which from what I have read, is very normal! I decided to post my story as many members of this community have helped give me the strength to go through with this life changing decision. Thank you!

This will be short....all went really well and I am humbled to have the means to have done this for myself! Pain is like half of a labor contraction that does not go away but my pain meds just make me not care :)

They removed my internal packing before I left so I am actually able to breath and have hardly any congestion (besides the blood drip catcher).

Surgery lasted three hours. He said nothing agent wrong and that hopefully all of my expectations were met.

I am still bleeding but doctor gave me a follow-up call and said it was normal.

The face tape is very hurtful so I have applied Aquafir underneath and it helps wonderfully!

Swellin and bruising just started at 4pm.

Here are a few pictures. Hard to tell what any of it looks like as my tip is heavily taped.

I didn't sleep more than a few hours at a time last night, even with pain meds that made tired. The dry mouth is the most annoying part so far so I guess I shouldn't complain!

I have stopped bleeding and will go without my under nose bandage today. I can still breath out of my nose so long as it is not obstructed by the drip bandage.

The SinEcch herbal supplements that my doc gave me to take before and a few days after surgery seems to be keeping away the heavy swelling and brushing.

I have included a few more pictures from when I woke up this morning.