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It's Time to Stop Squinting! - Sydney, AU
UPDATED FROM Kinnie
5 months post
Slow and steady...
$10,000
It's now been about 4.5 months since my surgery and it's been a long, slow journey. I still have a lot of swelling and find it hard to breath out of one side of the nose. There are no sore or sensitive spots on the nose and I just want the skin to shrink! I think I can feel the wonderful work that Dr Shahidi has done, but it's covered by my yucky skin. I know everyone says that it will change and it takes a year, so I just keep reminding myself. I'm sure the tip will keep changing as it's my least favourite part thus far. In saying that, it is still better than it was! No one has noticed which is so funny when it was such a big thing for me. I now feel comfortable having my photo taken! I'm taping my nose every night and it ends up quite swollen by the end of the day. If anyone has tips on how to help my pores shrink, I'd love to hear them!
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UPDATED FROM Kinnie
2 months post
The 'ugly month' is over?
Ok... it's been an interesting 6 weeks and I cannot believe that NO ONE noticed my nose! It kind of had me asking myself "Was it all in my head"? It's funny too that when I told people, they all said that they don't know why I 'needed' surgery. I am happy with the results and have never regretted my choice, not for one minute! I still feel like my nose is a wee bit big, but am hoping that is just swelling. I feel somewhat pretty for the first time which is overwhelming (please don't think I'm vain)! I don't feel that sudden urgency to hide my nose when someone pulls up alongside me at traffic lights (sounds silly, I know). My nose is still sensitive and the tip feels quite swollen come the end of the day. I don't know if I'm massaging it properly. I'm taping it each night and am sleeping with the cast on. I feel like it's making my skin mega oily though!
For those who saw Dr Shahidi, how long did it take to feel like you had NOTHING left in your nose?
So, I'm just taking it day-by-day and enjoying what my nose looks like in the morning and not liking it as much by the late afternoon. I'll be seeing Dr Shahidi again in late February.
For those who saw Dr Shahidi, how long did it take to feel like you had NOTHING left in your nose?
So, I'm just taking it day-by-day and enjoying what my nose looks like in the morning and not liking it as much by the late afternoon. I'll be seeing Dr Shahidi again in late February.
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Haha I have had the same thoughts as you... the ones about people pulling up next to you in traffic and seeing your profile. I never liked that feeling! But now after surgery it is gone :-)
For me around 2 - 3 weeks when everything was felt like it was out if my nose
I have exactly the same nose as you, but I am asian and I havee always felt it was not feminine at all for my face. i am booked in for the 16th of January to have my procedure done. Just like yourself i have two bones sticking out on the bridge of my nose and i have a very bulbous tip. I lone the bridge on yours now, but my only concern is the tip and lengh of yours havent changed much from your previous nose. I can understand there may be swelling on the tip, but what about the length of it. Have you asked your PS about this, will it get shorter with time?
I honestly think it will take some time for the swelling to go down, Shahidi told me at the check up that the skin needs to shrink down and at the one month mark it's still at 50%. For myself I always think this is how my nose will stay but each week it surprises me with how much swelling there actually is and it's continuing to look more defined and smaller.
Some people it takes 6 months to heal and for the swelling to go down
That's exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you :-) My skin hates being taped up. You still wearing your cast at night too? I was told to add a few drops of J&J no more tears shampoo to my sinus rinse to get rid of the stubborn junk still in my nose and it hasn't worked yet.... It's driving my crazy!
Oh my skin is hating it too! I have blackheads all over my nose and it's gone so so oily! Like if a wipe my finger against my nose it's saturated in oil! Yuck!
Same here! Tried to squeeze the blackheads and it hurts my nurse too much... it's just mean! My oil situation is just like yours... at least I'm not alone :-)
Blackheads are so annoying!! Ask your ps if you can use Atralin - I use this on my nose and it just dissolves the blackheads without irritating my skin. Then, if necessary use a mud mask or blotting paper to gently soak up excess oil.
Thank you that sounds great!
Your nose looks great!! It is still really swollen though, trust me it will go down more than half of what it is now. I remember expecting results sooner and thinking that my final result would be bigger than I had hoped. BUT I just passed my 4 month mark and it has gone down a lot and is still super swollen. At about 2.5 months the swelling on the top half will go completely and you'll be able to feel bone and pinch the skin off the bone which makes it easier to see how much swelling is still in the tip. Shahidi told me I'm healing really quickly and am still 50% swollen so that's just an idea of how long it takes. Mines also slightly numb still, rock hard and hurts so bad when bumped so when they say it takes 12 months... it actually does! 4 months was when I fell in love with my nose so don't expect the "ugly month" to only last a month!
Also, I douched with the J&J baby shampoo like 15 times a day haha and it worked so well!
UPDATED FROM Kinnie
12 days post
Oink!
Okay... my cast came off on Tuesday and I'm trying to get used to my face at the moment. I LOVE that the bumps are gone and that the bridge is narrower! I know that this month is my "ugly month" and that my nose is still swollen. The only thing I'm not sure about is the actual length on my nose... it still looks like it sticks out so far from my face... I HOPE that doesn't stay like that. I still haven't regretted my decision for one split second! The scars are invisible which is excellent. Dr Shahidi uses a jelly-like packing that will come out when it's ready and there is still heaps up there... feels like my nose is full of solid snot! The sinus rinse feels odd, but I'm being very vigilant with it! I have sneezed with no complications (I was petrified)! My nose feels numb, sore, hard and sensitive in different areas. I'm having to sleep with my cast on too which isn't overly fun. I now have a black circle under my eye which makes me look OLD :( I think that's all I have to report so far.... two weeks post op tomorrow!
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Yay! looks great :)
Hi Kinnie, it looks great but you just to be patient with it until it settles down as it's swollen now and this is not the final result. Remember it's the ugly month for you and you already look great. Let us know how you go. Thx.
Thanks :) I needed to hear that from someone other than my mum!
Even though there is still huge amount of swelling you look great. It will get smaller every day. Congrats!
Thank you :-)
I remember being so excited for cast removal because I thought it would bring me relief, but no! Nose was still blocked, cast on at night, and I preferred the way my face looked with the cast on! I'm not sure if you remember my photos right after cast removal, but let that be a silent comforter to you, i looked much worse than you do! I found by 2 weeks post op i was able to leave my house but still felt people were staring at my huge pig nose, 1 month it was considerably better, 2 months the bridge swelling had gone and now at 3 months the tip swelling has not changed - in fact it seems to be getting worse! Be patient (I can't talk), but it does get better (slowwwwly).
Thanks for your message... it helps when feeling like this! Patience is the key, I just need to stop thinking about it. I just need to accept that my nose is going to change continually over the next 12 months! Is your nose sore or numb still?
It is still sore when it gets bumped and a tiny bit numb on the tip and underneath. It's also starting to make a clicking noise which is terrifying me but im seeing him next Tuesday. I'm praying for a steroid shot to help with swelling! Yes exactly patience is the word for the next year it seems.
A clicking noise... Please keep me updated on what that is.
Your nose looks great nice shape, the tip looks quite swollen so I think that it will reduce down a bit, maybe ask about it? You look great though!
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