Nose job

I had my consultation with Dr. Perez in April and it went very well. It was about 2 months ago now, so I'm having trouble remembering all the details, but I was impressed with his level of expertise in the area of Rhinoplasty. He is also very active on Realself, which makes me feel more confident about him. His before and after photos looked pretty good. I have my Pre-Op appointment scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, at which time I need to pay in full for the surgery. I am still very nervous about having this done and my family thinks I do not need anything done, so it is hard to not have anyone understand how I feel and why I want it done. They will support me with whatever decision I make, though. At my Pre-Op appointment, I plan to ask Dr. Perez these questions tomorrow before making the final commitment because I did not ask them during the consultation: http://www.realself.com/forum/15-basic-questions-your-rhinoplasty-surgeon

I don't like my nose (obviously) but I don't completely hate it either, and I am just nervous that it will look worse after surgery than it does now. Or, that I won't look like myself. After reading some of the "Not Worth It" reviews, I can't help but wonder... what happens if I get a bad result? Your nose is something you cannot hide! Anyway, I will update again after my Pre-Op appointment tomorrow!

I will try to post some pictures soon too :-)

I had my Pre-Op appointment with Dr. Perez today. He was very confident that he can give me a great result. He told me that he is really great with Rhinoplasty and loves to do them. He says he does about 20+ per month. He wasn't sure exactly what percentage of his practice is dedicated to Rhinoplasty but he said it was a fair amount. Looking through some of the before/after photos, there were some I liked and some I didn't like. I realize everyone's nose is different and most of the pictures were taken only a few weeks after surgery, so there was still some swelling. I was concerned that some the patients did not have a lot of definition in the tip (and some I would consider bulbous), and some looked "done". Again, most of which looked like swelling, but it is hard to be sure. I just want to have a natural looking nose, and he assured me that it would look natural. He said 99% of his patients are happy with their Rhinoplasty's. In 13 years of performing Rhinoplasty, he has had only 1 patient that came back years later to have hers redone. He basically guaranteed me that I will love my new nose and (almost) set me at ease about having the procedure done. I can't help but have some doubts.. but I paid in full for the procedure, so no turning back now. Only 12 more days....

I'm wondering if I hate my current nose enough to go through with this. A few weeks ago I HATED it so much I wanted the surgery so badly. Now that the surgery is quickly approaching, I'm starting to look at my current nose and feel a little bit of sadness that it is going to look so different soon. I'm sure there will come a time when I hate my nose again, so I feel like I should just do the surgery and get it over with so I don't have to think about my nose anymore. I had the opportunity to do this surgery 3 years ago and chickened out about a month before... and at times over the last 3 years I have regretted not going through with it because it would be over and done with by now. I'm not really scared of the surgery itself... I'm just scared that I am not emotionally stable enough to handle if I get a bad result (or the emotional year of waiting until all the swelling is gone to see the final result!). At the moment I feel like I don't hate my nose enough to get this done, but I also know that I don't always feel that way. What an emotional roller coaster this has been! Anyone else feel this way before surgery?

Also here are some photo shopped images of what I want my nose to look like. I plan to bring these with me on my day of surgery. What do you all think?