My 21st Birthday Present- A New Nose! (Rhinoplasty with Dr. Fuentes) - Mexico

Hey! Oh nice! Recovery wasn't too bad. I would say pain was about a 1 on a scale of 1-10, it was mostly just uncomfortable. It basically felt like a really bad cold because your throat will hurt (because of the oxygen tube that goes in it during surgery) , your nose will be super stuffy, and you won't be able to breathe out of it. But besides being uncomfortable recovery went well. Make sure to make jello and have yogurts for the first days after surgery since it might be hard for you to eat(open up your mouth) I didn't stay overnight since I live in Chula Vista which is a 30 min drive or less to the clinic. I just had my parents drive me. But if you are coming from a little farther then I definitely recommend you to stay in the recovery boutique that they have there at CosMed. I think its on the 3rd floor and CosMed is on the 4th but yea it looks really nice and they have nurses there. Hope this helped!:)

Thanks for the reply! How did you prepare for the surgery? Did you buy any supplements, ointments, etc to help with pain/bruising/comfort? :)

Yea no prob! I started preparing for surgery about 3 weeks before. There is some instructions you have to follow like avoid eating certain foods and stuff like that(they will give you the list once you book surgery). As for after surgery i bought arnica pills to help with bruising and just made sure to ice a lottt the first 3 days. I bought frozen peas and put them in a glove that way it molded better to my face. I also bought pain meds but didn't even end up taking any because i had no pain. Make sure you buy nasal spray! I didn't buy any until my 8th day post op and it really helped, I wished I would have known to buy it before surgery.

I would say about 60% of swelling had gone down in that picture. But yea final results aren't seen until about a year i think

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Hi! I live about 30 minutes from the clinic so I really didn't spend anything on travel besides the gas and I came back home the same day. But I did have to buy pain meds (which I didn't even take) and anti infection meds, and I bought some arnica pills and nasal spray so I would say that all added up to about $100

Thanks so much! No I went home right after surgery since I only live about 30 minutes from the facility. I did take a tour of the Recovery Boutique though and it looked super nice, definitely recommend anyone who's is traveling from far away to stay there.

Thanks! I had a consultation and they gave me the pricing estimate right after. I guess it just depends on the patient and what they need/want to get done in order to get the nose shape that they ask for.

Hi! Yea I will add some pictures right now

Sorry for the late response(didn't see the email notification). His office is about 15 minutes or less after crossing the border so not bad at all. I believe I went over six times; once for the initial consultation, the second time once I had made up my mind about having the surgery, third was surgery day, fourth was cast removal and tape application, fifth was the one month check up, and I don't remember exactly but I think I went for a two month check up as well. Hope this helps!

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