Rhinoplasty and Septoplasty - Toronto, ON

Sorry I didn't update sooner but I just forgot. Over and over again. But I'm here now so hopefully this is useful to at least one person. This is 100% the best decision I ever made. Two months after the surgery my nose looked pretty normal from the side but still a bit wonky from the front. It was something that I noticed but other people didnt. Most of the swelling was on the left side of my nose, but it looked worse in the morning than at night. I saw Dr. Hacker recently and he said that everything was looking good. I still have a bit of swelling or scar tissue on the left side, and my septum is a tiny bit off centre to the left. Dr. Hacker offered to do a revision if I wanted but it's barely noticeable from looking at it, and I can still breathe out of that side better than my more open side before the nose job.

I've attached a picture of the profile from two months after, and a front picture from today (a year and a half after). I do have some weird bumps in the cartilage under my skin right at the top of my nose, but you can't see them and Dr. Hacker said they should go away. I'm not bothered either way. It also no longer feels tingly to touch my nose; it just feels like touching anywhere else on my face. It does feel very strange when I push the tip up a little bit. I've read that people who've had nose jobs can't do the "pig nose" and I don't know if I can but I don't want to try.

The results are very natural and nobody has ever been able to tell I've had a nose job. Some people don't even believe me when I tell them until I show them a before picture. Overall I would recommend Dr. Hacker to anyone.

Today I went to get the cast off and stents out. Pulling out the stents felt like pulling out a huge, hard, textured booger. The cast was like a bandaid. I felt a bit faint afterwards so I had to lay down for a bit. Dr. Hacker told me where to put the tape and where to massage my nose and that made me feel faint again, so he got me to lie down on the examination table for a while. The swelling is a bit uneven down the bridge because it's more swollen at the bottom on the left side, and more swollen at the top on the right side, so that makes it look a little asymmetrical. If it ends up being a little asymmetrical I'll still be fine with it because it's better than it was before. The tip is swollen too but should end up looking pretty similar to my original tip because he didn't do anything to it except bring it in a bit closer to my face. My upper lip still doesn't lift when I smile but he said that should be better in a week. Taking out the week old blood crusts was amazing and I can breathe better than ever before in my whole life. It's amazing how well I can breathe even though I'm still a little stuffed up. I look forward to sleeping with my mouth closed tonight.

Here are pictures I forgot to upload last night.
The part at the top of my nose (between my eyebrows) is still very swollen so I'm excited for that to go down to see what it looks like.