Closed Rhinoplasty on 28 Year Old Female - Troy, MI

I had a typical Italian nose (deviated septum and a large dorsal hump.) Everyone in my family has the same nose with a varied degree of the size of their dorsal hump. I was always told to accept myself and I'm so beautiful. Count your blessings! Ever since an angry jealous girl made a terrible comment about my nose 7 years ago, I've been awfully self conscious about it. I finally made the decision to fix everything wrong with my nose (raise the tip, straighten it slightly, eliminate the dorsal hump, and fix my deviated septum.) I was so scared since I never broke a bone in my life! The pain afterwards was less than a tattoo. My results are perfect. I picked my doctor based on experience, credentials, and patient before and after pictures that I most easily could relate to/desired their outcome. Dead on to the results I was hoping for based on his previous patients. Took me months to get my free consult. Waited an extra hour on my consult day only to spend 15 minutes with the doctor. He knew what to do more than what I thought I wanted. So the appointment went differently than I expected. I had to be trusting. There's no fancy before or after software imaging. It also wasn't explained to me that the pre op appointment was just to collect payment and do labs. I wasn't local to the area so the process being explained could have eliminated a half day of work missed. So yes very very happy with my new nose so far. However the process and manner from consult to surgery to after care left a lot to be desired.

All my bruising went away from the naked eye by day #10. Obviously I still felt bruised because my nose was broken and it was completely re shaped. It still is most sore on my nose bridge where the break is and the majority of the swelling resides. I had a follow up with Dr Golden on day 11 and he said all my swelling will go down and I'll have a "perfect nose." I'm worried I still have a slight bump but I believe the swelling on the side/bridge of my nose is creating that slight bump as its only visible when I take a pic from one side not the other. My sister agreed and my nose is still so tender! My sister even said having a little bump makes it look natural! No way is my final nose visible at the 2 week point so I'm going to be patient for at least 3 months. My nose tip and nostrils are absolutely perfect. Reading other rhinoplasty stories that's where people seem to be let down by their results the most. I uploaded pictures from today from both sides.

So you can compare the difference of my nose before and after. Obviously I had a very ethnic Italian nose before. Now I feel I have I have a much more ideal Caucasian nose.