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3rd revision Rhinoplasty - United Kingdom
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So I jist had my 3rd revision. I was so confident...
Jess29June 11, 2016
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So I jist had my 3rd revision. I was so confident with my uk surgeon choice. He has lots of experience and was confident with rib and scull grafts. I went to 4 consultations in all.
After my first rhynoplasty my nose was left looking really fake and twisted with a thing drooping tip. The 2nd surgery only twisted my nose to the opposite side!! Both surgeons failed to push up my droopy tip.
I'm now 3 weeks after my 3rd nose surgery and feeling very up and down. I'm obsessing about my noses uneven apperience and trying to remind myself I picked My surgeon because I had faith in him and his work. He did explain I may need a 4th revision with it being my 3rd time and because of my lack if nose. He used cartlidge from my scull and ribs.
I guess I wasn't mentally prepared for how distressing having a crooked swollen nose would be. It was twisted before the surgery but it wasn't as noticeable as it is now. I'm hoping it straightens when the swelling goes down.
I hate my nose atm and it's really effecting my confidence! I don't aBt to leave the house and I feel so ugly! I keep checking it. My nostrils are so uneven. I've side is totally different to the other,
What do you all think about ME asking for a revision? Anyone's nose this uneven and it healed straight?
Thanks ????
After my first rhynoplasty my nose was left looking really fake and twisted with a thing drooping tip. The 2nd surgery only twisted my nose to the opposite side!! Both surgeons failed to push up my droopy tip.
I'm now 3 weeks after my 3rd nose surgery and feeling very up and down. I'm obsessing about my noses uneven apperience and trying to remind myself I picked My surgeon because I had faith in him and his work. He did explain I may need a 4th revision with it being my 3rd time and because of my lack if nose. He used cartlidge from my scull and ribs.
I guess I wasn't mentally prepared for how distressing having a crooked swollen nose would be. It was twisted before the surgery but it wasn't as noticeable as it is now. I'm hoping it straightens when the swelling goes down.
I hate my nose atm and it's really effecting my confidence! I don't aBt to leave the house and I feel so ugly! I keep checking it. My nostrils are so uneven. I've side is totally different to the other,
What do you all think about ME asking for a revision? Anyone's nose this uneven and it healed straight?
Thanks ????
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UPDATED FROM Jess29
17 days post
2 appointment with my surgeon
Jess29June 11, 2016
When I met with my surgeon 2 weeks after op, he stated that had I came to him with my nose the way it is now he's turn me away. I found that really patronising! My nose looks a mess so that was obviously a lie. It looks massive! 2 hour drive home and crying all the way!
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June 12, 2016
I'll be honest, it doesn't look as 'bad' as you think! With all the work you had done there is a ton of swelling. From what I see, there is plenty of room for hope for a positive outcome in your situation! But, I'm going through the healing process as well and it's very hard! I have ups and downs all the time so I know how you feel. Try your best to keep the faith. Remember, the first 3 months are when the most noticeable changes usually take place. Still very early.
June 13, 2016
Thanks for your reply!
I'm trying to stay positive .. It's just such a roller coaster sometimes! X
I'm trying to stay positive .. It's just such a roller coaster sometimes! X
June 13, 2016
Tell me about it! I'm up and down on a daily basis! It's amazing how quickly we can sink into despair! But, I try to keep in mind--the more time that passes, the better and more natural it will look. Now it's all stiff and full of swelling. Nobody would look good with a swollen nose, right? Well, that's what we have. It's hard to keep that in mind though when you're personally going through it and 3 to 6 months seems like an eternity.
June 14, 2016
Yes, it feels like forever doesn't it! I know im swollen as stiff too.. I'm only 3 1/2 weeks in so I know I have to be patient. It's just so hard not to obsess. My nose looks so big and ugly in pictures.. We are on holiday next week and I don't want any pictures .. I don't want to remember my nose like this?
When did you have your surgery? Are you happy with it? X
When did you have your surgery? Are you happy with it? X
June 12, 2016
Hi who was yr surgeon.I have a consultation with Lucian Ion so I am hoping it isnt him.Mind you I dont see that your nose looks awful at all just swollen so hopefully you will get the nose you want very soonx
June 13, 2016
I think it will look great once it heals, I see the definition. If rib was used there will be prolonged swelling. I know it's hard but try not to make any judgements till you at least get your steroid shots. That will bring down swelling and give you a better idea of what it will looks like. I know it's mentally very hard but 3 weeks is really early, hang in there.
June 13, 2016
I haven't had a rib revision yet but was communicating with a girl who did she said that at the 3 month mark she got the shots and it helped bring down the swelling a lot. She also said the crookedness she worried about became so minimal after that it didn't bother her anymore. Rib does have the longest recovery so unfortunately you won't know your results I feel till about the 6 month mark. Honestly though I love the shape of your nose and I can tell it will look beautiful once fully healed.
June 13, 2016
Thanks so much! That's made me feel so much more hopeful.
6 months is so long! This whole experience has made me really anxious! I defiantly wasn't mentally prepared for this x
6 months is so long! This whole experience has made me really anxious! I defiantly wasn't mentally prepared for this x
UPDATED FROM Jess29
20 days post
3 1/2 weeks... Crooked and anxious and ugly!
Jess29June 14, 2016
So I'm have a shitty day.. I hate my nose today! My old nose was too small but I didn't feel like this!!! Damn! I just want to fast forward 6months!!!!!! My nose looks like it's made from plastic!!! ????
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June 14, 2016
Sorry you're having a bad day. It does look like swelling to me, I can see some shape underneath it. I know it's really hard - and I will be the same after my op- you must keep thinking ahead to when it goes down.
June 14, 2016
Thanks,
I emailed the clinic but just got a 'you'll be fine' 'it will go down' 'we did warn you' email back.
My surgeon doesn't do steroid injections.. So I'm stuck like this :(
Are you having a revision? When is your opp? X
I emailed the clinic but just got a 'you'll be fine' 'it will go down' 'we did warn you' email back.
My surgeon doesn't do steroid injections.. So I'm stuck like this :(
Are you having a revision? When is your opp? X
June 15, 2016
Ah - that's a shame about steroid shots. It does look like swelling to me, I was the same after my first op and it took a few months to go down so I wasn't so focused on it. I'm planning revision in Sept. But scared to go ahead and keep reading too many reviews!
June 15, 2016
I'm 4 weeks out from my 3rd rhino as well and rib graft was use
My before nose was also very small and this honking swollen thing I have here scares me but it's very early and I keep having to tell myself it's swellings.
Keep your head elevated when you sleep, no exercise, no sun, and no salty food for at least 6 weeks will help you not prolong the swelling
I had a high salt meal and went on a little hike today and I could tell the swelling increased. So patience! The more you have your nose operated on the more it will swell. This being my third it has also been the most extreme swelling and the grafts will add even more swelling due to the complexity of adding that to the nasal structure.
Wait it out
You're doing great
My before nose was also very small and this honking swollen thing I have here scares me but it's very early and I keep having to tell myself it's swellings.
Keep your head elevated when you sleep, no exercise, no sun, and no salty food for at least 6 weeks will help you not prolong the swelling
I had a high salt meal and went on a little hike today and I could tell the swelling increased. So patience! The more you have your nose operated on the more it will swell. This being my third it has also been the most extreme swelling and the grafts will add even more swelling due to the complexity of adding that to the nasal structure.
Wait it out
You're doing great
June 16, 2016
Thank you- some great advice! I have been eating a high salt diet and I have been going to the gym.. Guess that hasn't been helping!
Have bad skin on my nose today (spots) Wahhhhh I have a love hate relationship with my nose right now :(
I still can't breath... The under bit looks really droopy today.. Looking at myself actually makes me feel sick!
I'm away for the weekend so hopefully that will cheer me up a bit!!
Are you Gappy with your nose? Did you get it done in the uk? X
Have bad skin on my nose today (spots) Wahhhhh I have a love hate relationship with my nose right now :(
I still can't breath... The under bit looks really droopy today.. Looking at myself actually makes me feel sick!
I'm away for the weekend so hopefully that will cheer me up a bit!!
Are you Gappy with your nose? Did you get it done in the uk? X
June 16, 2016
Oh yeah stop going to the gym just for the next few weeks. My doctor could not stress enough to just relax and heal. Exercise will increase your blood pressure and make your nose balloon right up. And cut down on the salt. You need some salt in your diet just try not to go over 2000 mg a day
I'm just like you I have bad days and good days. I do think I will like it. I had my surgery done in United States I'm from California but I traveled to one of the most renown revisionists. So even though I have ups and downs I know I researched him well and he is very skillful. I can't find a bad things about him online. Everyone raves in their reviews and I use those for comfort to help me have more patience. Swelling and impatience just has me being unsure of how I feel on a day by day basis. One day I will feel great and the next my swelling will be bigger and I'll feel this nose is too big for me and I no longer look like myself. I had major bruising too and even though the black eyes are gone I hVe hollow very dark circles now and online it said it can take 6 months so that adds to me not looking like myself.
The identity loss scared me bad in the beginning. I looked nothing like myself and I don't want that. But each day I can see myself again. I can see where the swelling is going and my nose should be quite petit in the end its just so hard now.
Nose jobs are quite the psychological challenge that's for sure.
But I can tell my surgeon improved my breathing. Increased length because my tip was cut off previously and so rounded and over shortened. He achieved my complaints and fixed them. And then now my bridge swelled so much that's now my complaint. And since it wasn't something I was focused on previously and I liked my bridge previously now that it is so large it has me preoccupied with fretting over that. But it's swelling. My left side has come down nicely. My right is still more swollen and makes my nose look crooked and c shaped but I know that side will come down I can feel the swelling squish when I touch it.
I'm just like you I have bad days and good days. I do think I will like it. I had my surgery done in United States I'm from California but I traveled to one of the most renown revisionists. So even though I have ups and downs I know I researched him well and he is very skillful. I can't find a bad things about him online. Everyone raves in their reviews and I use those for comfort to help me have more patience. Swelling and impatience just has me being unsure of how I feel on a day by day basis. One day I will feel great and the next my swelling will be bigger and I'll feel this nose is too big for me and I no longer look like myself. I had major bruising too and even though the black eyes are gone I hVe hollow very dark circles now and online it said it can take 6 months so that adds to me not looking like myself.
The identity loss scared me bad in the beginning. I looked nothing like myself and I don't want that. But each day I can see myself again. I can see where the swelling is going and my nose should be quite petit in the end its just so hard now.
Nose jobs are quite the psychological challenge that's for sure.
But I can tell my surgeon improved my breathing. Increased length because my tip was cut off previously and so rounded and over shortened. He achieved my complaints and fixed them. And then now my bridge swelled so much that's now my complaint. And since it wasn't something I was focused on previously and I liked my bridge previously now that it is so large it has me preoccupied with fretting over that. But it's swelling. My left side has come down nicely. My right is still more swollen and makes my nose look crooked and c shaped but I know that side will come down I can feel the swelling squish when I touch it.
June 19, 2016
You certainly do not look ugly you are very pretty and the swelling will go down.Can I ask you why you decided against going with Lucian as he seems to have the best reviews
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