Nervous About Rhinoplasty - Victoria, BC

Thought I'd give a little update on my healing process since I'm now two weeks post op.

If anyone out there is thinking about having rhinoplasty, and worried about the surgery or the recovery, I say DO IT. Don't even stress about it, this has been such an easy recovery. I'm actually shocked.
My surgeon told me his rhino patients usually have little to no pain and a very easy recovery, but I never imagined it would be like this! I took my pain killers the day of surgery and the day after, just as a precaution because I didn't know if once the anaesthetic wore off I'd be feeling it, but I probably could have gone completely without. The hardest part was breathing through my mouth for the two days I had packing in my nose. That was honestly the hardest and most uncomfortable part, and it did totally suck. Mostly because it made it hard to sleep.

Other then that, by day 3 I was totally restless and took my dog out for a walk, day 4 I took her on a hike (took it slow though, so I didn't get my heart rate up high) and went back to work on day 5..
Once my cast was off, I had two tiny spots of bruising under my eyes, which disappeared the next day.

So basically what I'm trying to say, is it was SO worth it. I'd do it again a hundred times over. I don't miss or think about my old nose, maybe because it wasn't a drastic change, more like my nose just an improved version. The only weird thing about healing that I'm sure pretty much everyone can relate to, is the tip of my nose is sooo hard! It doesn't bother me at all, just feels weird when I touch it. And where the incision was made on my columella feels sort of tight, but there's no scar. Can't even tell where it was done.

Anyways, enough of my rambling about how amazing and awesome and worth it it is! Here are some before and after pictures!

So I got my cast off yesterday, 1 week post op. I was originally just going to get it off with his nurse since he was in surgery that day, but he wanted to see it himself, so I met my surgeon at the private hospital between his procedures so he could take the cast off.

I took two tylenols about an hour before, just incase it was painful, which it wasn't. Just.. Uncomfortable.. It felt like my whole nose was pulling off my face with the cast haha.
It was on there reeeaally good, so it was a bit of a struggle to get it off, and definitely made it even more swollen, but despite all that... I love it!!
I'm trying not to be too happy with it, or be too disappointed with it, because I know it's not the final result and it'll still change a lot yet!

I didn't show my doctor a lot of examples of noses I liked, because I didn't want someone else's nose. I wanted my nose, just an improved version of my nose!
And it's perfect! (Almost.. It's still quite swollen) I still look like me!

When the cast first came off, I had two sharp lines on my nose, which my doctor assured me was just an impression from the cast, and went away about an hour or two after getting the cast off.

It's not photographing very well right now, and I can see and feel a lot of swelling in the bridge, where the hump was removed, and in the tip so I'm excited to see it change!

I apologize for the really terrible photos, it's hard to get a good photo of it right now because the swelling is showing up a lot in photos making it look lumpy, so these are the best I got, taken about two hours after the cast removal.

Second day of post surgery recovery. Still no pain, I had swelling/bruising come up around my eyes this morning, but it's already started going away by bed time when I'm writing this.

The weirdest part so far has been that I completely can't smile! I look totally ridiculous when I try, and it feels very strange.

Other then that, I've just been lying around watching tv, taking arnica and drinking pineapple juice by the bottle.

My stitches do hurt when I poke at them, but I've been trying to keep them clean and moistening them with vaseline because they feel really tight and like they're going to be a [RS bleep] to come out on Tuesday. Hoping it doesn't hurt too much!

Feeling very much like my normal self, just stuffed up like I have a cold. Kept feeling like I was going to sneeze today, had to keep just willing it to go away because even the thought of sneezing right now hurts.
I did get so antsy today and wanted to go out, so I took my dog for a walk around the neighbourhood, and did some baking to relieve some of my boredom. Can't wait to get this cast off!!

I'll try and post some pics, please disregard my silly expression.. Couldn't smile, and didn't know what else to do with my face haha.