I love my new nose! - Victoria, BC

I GOT MY CAST OFF!!! It was taken off yesterday. It did hurt a little bit but I would still kind of describe it more so as "discomfort". My surgeon loosened all of the tape slowly and carefully working it and the cast off of my face. It pulled a bit and was a little sore but nothing too bad! I also got the splints out of my nose - they looked clear and jelly like. That also was pretty uncomfortable but I was just SO excited to see the end result I didn't care too much. And once I saw I was super happy. Of course it's swollen and will be more refined after a while, but it's already so different and I feel way more confident in social situations or with photos. I'm extremely pleased with the result - I think it looks natural and a lot of my friends say that I don't even look too different except for from the side! I notice the difference of course as my nose is much straighter now, but I'm glad it doesn't look obvious. The skin underneath the cast was pretty gross on the day of cast removal - pretty oily and I usually have good skin. Felt so good to shower. I was instructed to "mold" my nose 3 to 4 times a day for 5 minutes with my thumbs to keep my nose straight and narrow. Hopefully I don't mess my nose up and do it wrong... I always worry about stuff like that haha. The scar on my columnella (I had open rhinoplasty) isn't very visible at all, crazy how fast it healed. Feeling still pretty under the weather and not back to work til next week (took 2 weeks total off for the surgery) but I'm going out for a couple dinner dates with friends feeling so happy about getting back into society after my cast faced hermiting! Check out the photos... :)

Going to get my cast off today! I'm so excited to see my new nose. Because it was so huge before, even if it's swollen it will still be way different - I can already notice a huge difference in the tip and isn't that the part that usually stays most swollen? Besides, I'm not bruised whatsoever or swollen anymore. Recovery was pretty smooth aside from having to be a hermit and stay away from society...hahahaha. I'm not nervous about cast/splint removal hurting because of a combination of what I've read on this site and also having a high pain tolerance. I'm just so curious! Will update with pics... :)

Got my stitches out today! I haven't been having to take my painkillers lately, but I took a couple in anticipation of getting the stitches out and I am glad I did. It hurt pretty badly, probably the worst part of this entire ordeal! Don't know if it is like this for everyone. I only had 4 stitches though, so it was over fast. I'm still a bit swollen, and the small bit of bruising I had is turning yellow. Can't wait to get my cast off - counting down the days.