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24 Years Old, Always Hated my Nose - Wheaton, IL

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Hi, guys! I want to share my experience with you...

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Hi, guys! I want to share my experience with you because I know how important for you to see before and after photos of you are considering rhinoplasty. Please be kind if you comment on photos I post because I know I do not look the best their as my face is still healing.
So I had rhinoplasty done this morning. I wanted my nose to be smaller, to have more elegant tip and to get rread of bump. The surgery went well and I am home now. I feel good, very miner pain and no drugs needed as of right now.
Of course I was worried when I arrived to the hospital but I think it's natural, the nurses were very nice and they helped to calm me down. I did not use any drugs like Xanax or anything. I just tried to pray and believe that everything will be ok.
Once they took me to the operating room I remember they put plastic mask on me and said its oxygen. I do not remember anything else, I was out. I do not remember how I woke up but my husband said I was freaking out and trying to get up and leave. I do not recall any of that. I only remember sitting in the arm chair waiting for paper work. My doctor came to see me but I do not remember that.
Once we got home I ate and now I am watching TV and writing review:)
I will keep you guys updated on my progress to recovery and I will also try to post photos now.
P.S I do not look pretty as my face is swollen so please do not judge me strictly.

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April 30, 2015
Nice review and pictures. Try not to worry if you temporarily look worse for the first few days. (You don't look bad in your pics at all, but you may feel like it.) Keep us posted. Say some positive affirmations or pray or do whatever helps you get through the first few days. Good luck!
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April 30, 2015
You are very pretty! :) I'm sure your nose will look great!
UPDATED FROM Chicago78
1 day post

The day after the rhinoplasty

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Last night I did not sleep, I breath through my mouth and it drys out so I have to drink water every 20 min:)
In the morning I saw my doctor, he said everything looks fine and Monday my cast will be off.
The whole day I felt fine, very little pain and almost no bleading. I have good appetite and eat soft food, can't really bite anything big and can't open my mouth wide because it somehow makes the nose sore. I would sudgest to stick to soft food like pasta, mashed potato, I, for example, are canned peach slises.
The whole day I keep my head alivated and do not lay down to minimize swelling.
Right now is 7pm and I begin to feel more and more pain, the interesting thing is that I feel pain where the stitches are ( I had open rhinoplasty), I do not feel pain anywhere else but the stitches, I looked at them and the area is really swollen now. The doctor prescribed be hydrocodon- acetaminophen ( it's narcotics) for pain but I do not use it and I am sure I will never do, because I am very scared of narcotics. Never had an experience with them. I'll better stick to Tylenol. Also the doctor prescribed MethyIPREDNISolone to help the swelling ( it's not narcotic), I took it yesterday and I can tell it helps, I am going to take in an hour as it supposed to be taken every day at the same time and I am told to take it for 5 days lowering the dose every day.
I will not post a photo today because nothing changed except of the swollen stitches but you can't see it on photo.
I'll keep updating and if my face changes I'll post new pictures!

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May 1, 2015

Sorry about the not sleeping. That is rough. It will get better very soon. I promise! Thank you so much for sharing your experience on RealSelf!

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2 days post

Day 2 post op

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Today is a good day! I feel great! The swelling is little less. The pain is very minor. I'll post a photo, just keep in mind I do not look pretty yet, all I am trying to be is "not scary" at this point:))) please be kind:)

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May 2, 2015
Lookin good so far. You loom great enen with your cast!