Rhinoplasty recovery: What to expect?
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silentscout13 said:There's a surgeon over in Santa Monica who's just as much of a hack, but you wouldn't know it unless you asked.
I actually had a rather eventful encounter with this one myself.
My sister went to see him, and right from those very first consultations, he mentioned—if I recall correctly—that he’d already had to redo his own work four times.
And I can't help but wonder, why on earth didn't it work the first time around...?
But no matter! My sister paid the cash, and things still went south.
So she went back for a revision...
And that failed too...
Now she’s left with this weird indentation, and honestly, she looked much better before the whole ordeal.
Well, that's the risk, I suppose!
I wouldn't recommend this guy to anyone.
To take it further (since I've clearly lived through enough of this),
I had my nose done out by the river, under some absolute maniac...
The rule of thumb is supposed to be that you shouldn't have any procedures until you're at least 16 because your bone structure is still developing and all that. It’s also recommended to schedule surgery outside of the summer months, because the heat causes complications. Plus, you aren't allowed near the sun or even go swimming...
I was 17 at the time, and my mom was there with me.
They woke me up after maybe three hours, and I sat in the room for a bit while I regained my senses, but they rushed me to the car and got me home pretty quickly.
And don't give me that nonsense about them slicing your skin and taping your nose to your forehead!
I don't have a single visible scar myself.
But the recovery? That’s a story that never ends.
Good grief—the bandages, the tampons, breathing through your mouth, vomiting blood every five minutes, trying to eat and breathe through the same opening, and that "sleeping" on ice packs (that first night was easily the worst night of my life; by the second night, I just passed out from pure exhaustion). Then there were the IV drips, which were so intense I could barely keep my eyes open...
Nowadays, breathing is a bit of a struggle, but it was something I wanted: a prettier nose. As far as how I feel about myself goes, it’s incomparably better.
I'm glad I did it, but for those of you sitting there contemplating it, please think VERY carefully about whether the payoff is worth going through all of that.
Forgive the graphic details, but I'm not really the type to sugarcoat things just to feel good about the end result.