George Ramos11 said:ruggedstag20, sorry if this sounds a bit bold, but I actually wanted to ask—are you, uh, gay? Anyway, it’s been officially three weeks since my surgery. I can feel a lump at the bridge of my nose, which everyone here mentioned, but it’s barely visible. I assume it has something to do with that "zero point"—you know, where the structure starts spreading out (some people have a high zero point, so their nose grows higher up). If I caught what was said during those brief consultations, the surgeon levels everything based on that specific point. Which would mean if that's your profile, they can't change the bridge that drastically, or at least that's how I understood it—if your zero point is more prominent, you can't get that "scooped" look because you can't shorten anything below that mark. Honestly, I can't stand the word "scooped" when we're talking about men's noses; I think a certain masculine trait—like having a straight nose—needs to stay, even if it looks better on women. The tip has also dropped quite a bit, and I have to admit, I actually liked it better before, but hey, those are details, and I'm sure nobody is going to love or hate you over a few degrees of nasal slope. I'm genuinely curious, though—where did you guys hear that they "break the bones" versus just "spreading" them? Why didn't anyone mention that to me, and why should I care? And in which part of the nose are the changes most obvious during the healing process?
(btw, don't obsess over tiny deviations. Just look at the people around you; most of them have terrible noses and they look perfectly fine. It's not all about that little bump; attitude matters too. You have to learn how to "wear" your nose ; ) )
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Hey,
During my pre-op consultation, I talked extensively with the doctor about how the whole thing would go down. He explained it in layman's terms, saying they view the nose as a "nasal pyramid" made up of the side bones and a sort of "roof" covered in cartilage. I told him I wanted to get rid of a tiny little bump I had—really minor—and that I wanted to extend my columella (that's the part between the nostrils). He told me he would break those side bones to basically reshape the entire nose.
But then, when I woke up and saw I didn't have a cast or a splint, just a bunch of small thin strips of tape and packing stuffed in my nostrils, he told me they went with the "gentle version." Basically, they just spread that "roof" and pulled the cartilage down to give me a more defined columella (which is why I had a couple of stitches in one nostril that fell out after 17 days).
So now, I really don't have that bump in profile, but I have a very, very straight nose—which, honestly, works well for a guy. I think they might have avoided breaking the bones just to keep it from getting too narrow or too "scooped"...
When I look at myself from the front, I see two slight bulges on both the left and right sides where the bump used to be. It looks kind of like looking at a straight road that suddenly widens out on both sides for a bus station before narrowing back down. I have no idea if that's just swelling or if that's just how it is now. Anyway, as of Tuesday, I was three weeks post-op.
I know plenty of people have uglier noses than mine, and they were like that before I had the surgery, but I still wanted it—I wanted a better nose.
It just bothers me that this change is only about 5% of what I expected.
