Today is day 7, and I went in to have the splint removed and the stitches taken out.
My nose was a bulbous nose + crooked nose + thick-skinned nose + hump + rhinitis, so they used <donor rib cartilage, ear cartilage on one side only, septal cartilage, 4 mm silicone>. Even though it was my first surgery, I paid a huge amount, 6 million won, to get it done.
To start with the conclusion, I paid 6 million and got a pig nose, Voldemort, Michael Jackson, and an upturned nose ^^
Today, one week after surgery, as soon as the splint came off, I sobbed my eyes out. I was crying and making a huge scene, saying how am I supposed to live socially with this nose… I clearly asked them not to overcorrect it, but because my skin is thick, they turned me into some kind of Zhu Bajie The speed at which swelling goes down differs from person to person, and because my job involves dealing with customers (I live overseas), I clearly asked for it to be done “naturally, without overcorrection,” but it ended up like some pig-nose cosplay. I couldn’t bear to look at my own nose, so when I asked what I should do, they said they’d tape it to help the swelling go down faster, so they taped it. They told me to stay like this for a week……
Of course, I knew about the mental-breakdown phase and overcorrection from this community, but now that it’s actually happened to me, I can’t say anything and only curses come out
When I look at my nose from the side, I’m not sure, but from the front it’s just Zhu Bajie.. I have to go back to work starting in just one week… Seriously, how am I supposed to live with this nose, I’m already getting so pissed…
I even had fat grafting done at the same time, and I don’t really have swelling + bruising, but only my nose looks like that.. At this point, this is overcorrection, right? Ha, seriously, I feel so hopeless, fuck