<Photo order> 1. Side view before surgery 2. Front view before surgery 3. Bottom view on day 5 after surgery 4. Bottom view on day 8 after surgery 5. Side view on day 8 after surgery 6. Bottom view on day 10 after surgery 7. Bottom view on day 11 after surgery 8. Side view on day 11 after surgery
(First consultation) I said I wanted treatment for deviated septum, correction of my crooked nose, and since I had to go back to work 2 weeks later, I asked them to raise the nasal tip only slightly so it would not be noticeable.
(Second consultation) Because I was getting treatment for deviated septum and I really do not like things looking obvious, and because I had to go back to work 2 weeks later, I asked them not to use septal cartilage or ear cartilage for the nasal tip, and to only tie the alar cartilage. But they said that would be meaningless, and said they would use the septum to build up the nasal tip, and that it would be noticeable. I could not answer there, but since I had said twice that I had to go back to work 2 weeks later and asked them to make it unnoticeable, I thought they would only raise it a little.
(Right after surgery) My throat was extremely dry, and my nose was packed full of cotton, so I could not breathe through my nose and felt very uncomfortable because of the splint. But since I knew that a crooked nose cannot be made 100% symmetrical, I was satisfied when I saw that it had been corrected. However, I felt that the columella at the nasal tip was too high, and I became very worried that I would look surgically overdone and become like Pinocchio. From then on, I could not sleep well and was under a lot of stress.
(3 days after surgery) The cotton inside my nose was removed. I became able to breathe through my nose.
(6 days after surgery, follow-up with the director) Some stitches and the splint were removed, and when I looked at my nose, the columella at the nasal tip was too high. No matter how I looked at it, it was high and looked like Pinocchio, and it gave a surgically overdone feeling, so I told the director that I thought it was too high. The director said that once the swelling went down, the nose would come down, and asked whether it was not better for it to be raised rather than low.. I do not know if the director also thought the columella was too high, but they pressed hard on the nasal tip.
(7 days after surgery) After the splint was removed, the columella was too high, and as the swelling went down, the skin contracted. So I felt strong pressure around the nasal bridge and forehead. Every time I yawned, brushed my teeth, smiled, or ate, I felt pressure on the nasal tip, so it interfered with daily life..
(9 days after surgery) Maybe because pressure was applied to the nasal tip every time I opened my mouth, the columella at the nasal tip became crooked. Because of the columella, the corrected crooked nose became crooked again.. I still feel pressure on the nasal tip every time I open my mouth. I thought I could not live like this and decided I needed to remove the columella support.
(10 days after surgery) A lot of the swelling went down. The nasal tip is still red, and every time I open my mouth, pressure comes to the nasal tip. Also, the columella is still crooked, so it has become a crooked nose.. However, the pressure when brushing my teeth and smiling has become weaker. No matter how I look at it, the nasal tip is raised in a very unnatural curve. From the side, it looks like Pinocchio. Even in places like YouTube, it says that basically men should be given a straight nose and women a curved nose (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfAmtnD0ASA, 4 minutes 16 seconds), but I have ended up with an ideal curved female nose.. No matter how I look at it, it feels out of place on my face..
(11 days after surgery) Looking at the photos, it seems a little more crooked than yesterday.. A lot of the swelling has gone down, but from the side, only the nasal tip is still unnaturally raised. It feels out of place.. All I can think about is that I need to remove the columella support..
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