When I had my first rhinoplasty 5 years ago, on day 10? or week 2? As soon as the splint came off, it looked pretty, so I was really happy. But as time passed, the tip of my nose drooped, and for some reason my nose also got thicker, so I decided to have revision surgery and had it done last month. ( First surgery: osteotomy + silicone + septal cartilage + hump nose ) ( Revision surgery: osteotomy + silicone thickness replacement + ear cartilage + rhinitis )
But with the revision surgery, as soon as the splint came off, my nose looked bam! so big that my mental state was really shaken ㅠ
When I asked everyone, some said revision surgery has less swelling, and some said revision surgery has more swelling..
They say you have to wait 6 months, but the shape mostly settles within a month, right? Only about 10% of subtle swelling takes 6 months, and I also wondered how much it could really go down if a nose that already looks largely set only loses 10%..
So I was in despair, but still.. just in case, I took swelling drinks and swelling medicine and took photos every week.
When I look in the mirror every day, I seriously can’t tell at all, but I guess it is going down little by little.
I tried to compare photos taken with lighting, angles, and distance as similar as possible.
As the volume of my nose decreases little by little, I feel like the shape is slowly settling. Even so, every time I compare the photos,
Week 1: Ah.. my nose is big ㅠ What do I do Week 2: It must have gone down as much as it’s going to by now. It’s still big.. Week 3: It went down a bit more? Thank goodness.. But now it won’t go down anymore, right..? It still has a lot of volumeㅠ
I had thoughts like this every week.. ‘Ah, quite a bit of time has passed and the change is tiny. It probably won’t go down anymore ㅠ’ But every time I take weekly photos, the volume does go down little by little, so it’s comforting.. Then I’ll probably get all obsessive again and when I take photos in week 4, I’ll be like, ‘Oh, it decreased again, but it won’t go down anymore, rightㅠ’
So if you guys also get swelling anxiety, take photos every week.. It definitely helps. In the end, it probably won’t feel fully healed until I’m satisfied, though,,
I’m still anxious and impatient too, but since I can directly see it going down every week, I think it’s better than not comparing.
I’ll come back next week to write another progress update ㅠ I hope it keeps going down and my nose thickness gets thinner soon.