I had my first surgery for a small, short nose using silicone, donated costal cartilage, ear cartilage, and nasal septum My nasal bridge wasn’t exactly absent, but my nose was slightly upturned, and because it wasn’t severe, I didn’t do nostril lowering I went in for my first surgery on Friday, and since it had really been a long time since surgery, I was freaking nervous I said several more times in the middle, please don’t let me wake up from anesthesia The nose I wanted was natural-looking, but I didn’t want it to be too unnoticeable, and I definitely wanted a round nasal tip with the columella showing Since my nose is short, I asked for a semi-straight nose with just a slight forward projection But.... they said it could be difficult with my nose shape and that they would do their best Day of surgery ㅡ when I opened my eyes, about 2 hours had passed As soon as I opened my eyes, the pain..... Inside I was like wow, I’m really dead I thought how am I going to endure this until day 3, but after about 20 minutes it stopped hurting They asked if I felt nauseous, and when I said yes, they added an IV drip. Then my stomach felt a bit better, so I left after 1 hour, but I was still not fully awake from anesthesia, so it was hard I was going to take a taxi home alone, but I called my older sister Everyone, seriously call a guardian. You can’t do it alone I came home, ate, and once the anesthesia wore off, I thought, huh? this is manageable.... premature confidence...^^ I think on the day itself it didn’t hurt because the local anesthesia hadn’t fully worn off either The cotton in my nose was better than I expected Maybe because the weather was cool and the humidity wasn’t low, I thought the difficulty level of mouth breathing might be different Day 1 ㅡ I bought a wireless humidifier from Coupang, slept with it tucked by my armpit, put water in a spray bottle and sprayed it into my mouth while sleeping, but my mouth got bone-dry. Total chaos I really woke up every two or three hours. Sleeping sitting up was really impossible, so I piled up pillows and blankets and slept The start of pain.... When the medicine wears off, your body knows like clockwork Other than the medicine from the hospital, I bought Tylenol and took extra It’s pain that can’t possibly not hurt People who say it doesn’t hurt amaze me.... Swelling hadn’t even started yet I originally didn’t have rhinitis and had never tried mouth breathing, so I had panic about the cotton-blocked situation, but the pain was bigger than the discomfort from the cotton, so I forgot the cotton existed Day 2 ㅡ swelling started in earnest. I normally swell easily My double eyelids were still alive. I had bruising under my eyes I slept somewhat longer than the day before Automatically spraying my mouth while sleeping If you don’t want to wake up from pain, I recommend taking an additional painkiller before bed It hurt more than yesterday. Total chaos party + ear pain started It’s similar to ear pain when wearing a mask with tight straps The nose.... It’s a pain I can’t explain... When people say the heart is beating in the nose, it’s not that, it just freaking hurts....when the medicine wears off Suddenly there’s a startling pain like someone is stabbing the nose with a knife You have to take painkillers in advance If you take medicine after it starts hurting, it’s a bit late Because I slept breathing through my mouth, I slept while snoring When eating, I made every kind of noise and made a fuss while eating Busy breathing and eating. I couldn’t taste anything, but the magic is that my appetite didn’t decrease..... My face was full of heat, so I kept looking only for something like cold drinks or ice cream Since the inside of my mouth was hot too, when I put ice cream in my mouth, it melted like crazy I lived with ice packs on Day 3 ㅡ I normally wake up in pain in the morning, but I didn’t wake up and slept until 8 Suddenly I thought, huh? my nose doesn’t hurt The swelling around the eyes was better than yesterday, and the swelling moved down to my jaw, so I became “Dream of a Square.” Maybe because I applied bruise cream, the bruises turned yellow in just one day First of all, since my nose and ears didn’t hurt, I was able to think for the first time in days I think being in pain continuously made my mind blank. Removing the cotton didn’t hurt, and I’d seen posts saying it gets blocked again, but fortunately it didn’t get blocked Instead, it was a runny-nose party.... They said to apply the ointment every 2 hours and not blow my nose, just wipe what flows, but the ointment and mucus mixed together and kept flowing down to my mouth What am I supposed to do about this Everyone said it only hurts until day 3 and it’s okay once the cotton is removed, and it was really true After 3 days, it’s much better There’s occasionally pain like being stabbed with a knife, but it’s only about once or twice a day, and I think daily life is possible from now on
This review is a surgery review pursuing naturalness.