About rhinoplasty - General Health Message Board

bENTNOse · 08-24-2004, 11:13 AM

can someone tell me somethigns about it.. do they send me to sleep while they do it? ( I HOPE SO!!! ) looks painful.

bm28 · 08-24-2004, 11:17 AM

Hi, I was sooo excited to get mine done so the pain didn't even bother me! In fact, my brusies were gone almost completely after one week. I wasn't all the way asleep when they did it but the two hour surgery seemed like it took 10 mins. I didn't even feel any pain when they did it but when they had to break my nose I felt a lot of pressure from that. That part gave me a headache afterwards but the pain was just minimal for me. Good Luck!

bENTNOse · 08-24-2004, 11:44 AM

yeah man im extremly happy!!!!

i dont care either... my insurance or something is having it cothered because my nose was broken in an accident something like that but yeah i cant wait..... I wanna try and get it done before i go college so it does not come between college... do they tell you to pick a nose you like?

Cos i just want my bump gone and my tip raised

I DONT WANT TO BE AWAKE AND WATCH THEM BREAK MY NOSE WOW THAT MUST HURT.. BUT IM STILL GOING THREW IT SOME SURGEON'S PUT YOU TO SLEEP FOR THE WHOLE PROCESS!!

bm28 · 08-24-2004, 12:03 PM

They don't tell you to pick a nose you like!!!! Have you had a consultation yet with a plastic surgeon? When you go they will take a profile picture and then he/she will put it up on a screen for you and they will show you approximately what you will look like after it's done. I also had a bump taken out, the sides brought in and the tip brought up. I'm 28 now and I had it done when I was 25. If you have it done before college it literally heals up within a few weeks. After two weeks, mine was completely gone and you couldn't even tell that I had a nose job. You could tell that something looked different about me but unless I showed you a picture you couldn't tell what! That's why you need to find a good doctor! You are soooo lucky that your insurance is paying for it! I am still paying mine off. Don't worry if they don't put you all the way to sleep. You won't even know what's going on!!!! Good Luck! Beth