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I don't think it's nearly as bad as you think it is, in fact andi think it looks pretty nice even now. I advise you to wait a bit more for the swelling to go down. 5 weeks is nothing, and from what I can see if the swelling goes down from your tip, then the sides of your nostrils will stop being pulled so tight and come down again to that "ethnic" look you described. The scars also get MUCH better over the months.
Source: I also went to dr Lee and post op for the first few weeks I legitimately sort of contemplated suicide. But once you get over that initial swelling it gets a lot better, and will keep changing over the course of a year or more if you have thick skin. Wait at the minimum a year before you go consult and contemplate for any revisions.

 

Yes. I was considered pretty before surgery. I would frequently be the most good looking person in the room, and everyone knew me as the pretty one. (All of that sounded so vain... But thank god this is all anonymous.) However for many years I still wasn't satisfied with my nose. It was my one gripe. I thought if I could just fix that, then my face would be perfect. Yes, it sounds unhealthy and vain. I realize it, but I really wanted it done, and it was something that I thought about for years. So I did it.

Let me just warn you of the mental instability you might go through right after the surgery or for a few days. Of course, right after surgery the nose is swollen and of course very different. I was actually a mess right after. I kept thinking "I was so good before, why did I even go through with the this" or when I looked in the mirror and my nose just jumped out at me as alien. I genuinely considered killing myself. I cannot believe my mental was that deep in the ditches but it was. I seriously thought multiple times "oh god if I could turn back time I wouldn't do this I wouldn't do this at all". But in the end what got me through was the fact that I remembered I had wanted this for YEARS. And that I trusted in my surgeons skills and therefore to grit my teeth and wait for it it to heal into its final shape. Of course now though, after a bit more than a month of healing, I think the result so far has greatly improved and I cannot wait for the final look.

 

Me too!! Im 3rd day post op right now, but the first 24 hours were honestly so painful. I think it was the most painful in my life, honestly. I was so taken aback because no one said it would be this painful, but perhaps I just have a weak body to begin with (and I had a slight fever prior to surgery). I honestly cried a lot too, the combined rib pain with my constant fave pain + nausea broke me down a lot. Lol. I could barely walk. I had to constantly ask the nurses to give me painkillers, and through the worst moments it was hell even with painkillers. My advice would just be to grit your teeth and stick through the initial stages-- I feel MUCH better 3rd day post op now.