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Anyone ever do a Rhinoplasty?

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I have a slightly crooked nose. I think it happened when I was a teen playing sports and got elbowed in the face. Never thought much about when I was young, just kind of brushed it off. But as I got older, it got worse and now I have a hard time breathing out of my right nostril in addition to my nose looking off.

Always thought about getting it fixed, but rhinoplasty scares me. With the exception of a handful of famous people, the results usually look worse. I want to fix the breathing issues and the appearance but dont want to end up looking like a different person. I just kind of want it put back in place/ Straightened out.

Anyone ever have one done before? How were the results? The recovery time? The cost? Did health insurance cover it? We're you glad you did it?
 
A girl I knew went and got her nose fixed in South Korea. She had broken it also and didn't realize at the time, leading to it healing crooked. She seemed to recover really fast (she left Korea like less than a week after the operation), but I'm not sure how much she paid but definitely wasn't insurance covered.

Her nose ended up looking so good I almost wanted to get a nose job.
 
My son had rhinoplasty a couple of years ago for a similar issue. Either through natural growth or an unnoticed accident when he was young, his nose was a bit crooked and, more importantly, he had obstructed breathing and minimal sense of smell. He was recommended a rhinoplasty to correct the breathing issues, with the aesthetics being a bonus.

Note that a good surgeon will not do rhinoplasty on a male patient under the age of 18 or so. This is because a person's face has not fully developed until that point, and doing a rhinoplasty before that time can result in someone's facial features not developing properly.

The procedure was day-surgery. He entered the hospital early in the morning, and I was taking him home in the early afternoon.

You need to think about recovery time in a few different ways. The immediate recovery time for the surgery is your standard 6 weeks. You'll have a week or less of bed rest, followed by a few more weeks for incision to heal, swelling to go down some more, etc.

After that... it can take up to a year for total recovery - meaning up to a year to get to the final 'state' of your nose. So for improved breathing, you won't *really* know the fill improvement for up to a year.

So.... did it work for my son? I think he would say 'mostly yes'. His nose is straight (not that it was horrendously crooked), and his breathing has improved such that he can do aerobic exercise. His sense of smell got better, but still on the minimal side.

Where cost is concerned, I cannot say too much. We're Canadian and the rhinoplasty was deemed 'medically necessary', so it was covered by government health insurance.

Hope that it helps?
 
op it sounds like a septoplasty could help with your breathing problems. That wouldn't change the appearance too much, but might straighten it up.

Go talk to an ENT about your options
 
I did (along a septoplasty and turbinectomy). I fucked up my nose when I was a kid and 20 years later decided that almost not being able to breath through the nose was enough. Doc said that if I wanted they would do the rhino too (nose was crooked cause an iron door smashed it, basically deviated with a slight bump). I said yes. It's more natural, not completely straight which I kinda like. It was kinda weird that moment I saw myself the first time in the mirror cause it looked straight as fuck. It got pretty normal and it's much better than it was. And I breath way way better (not cause of it but cause of the septo and turbinectomy).

As for your other questions:

The rhinoplasty is much more fucked than the septoplasty and turbinectomy. I was in the surgery room close to 3 hours with them ramming up my nose. I was doing normal stuff 2 weeks after the whole thing with a big bandage in my nose (to keep the "straighter" in place). The first two-three days were awful, I kinda regretted the whole thing in the first day, my stomach was full of blood and I threw up a lot, the high dosage of paracetamol made me have some insane pains in the stomach and taking off the band aids that are completely into your nose was difficult (they couldn't find one), and it's like they are touching shit they shouldn't be touching inside your head. But after the first 4-5 days (where you are a bit down and need to rest) it was easy-peasy.I stopped the painkillers right away (cause of the stomach) and didn't missed them at all. Never really had pains. After 1 month I could exercise right away without any bleeding. No sex for 2 weeks though (I masturbated after a few days and started bleeding). Nose is a bit swollen for a couple of months, but nothing major. I lacked sensibility in the tip of the nose but after 6 months or so I got it back.

The first night you will have to sleep through your mouth. This is probably a bit difficult but it's something I got used through life (it would probably be much harder now) so I can't complain about that.

As for the cost I paid 0 euros for everything. All covered in our national health system. I just waited 3 months for the surgery after the doc recommended my surgery.

I'm glad I did the septo/turbi cause I breath better. The rhino was a plus. I definitely look better, although a big part of my deviation was also in the base of the nose which is way harder to straight.

Anything else you want to know ask.
 
Had it twice.
Broken repaired in my teens, then again later when I stopped growing. No one can tell.
I still have a deviated septum, but I really don't want to go through the surgery again.
 
I had surgery on my nostrils because I had a terrible time breathing through them (deviated septum).

Had packs up my nose for two or three days. Getting them taken out without anesthesia was one of the worst pains I've ever felt.

It was one of the best decisions I've ever made. I can now breathe through my nose and it's great.

Health insurance covered it, but it was back in college, so I was covered on my parents plan. My nose looks perfectly fine.
 
Crazylegs said:
My son had rhinoplasty a couple of years ago for a similar issue. Either through natural growth or an unnoticed accident when he was young, his nose was a bit crooked and, more importantly, he had obstructed breathing and minimal sense of smell. He was recommended a rhinoplasty to correct the breathing issues, with the aesthetics being a bonus.

Note that a good surgeon will not do rhinoplasty on a male patient under the age of 18 or so. This is because a person's face has not fully developed until that point, and doing a rhinoplasty before that time can result in someone's facial features not developing properly.

The procedure was day-surgery. He entered the hospital early in the morning, and I was taking him home in the early afternoon.

You need to think about recovery time in a few different ways. The immediate recovery time for the surgery is your standard 6 weeks. You'll have a week or less of bed rest, followed by a few more weeks for incision to heal, swelling to go down some more, etc.

After that... it can take up to a year for total recovery - meaning up to a year to get to the final 'state' of your nose. So for improved breathing, you won't *really* know the fill improvement for up to a year.

So.... did it work for my son? I think he would say 'mostly yes'. His nose is straight (not that it was horrendously crooked), and his breathing has improved such that he can do aerobic exercise. His sense of smell got better, but still on the minimal side.

Where cost is concerned, I cannot say too much. We're Canadian and the rhinoplasty was deemed 'medically necessary', so it was covered by government health insurance.

Hope that it helps?
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Thats great! Thanks!

IamDodongo said:
op it sounds like a septoplasty could help with your breathing problems. That wouldn't change the appearance too much, but might straighten it up.

Go talk to an ENT about your options
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I'm gonna look into it. Thanks.


True Savior said:
I did (along a septoplasty and turbinectomy). I fucked up my nose when I was a kid and 20 years later decided that almost not being able to breath through the nose was enough. Doc said that if I wanted they would do the rhino too (nose was crooked cause an iron door smashed it, basically deviated with a slight bump). I said yes. It's more natural, not completely straight which I kinda like. It was kinda weird that moment I saw myself the first time in the mirror cause it looked straight as fuck. It got pretty normal and it's much better than it was. And I breath way way better (not cause of it but cause of the septo and turbinectomy).

As for your other questions:

The rhinoplasty is much more fucked than the septoplasty and turbinectomy. I was in the surgery room close to 3 hours with them ramming up my nose. I was doing normal stuff 2 weeks after the whole thing with a big bandage in my nose (to keep the "straighter" in place). The first two-three days were awful, I kinda regretted the whole thing in the first day, my stomach was full of blood and I threw up a lot, the high dosage of paracetamol made me have some insane pains in the stomach and taking off the band aids that are completely into your nose was difficult (they couldn't find one), and it's like they are touching shit they shouldn't be touching inside your head. But after the first 4-5 days (where you are a bit down and need to rest) it was easy-peasy.I stopped the painkillers right away (cause of the stomach) and didn't missed them at all. Never really had pains. After 1 month I could exercise right away without any bleeding. No sex for 2 weeks though (I masturbated after a few days and started bleeding). Nose is a bit swollen for a couple of months, but nothing major. I lacked sensibility in the tip of the nose but after 6 months or so I got it back.

The first night you will have to sleep through your mouth. This is probably a bit difficult but it's something I got used through life (it would probably be much harder now) so I can't complain about that.

As for the cost I paid 0 euros for everything. All covered in our national health system. I just waited 3 months for the surgery after the doc recommended my surgery.

I'm glad I did the septo/turbi cause I breath better. The rhino was a plus. I definitely look better, although a big part of my deviation was also in the base of the nose which is way harder to straight.

Anything else you want to know ask.
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Man that sounds rough. Would the Septo be enough to change the appearance of a slightly crooked nose? Mine isn't horrible, but definitely noticeable. My right side has a noticeable bump. It's even really tender when I rub it.

Skiptastic said:
I had surgery on my nostrils because I had a terrible time breathing through them (deviated septum).

Had packs up my nose for two or three days. Getting them taken out without anesthesia was one of the worst pains I've ever felt.

It was one of the best decisions I've ever made. I can now breathe through my nose and it's great.

Health insurance covered it, but it was back in college, so I was covered on my parents plan. My nose looks perfectly fine.
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Yea, I think I'm gonna speak to my doctor and go thru with it.
 
I had the one where they straighten out the inside of the nose. I literally couldn't breath through it most of my life.

After the surgery and it all healed I could breath near perfect through it. It was amazing. That was 8 years ago and I got a bad cold once and it blocked my nose super bad and I was aggressively blowing it and I think I messed my nose up a bit so I lost a slight amount of breathability but it is still 10 times better than it was.
 
Had a deviated septum and got a septoplasty + turbinectomy done about a year ago. Probably one of the largest wastes of money in my life. I can't say I breathe even the slightest bit better and my sense of smell is still barely existent.
 
Hydrus said:
Man that sounds rough. Would the Septo be enough to change the appearance of a slightly crooked nose? Mine isn't horrible, but definitely noticeable. My right side has a noticeable bump. It's even really tender when I rub it.
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Doc said no. Basically they just re-position the cartilage (which can actually go back to the same place) so it wouldn't be noticeable from the outside. The rhino they basically break bits of the nose (they even have a small hammer). Like sculpting.

I forgot to say I had huge crusts of blood in my nose that blocked it completely after they remove the band-aids that are inside the nose. I had to go there so they would clean it. And for 1 month crazy shit would leave through my nose. It's like "how the fuck something that big was that lodged in there".
 
I have a slightly crooked nose as well. It goes to the left a bit. I'm not even sure most people notice but it annoys me. Whats the take on medical tourism for it? I live in the UK, and I know you fly to certain countries in Europe and Asia where the flight, accommodation and surgery will be still be less than the price of it in UK.
 
I badly broke my nose in my 20s. Completely fucked up the recovery from the surgery. Over the next several years my nose just slowly declined. I never had two functioning nostrils. I eventually went to a Doctor and he took one look and was like WTF. Had a second surgery and it was amazing. Don't get me wrong the recovery sucks hard. Having all that shit up your nose and you can't breath at all for a couple weeks. Now though, its awesome, I cant believe how long I lived with it being so fucked up. I'm a Canadian so it was all free and covered. I highly recommend you get it fixed. I would have paid if it wasn't free. My nose is just as ugly as it always way so I just had the internal shit fixed.
 
True Savior said:
Doc said no. Basically they just re-position the cartilage (which can actually go back to the same place) so it wouldn't be noticeable from the outside. The rhino they basically break bits of the nose (they even have a small hammer). Like sculpting.

I forgot to say I had huge crusts of blood in my nose that blocked it completely after they remove the band-aids that are inside the nose. I had to go there so they would clean it. And for 1 month crazy shit would leave through my nose. It's like "how the fuck something that big was that lodged in there".
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Thanks for the info!

darscot said:
I badly broke my nose in my 20s. Completely fucked up the recovery from the surgery. Over the next several years my nose just slowly declined. I never had two functioning nostrils. I eventually went to a Doctor and he took one look and was like WTF. Had a second surgery and it was amazing. Don't get me wrong the recovery sucks hard. Having all that shit up your nose and you can't breath at all for a couple weeks. Now though, its awesome, I cant believe how long I lived with it being so fucked up. I'm a Canadian so it was all free and covered. I highly recommend you get it fixed. I would have paid if it wasn't free. My nose is just as ugly as it always way so I just had the internal shit fixed.
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This is basically where I'm at. I realized recently how bad my breathing issues were when I went to the dentist. He was doing a filling, and I straight up couldn't breath. He had the water and the vacuum thing in my mouth so I couldn't breath that way and I was barely getting enough air thru my good nostril. That's when I was like "damn, this is a big issue".
 
I've had my nose broken a few times, but since it hasn't affected my breathing I haven't bothered with corrective surgery.

As always, best to talk to a doctor who is well versed in this type of operation so you know the potential risk / reward.
 
I don't have any immediate medical issues, but I do want to get a rhinoplasty at some point. My nostrils are too big, I have a bump and my nose hooks downward which I find very unappealing on me. I went some time last year to a plastic surgeon just to check it out and I find out I have a slight deviated septum as well. Like I said, this hasn't given me any breathing problems thankfully, and if he hadn't told me I wouldn't have even given a second thought. Still, he said he would go ahead and take care of that as well along with the rhinoplasty. For my needs, it would be around $7,000, which doesn't seem too bad, I think. Sadly, I'm not in a position to plunk down that much scratch just yet.
 
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