Hi There! I am 25 years old. I have three small children and I am married to a great guy. Around the time I hit puberty, my nose started to develop a hump on the bridge of my nose. My Dad has a "generous" nose himself and it became apparent that I had inherited it. The older I got, the bigger my nose got. The hump became much more pronounced and the tip of my nose was long and droopy. I cannot begin to tell you how this affected my self esteem. I wanted to get a "nose job" more then anything in the entire world. I was so tired of trying to hide my profile with long hair and sunglasses. Being a female with a "big nose" really stinks.
Find a specialist in in facial plastic surgery, especially noses, who will listen to your concerns. We talked awhile about what I wanted. He told me what was realistic and showed me some pictures. Then he took a picture of me with a digital camera and put it on the computer. He them went on to digitally "fix" my nose and showed me how it would look hump free! That was really fun.
I decided to finance the surgery and I went online and found the financial company the doctor used. I applied and got approved so I called the office and scheduled the surgery one month to the day of the consultation.
The surgery day was exciting a bit of a blur. The first day was definitely the worst. A few hours after I'd gotten home I decided it was time to look in the mirror. I shuffled my way into the bathroom and braved a look into the mirror. My eyes were a bit bruised and swollen. BUT I could tell by the shape of the cast that my hump was gone! He had taped the end of my nose up and I looked like Miss Piggy. I took pain pills all that first day because of my headache. My nose never really hurt at all.
One week later the splint was removed and my nose looked swollen. The hump was gone and I was really happy. The tip looked great without the turned up look that I noticed shortly after surgery.
Well, as of writing this, its been over a year now and I am fairly confident in saying that I now have the final product. It's just lovely and I couldn't be happier with it. It took a long time and tons of patience but I really do have the nose of my dreams now. But better then that my self esteem really soared. I will be forever grateful.