Nose Job, things you didn't know would happen after your nose changed.

My profile? Way better. Although my nose now is slightly deviated (the tip) towards the right. So at certain angle I still photograph with a hook nose. A small one, but hook nose never the less. I must add no one notices it... until I point it out. So I have decided to stop pointing it out!

My front? Worse. The hump was removed. The hump was narrow. My nose now looks wider than before. The nostrils are also more noticeable.

The tip of my nose? Like that of a clown! :l Will it stay like that for ever?? Update, February 12, 2011: I just recently went to Paris where it was cold, although not enough to get snow. I spent a whole week mostly outdoors, loving and enoying the city. This seemed to have helped with the tip that still looked slightly swollen! it decreased slightly! I guess the cold weather helped. Whatever it was I'm glad, my nose has started to look more like a normal nose. The tip is still deviated and I believe it will remain so, but at least I no longer feel I have a clown tip! There is still room for improvement, of course, and I hope it does. In July 2011 it will have been 2 years since my nose jobe...

My smile? Worse. My lovely smile! and my lips! The doctor cut the skin that holds the upper lip attached to the gum, close to the canine teeth. Just two tiny pieces of skin made such a difference.

Snorkeling? uncomfortable due to the mask. There is some kind of light discomfort due to the lower central part of the nose right on top of my lip. I can't keep the mask on for too long due to it. But I still go snorkeling.

Sense of smell? The same. But the mother of a friend of mine did have some problems with hers.

Breathing? Same. Except... since now my nostrils are... or rather since the tip is pointing up now the air (and the water! watch it when diving!) come in more easily and straight so... if it is cold you will feel the air colder than before. Also the inside of your nose, for the same reason may get dry faster. My aunt, however, told me she was no longer able to breath so easily after her surgery.

This one is.... well, human. Picking your nose, that human need in response to itchiness. The nose is really swollen after the surgery so ... you will find you can't even stick your finger inside, even if you try, asuming the cast has already been removed. If it itches I found helpful to just slightly push the side of the nose that was itching towards the center. Keep in mind my surgery was very simple. This may not work for every case as there are different approaches and different parts that are cut or dealt with depending on the purpose of the surgery. Anyway, the level of pain will most likely let you know what you CAN or CAN'T do, and of course, common sense! Please, handle your nose with care.

Any changes when flying? Yep! my nose slightly bleeds! I guess it is due to the above reason, it gets very dry. You will NOT notice it until you blow your nose. It is minor, not even a nuisiance until you see blood spotting in the tissue you used to blow your nose.

Heads turning to look at me on the street? No change, not even after a couple of weeks when my nose still looked very swollen. I was glad about this though.

Did I change my hair after my nose job? Yep, I cut it a lot shorter. I think I should have left it as it was as I already had to deal with one drastic change and could have done without another. But it is now long again.

Nope. I would not in any way. Do I regret it? Nope, I don't like to regret things in life so I have made my peace with it.
There are questions that will never be answered for sure, like, would I have gotten the opportunites I have gotten lately had i still have my old nose. You know? Now that I think about it chances are I would. I am an intelligent person, like you and most of us -most of the time- so I think I would have. Besides, something happened to me that has actually happened to a lot of my friends that have also undergone nosejobs: no one noticed the change afterwards!!

So much is being said about beauty, the importance of first impressions, but, seriously, how much can a nose change you? It won't make you smarter, nicer or more lovable. Maybe, MAYBE more attractive and hopefully you will like the results so you will find yourself more attractive. Thinking about it, how do you react to someone who .... ok, let's put it this way: how did we all react to Michael Jackson's face in his last years after so many surgeries? People start looking freaky. I know that's an extreme but seriously a tiny -or big- nose does not have that much influence on others. Unless you want to be on TV (like me, but more of that story further down the lense). Then again, I have started to see big noses in some TV shows already, like Drop Dead Diva, where a bunch of teenagers ended up in trouble at the court. Well done! otherwise it would also be discrimination... for not having a nose that fits the Barbie beauty stereotype!

Do you really think that just a nose will change your future? Again, if you want to be in showbiz it will probably increase your chances of getting gigs. However, your attitude towards life will change your future whether you change parts of your body or not. If changing parts of your body will change your attitude then I would say go for it.

However, karmically speaking... well, that´s a topic for a different lense.

If you decide to go for it I wish you the best of luck with the result! I hope you are completely satisfied with it or at least able to live with it. But I would like to really stress that it is your brains that will dictate the direction of your life, not your nose :0)

Take a look at my photo galery and decide.