I had rhinoplasty and septoplasty
about six weeks ago,
and my experience was that in terms of making a decision
to go through Rhinoplasty was,
I had been thinking about it for 13 years,
and I did a lot of research, extensive research,
to find Dr. De Silva,
He was actually recommend to me by someone who has had
some work done as well,
not rhinoplasty but something else.
So, I digged in a bit deeper that’s how I made my decision.
When I went to see Dr. De Silva
he just initially touched on all the points
that I was considering,
He made me feel very secure, and pretty much knew
exactly what I wanted to get done.
When it came to on the day of my surgery
all the ladies at the reception,
as well as supportive staff, as well as Dr. De Silva
reassured me,
took me through everything that I needed to know
there's nothing I didn’t know that they didn't explain before
so that made me even more secure
Tips that I would advise when going for surgery
is dress comfortably
tie your hair back, maybe braid it
that will help you because don’t wash your head too often.
And then after surgery make sure that
someone is there to come pick you up,
because you'll need that little bit of support.
Also make sure you stock up on Q-tips,
cotton buds, sorry no Q-tips, cotton buds.
That will really help you clean your nostrils.
One thing I did find a little bit difficult
because you can't blow your nose
is finding ways of how to clean
all the dirt that is coming out of your nose.
Whether it's blood, or anything else,
all I did was took the cotton bud
close to my nose, and just rolled it out.
I know it sounds really gross,
it's quite satisfying at the same time
but it really does help you roll everything out
that's not supposed to be in your nose,
and just clean, clean, clean, clean, clean.
As well, another thing that I found quite difficult
was eating for the first time.
I stocked up quite a lot of soup
because movement in my mouth was quite difficult.
I felt quite vain because I had a mirror in front of me
which I had to look at to make sure you know
to see where the spoon is going.
I did, I had a little cry the first time
because when I took my first sip of soup,
I didn’t know how to breathe through my nose and my mouth
at the same because my nose was quite blocked,
I didn’t know how to breathe through my mouth
whilst I was swallowing soup.
So, I did spit everything out,
but then my boyfriend was really kind.
He would stay there with me, calm me down
and then he told me,
“Okay, let’s try it again, try to breathe in,
and then take the soup, and whilst you're breathing,
when you swallowed it then you breathe out.”
And that little bit of practice, it took a little bit of practice
but eventually I got there and I managed to eat my soup.
I lost 5 kilos which is another plus of having rhinoplasty.
Anything else, just you know, like I said, do your research,
make sure that you feel comfortable
with what you're getting done, nobody else’s opinion matters
it's how it's going to make you feel.
And I feel I made the best decision
'cause even if my nose still swollen,
I’m super happy with the results.
Good luck.