I had rhinoplasty a couple of years ago to fix a broken nose
and the outcome wasn’t exactly what I wanted.
My nose was sort of a bun shape
which didn’t suite my face at all.
So, I was looking for a revision rhinoplasty.
I found Dr. De Silva
who, he uses sedation
which was something that I was quite nervous about
my previous rhinoplasty had been under general anaesthetic.
So, obviously I was bit worried that I might wake up
or something and ruin the whole surgery.
But I like was really reassured by everyone here,
I felt really calm and even on the day I was a bit nervous
but I was kind of ready for it
and it was so early in the morning
I was kind of ready to be sedated and have a nice nap.
The actual surgery itself I kind of,
I was told that I woke up a little bit
but I don’t remember waking up at all.
It was just a pleasant sleep
and when I woke up after the surgery was finished,
I just remember feeling really relaxed,
pain free and so much more myself than I did
when I had an operation under general anaesthetics.
I actually now I would recommend
sedation over general anaesthetic any time
because the recovery was so much quicker.
That evening I was watching a movie with my family
which I would never been able to do before.
So it was really good,
not something to be scared about at all.
Before the surgery my nose was something
that was affecting me daily
I would look in the mirror
and I would absolutely hate what I was looking at
and that was when I knew I have to change something
because it was affecting me every single day.
To the point where I couldn’t have photos taken
unless they were at like a specific angle
where my nose looked okay
and so it was almost straight after I had my cast off,
I was jumping at every single photo
I couldn’t stop looking in the mirror but in a good way.
Like I just wanted to look at it all the time.
I can easily say it completely changed my life for the better.
Like if your nose is something that affects
how do you feel inside and it’s making you sad
then that’s how you know that’s something that you should change
if you want to.
I’m glad I did because
I’m just so much happier now and confident,
so much more confident about my face
and in general life and that’s great.
I just think if it’s something that you feel strongly about
that you really, really want, you know talk to friends,
talk to family, get other opinions definitely.
But at the end of the day it’s your decision
and if you really want it then I say definitely go for it.
You know whether it’s something you really want,
even need, like I needed this, so be happy.
So, that’s my advice, do it to make yourself happy.