Today I'd like to share the rhinoplasty recovery experience of one of my patients. Christine is a very beautiful girl but she was
bothered by the appearance of her nose and the lack of definition and refinement
especially along the bridge and tip of her nose. I've been considering
rhinoplasty (nose job) for the past three to four years but kept chickening
out of it. I had gone to numerous consultations with different doctors. She
wanted more of a finesse rhinoplasty. As a registered nurse I had the chance to
work with Dr. Yoo in his surgeries and saw his amazing results time
after time. I decided to have a consultation with Dr. Yoo. First he asked me what I envisioned for my
nose. I had two flat bones along the bridge and I wanted a little smaller along the tip.
I expressed to Dr. Yoo that I just wanted a revised version of myself.
I did want to keep the look I had and my background.
Some of the things Christine was concerned about aesthletically was a bump on the bridge of her nose
which gave her a little bit more of a masculine and harsher look than she wanted, and the
second area was the bulbosity and overall tip width, but also the overprojection of her
tip. Dr. Yoo morphed on the computer what my nose would look like, and when he showed me the before
and after picture, it was exactly what I had envisioned mentally. I felt very
confident and I feel like I found the right doctor. Another concern that Christine had was that she
has a condition called ITP and because of this medical
condition, which she was born with her platelet count was far lower than a normal
patients. One of her main concerns was that during surgery she may have
excessive bleeding and that would make her an unsafe candidate for rhinoplasty.
I spoke with her rheumatologist, and we devised a plan to make sure that we treated
her in the way that would optimize the number of platelets that she had on the
day of surgery, and to make 100% certain that she would be a safe candidate to
proceed with nose job surgery. With ITP you have a higher chance of bleeding and a higher chance of bruising.
With Dr. Yoo I wasn't nervous, and I felt very much at ease and comfortable. I had very minimal bleeding and minimal bruising.
Rhinoplasty in general does not create much blood loss. The average rhinoplasty results in about 5 cc of blood loss,
or less than a test tube of blood. But in the case of low platelets, or bleeding disorders
there could certainly be more. Fortunately for Christine, everything went just as planned
and her surgery went beautifully. During her healing process she did feel a little bit surprised by the
amount of swelling so even though I told her like I tell all my patients that
there would be a significant amount of swelling, especially for the tip, she
was taken aback initially. I reassured her that was a normal part of the process
in recovery. After a week of recovery,
home six days off of work, I saw Dr. Yoo and he
removed the cast and stitiches. Seeing my nose after the cast was removed was pretty awesome.
I did not experience any pain. It was very swollen, definitely very different from what it looks like now.
He placed tape on the bridge of the nose, and I had to leave that on for another week.
At 4-6 weeks enough of the swelling will have resolved so that my patients can start to see the initial shape of their nose.
It does take 3-6 months for the majority of the swelling to resolve.
And the swelling will continue to resolve for a year and up to two years.
I could have done my nose job a few years ago, but I believe in timing
and found Dr. Donald Yoo and he's amazing. He did give me what I really wanted.
I wanted a revised version of myself, and that's what I got. I love when I see my family members and friends and they can't even tell Ihad my nose done.
I'm very happy with my decision
and I can't wait to get to the six to twelve month mark and see how it's gonna look.
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