New Nose, Same Me

Guten Tag, my sweetlings! It seems like just yesterday I was going in for the rhinoplasty procedure and here I am now, sporting a brand new honker as well as a rather unaltered attitude. I love my nose,don't get me wrong, but it hasn't changed my life or given me limitless confidence. It can be easy to fall into the trap of expecting surgery to massively change either your life or your appearance, but that often just isn't the case!

Some thoughts for any of you considering surgery:

1. Take your time, talk to people, and shop around for the best doctor. I went to the best surgeon in my city and got what I paid for: a beautiful and relatively painless result.

2. Think about it. Do you really want this alteration? Is this just something you MAYBE want or something you've been considering for years? Can you afford it? If you can afford it, it's still expensive so make sure it's worth it to you. And lastly, are you doing this for the right reasons? NEVER make a major change to your appearance for anyone else. That means no boob job because your twit boyfriend tells you he'd like you better if you had fake bazoongas. Do not get any surgery expecting it to completely make your life fabulous. It won't. You will still be you, just with a better nose, boobs, chin, eyes, whatever. I'd disliked my nose for a long time and had many, many months to think about the surgery. I made SURE it's what I wanted.

3. Take care of yourself while you recover. No strenuous activity. Use this time to be the biggest waste of space possible if you can get away with it. Enjoy the copious painkillers and a heap of tabloids while you await your beautiful new body part.

4. Remember that swelling and bruising will make you look like a rotten fruit for a week or so. It may also take several months for your new body part to settle into its permanent state, so don't be worried if you've got some minimal swelling.