Rhinoplasty with Dr Gonschoir done! Day two

Hi everyone,

Thought I would create a bit of a diary about my experience with Dr Gonschoir, who I had open rhinoplasty with yesterday. I found it helped me reading everyone else’s experience and would therefore help others considering rhinoplasty with him!

I arrived at Highgate hospital at 8.30 and must say, I didn’t feel that nervous. I felt more nervous previous days before just thinking about it. The nurses showed me to my room and I must say, all the nurses I saw throughout my stay were lovely and really helpful and kind. Dr Gonschoir came to see me twenty minutes before I was due to go to theatre to just go over what I wanted done. (I wanted the slight bump removed and my tip made smaller). I handed him a couple of images of celebrity nose jobs I thought looked good (one was Blake Lively) and he said he’s take them into theatre with him. I then started worrying that he was going to try to do the exact same nose as hers, which I thought my be a bit too small for my face, so I quickly wrote on the images that I wanted a subtle change and not too much (though I think he knew this anyway).

At 10.45 they came to collect me, and as I was going to the anaesthetist’s room another patient was being taken out wheeled in their bed, who had also had rhinoplasty and looked very ‘out of it’ so I did then begin to get really nervous. I think its scary knowing you’re going to be put to sleep and have no control and have to trust the doctor 100% But I was brave, tried to relax and just thought of my new nose!

When I woke up I did feel awful. I wasn’t in any pain, but just felt extremely groggy and like I had the world’s worst hangover. For me, this was the worst bit. My body felt like it couldn’t move that well as I was still coming out of the anaesthetic. My mum was waiting for me in the room, but I didn’t have much energy to talk to her and just wanted to close my eyes.

After about half an hour, my left eye started really hurting and both eyes wouldn’t stop watering. It was the most painful part about it. My left eye was much worse than my right and felt as though I’d got sun lotion in it that I couldn’t get rid of. I had to shut my eyes, but couldn’t sleep because I was uncomfortable, plus my mum was watching TV which was annoying me. Eventually, she left as we both agreed I needed to sleep and wanted the lights off and curtains shut. Mr Gonschoir came to see me, said everything went well and explained that sore eyes were normal and common. After falling to sleep for a while, I was woken by a nurse and I explained my eye was really painful and wasn’t getting better, so she gave me some antibiotic eye cream and put a patch on my eye. I couldn’t see so drifted back to sleep again. I also stuggled to eat as I couldn’t see and didn’t have an appetite (though I recommend getting the ice cream as it really helps your sore throat!)

I woke up this morning and my eye feels much better and no longer hurts. Its extremely red (looks like I have bright red eye shadow on!) and very swollen. I usually don’t bruise much but have black eyes, which is expected. I look a lot worse than I feel! I have no pain. Just can’t breathe through my nose and look like I’ve been in a bad fight, but overall, apart from my painful eye (which doesn’t happen to everyone) the experience is bearable and not painful.

Hope this helps people. I will keep everyone updated each day with how I look/feel. I’m very excited to see the outcome in 12 days, when I get the cast off (though expect it will still be swollen and shouldn’t get my hopes up too much)

Thanks for sharing this Keep me updated xx

Today, I’ve woken up and bruising has gone down (going a light purple/ yellow colour), but my eyes are still so swollen- literally looks like I’ve been beaten up by Mike Tyson! haha. Would feel a lot better if they were normal Having surgery on my face is as scary as I thought it would be, because you never know what to expect and cannot hide from anyone. I don’t really like even my family seeing me much as I don’t want to scare them! I know it’ll go down and just have to be patient, I just guess I was hoping I was one of the lucky ones that looked like they’ve never been touched even after surgery! Dr Gonschoir said about 10% of people look fine and have no swelling/bruising, 80% have a normal amount of swelling and bruising and the other 10% look like they’ve kissed a bus, so I’d say I’m in the 80% category. My eyes are normally quite big, which is probably why they look weird when they’re swollen. On the plus side, I slept okish and also have no pain still. Its honestly amazing that you can look so bad but not be in any pain! I do find myself just wishing the days away. Can’t wait till Thurs to get stitches out and then can’t wait till next Tues to get the cast off! Going to try to not look much in the mirror and just keep myself occupied. I know I’ll be fine.

Loved reading your story thanks,im getting my nose done next year,happy healing,xxx

Lorlor, thanks for your diary! It’s extremely thorough and very insightful as there are so many aspects (both negative and positive) that you don’t get told or find out about the procedure.

I hope that you are feeling better as every day passes babe! Keep up with the diary for us

How are you feeling about the results that you can see at the moment hun? Or did you have work that won’t really be visible until you get your splint off? Are you happy you went ahead with the procedure taking all the post op stuff into account?

Thanks again babe!

x

Ok, so today the swelling has gone down a lot on one eye more than the other and the bruising is also mainly yellow with a bit of purple at the bottom. Its not too easy to get a great night sleep as I wake up quite a bit being in the elevated position, which is completely different to how I normally sleep (on my front hugging the pillow). Still can’t breathe properly through my nose so wake up with a dry mouth a lot. No pain at all though, which is good. I’d say the worst part about it is how bored I am! My bf and parents were both at weddings yesterday and because I haven’t told that many people about it, I was hiding at my mum’s house alone with my dog all day. The hours completely drag and I’m just constantly wishing its all over, my face has gone down and my cast can come off. I’m very impatient though!

Today I think I’m going to try to wash my hair (with the help of my mum). I have dried blood in it from the op still and will feel so much better to have it rinsed out and to feel clean again.

In answer to your question kaylees, I can’t really tell that much what my nose looks like. I didn’t have a huge nose to start with, just a slight bump and I hated the bulbous-like tip. Its hard to tell, but I can see the bump has gone and my nose has a slight feminine slope now, which is what I asked for. The tip doesn’t look swollen (though I’m sure it is). I’m so scared to get my cast off now as I don’t want to look completely different. Having the cast on makes my nose look really small, but I know it would have probably have looked like that if I’d just put the cast on my old nose! I’m just a panicker!

I’ll be honest, the first night I went home and I was really, really swollen, I woke up in the middle of the night, looked in the mirror and my stomach went over. I just thought ‘wtf have I done to myself?’ But, now I’m healing and looking better everyday I feel much better. I think you just worry, you’ll never get better and its hard to accept my face so swollen and bruised knowing I’ve done it to myself. It is a scary experience, but once I look normal again and can put make-up on, I doubt very much I’ll regret it. I’ll hopefully look the same, just with a nicer, smaller nose

I hope I haven’t put anyone off, just wanted to be 100% honest so people know what to expect. I believe I’ll be really happy with the results. When I looked through Dr G’s portfolio (which has loads of noses to see) there wasn’t one single ‘after’ image that I didn’t think looked better. So no doubt I’ll be the same with my own ‘after’ image!

The thing is, I’ve always wanted it done and I’m glad I’ve been brave enough to go through with it. When my cast is off and swelling is down, I’ll be happy to send people before and after pics. Also, if anyone else has it done and wants to speak to me about anything, feel free to ask for my number. I think its nice to have others to talk to who have been through the same thing. I’m constantly watching Youtube nose diary videos. It makes me feel better to see how quickly others have healed. I’m only 3 days post op, so I’m sure it’ll just get better and better

Today (had surgery Thursday, so post op 4 days) I feel much better and like I’m almost back to my old self. My swelling has gone down a lot. One eye looks almost normal and the other is getting there too. Also, I can breathe better through my nose! Not to the point where I can sleep without breathing through my mouth as yet, but there is a big change, and its such a nice feeling. Bruising is mainly yellow with only a slight bit of purple left. I think by next week when I have the cast off it will be gone completely, which will be nice. I’m getting excited now to see my new nose, though I know I will be soooo nervous on the day!

No pain at all and like I said before, the worse part is boredom! But, I’d happily give up 12 days of my life for a better nose

Feel like I’m definitely over the worst now. Its very reassuring seeing improvements and makes me more confident I have made the right decision. I’m over my panicking, I’m never going to get better phase!

Thankyou so much,I really look forward to reading your diary,Dr Gonschoir,is getting some fantastic feedback on the forum from his post op patients.xxxx

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