Making the decision to undergo elective, cosmetic surgery will be fraught with doubts and second guessing. Even if it’s just for something simple, like a nose job or rhinoplasty. Beyond the practical considerations, one inescapable question would be, “How do I look?” The nose job before and after photos will be the gauge whether surgery was successful or not.
Emotional Aspect of the Nose Job Before and After
A lot of cosmetic surgeons advise their clients to think really hard before committing to a procedure. Whether it’s for a nose job (rhinoplasty) or breast augmentation. There is an emotional component that cannot be ignored.
Feeling good and confident about yourself may indeed require cosmetic surgery. A nose job, brow lift, acne scar removal, cheek augmentation and face lift are the many procedures that women are having done to their faces to feel good about how they feel.
Here are a few tips to consider if it’s a nose job you’re looking to have done:
1. Take lots of pictures of how you look now. A nose job before and after scrapbook will give you a sense of what was before and what is now. Profile shots will be most helpful, because many women who are looking to have nose job surgery complain about this a lot. The nose, in profile is either too long, too short, too pronounced, too flat, too ethnic -hooked and bulbous.
2. Sit down and list all the reasons for the nose job and the reasons against the nose job. A nose job before and after comparison will help you re-assess the motivation behind the surgery. Be honest about how you feel, and list down comments of those you’ve asked advice from. Even the ones that were against it in the first place.
3. Ask friends who have had nose job surgery and ask to see their nose job before and after photos, if they’re willing to open these up to you. Ask about how they feel about their doctor and if they would recommend him should you want one. Ask about how it felt, how they came to a decision and what they would do differently.
The next step is looking for the right doctor for you. Visit a few and compare how they interact with you. A successful doctor with a very busy practice might not have the time to really talk to you and find out why you need a nose job. But then his success may mean that he is doing a great job so word spreads around!
Check their credentials. Will it be an office procedure? In cases of emergencies, where do their patients go? How is the support staff in the office? Do you have a good feeling about the doctor and his staff?
Be comfortable with the doctor. Cosmetic surgery decision, if elective, should not be rushed. If there are no underlying medical conditions on why you need one, then take the time to talk to a few more, look at their nose job before and after portfolio and get an overall feel of how the practice is run.
On the day of the surgery, or even a few days before, your doctor will take pictures of how you look now. And in a week or so, a new set of pictures will be taken for your nose job before and after surgery profile. Know that healing takes a long time. The first set of pictures are just to see how the healing is going and the structural changes that the doctor might have done.
The next sets of nose job before and after pictures will show your transformation. As the swelling goes down, as the bruises disappear, you’ll see the difference that you and your doctor created. It may be a simple nose job surgery, but if it helps build your confidence and self esteem, then that’s all that matters!
