Rhinoplasty..

Hello Ladies,
 Ok, I've got this little bump in the center of my nose that has been bugging me for a while now. What happend was when I was little I did a flip on a trampoline and when I came down, my knee jammed into my nose. Surprisingly, it didn't bleed nor break, thank God. But it did, however, leave a bump.
I'm thinking about having this bump removed...I guess with a rhinoplasty surgery.
I'd like to know your thoughts and opinions about it and if anyone has had this done before, I'm very interested to know the extent of the pain and all that stuff.
Thank You,
 Jessica


Edited by Yoda

Thanks for that link eKatherine. That site is very informative.
My bump is a bit like this young lady's here...not very big, but enough to annoy me.

http://www.facialsurgery.com/BAPg2naq8khm2_plf0_nh16_hmb7. html


I'm still curious as to how much pain that would be for a minor hump like that to be removed.

Thanks again,
Jessica

When I was 15, and very self conscious, I had one.  My surgeon had good before and after pictures too, but he wound up giving me a crooked nose.  Shaving off a little bump like that should be pretty minor though - especially if its not even bone there like Kalika said.  Don't get me wrong, to see me in person you probably wouldn't even notice, but in photos I look pretty lopsided (the end of my nose swings off to one side).

The pain wasn't terrible.  It's scary any time they put you under for the surgery, but that part went fine.  When I woke up I was out of it for a few hours because of pain meds (at which time they kept me in the hospital) then I went home when all of that wore off and they give you pain pills if you want them for after.  The only thing that really hurt was after a week or two when he removed a stitch inside my nose and when he put a new "cast type thing" on it after about a week or two. (If your surgery is minor, you may not even get stitches in your nose). It hurt because he squeezed my nose really hard to set it, (and he was in a pretty grumpy mood and fussing at me for saying it hurt, which didn't make me feel very comfortable either). 

So, if you get it done, go when you aren't going to be in school or anything for awhile because you'll have 2 black eyes and a cast on your face for a couple of weeks (I had mine done on summer vacation).  There won't be much that's painful though.  Interview your surgeon when you go in for the consultation and make sure he/she's NICE and you get along with them - in addition to seeing lots of his other work, and I'm sure you can avoid a crooked nose!  And ask him about the after-surgery period, if you'll have stitches that will have to be removed and how much pain you can expect.

Thank you Susan and Kimberly for your very informative responses! 
I really appreciate that you and everyone else has taken the time to fill me on as much information as possible!
I'm still a little nervous about undergoing surgery, as it would be my first time having surgery done. But the more I look at my profile, I realize that I have a true love/hate relationship with my nose.  I think I will go through with  having it done though, just so I can put that insecurity to rest!

The only thing is that I'm going to be 18 at the end of this year (December 30th) and will be taken off of my parents insurance. So, I'd have to state something like "One side of my nasal airway is blocked (which it is sometimes, but not quite to the point of intolerance)".
Does anyone know if they would still do a minor rhinoplasty with this or what?

Thanks again,
 Jessica :)


Edited by Yoda

Back when I had mine done, if you had a deviated septum, the insurance might have covered it, but I didn't so it didn't.