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chelsea___wtf posted...

Also (spoilers bc kinda gross) my nose was completely filled up with clotted blood for the first few days and I just couldnt do anything about it (no picking, no nasal sprays, no blowing your nose).

They had these internal nostril splints wedged way down my nostrils to hold them open, and I had to trim my nose hairs before-hand, so gunk built up all around it. When they took out the splints they pulled out the biggest boogers I've ever seen from my nose, and they were that gross mix of blood and snot you get after a nosebleed. I had to breathe almost entirely through my mouth for a week because my nose was so clogged

I went through a similar experience with my bite correction surgery ~10 years ago. Jaw wired shut, and my nose totally clogged with dried blood because of some quirk of how they did the surgery. I don't think there were any incisions in there, but in retrospect I don't actually remember what went on in the nose, except that I couldn't breathe through it for several days, which meant I was just breathing through clenched teeth all the time. Sleeping was miserable, and at one point I woke up in the middle of the night and put my hand in a warm, sticky puddle by my face because my gums had split open from drying out so much and bled a bunch. My nose cleared up before I finished being wired shut, thankfully, because the wires (well, strong elastics, but same function) stayed on for three weeks. I was pretty sick of blending everything by then.

And then a few years later I had a septoplasty and turbinectomy to correct the deviated septum and other nasal crowding issues that arose from moving my maxilla around, so then I got the nasal splinting and packing you got to enjoy. When that packing came out, it felt like they were pulling out half of my brain.

Either way, fun stuff, and I hope you're happy with how it all turns out.