I'll post later, I am off to the rally, but yes, it can be more than you are asking for. I have had a second surgery (first at 15, I was teased alot about my nose and it was a huge stress on my life) as a result of being unhappy with the first (alot of tissue grew back on the tip and looked worse) and even now I am not totally happy as my nose tip is still not even - my nose is not straight. As my surgeon said, its hard to operate on the tip because it swells quickly so its hard to judge. I saw a surgeon last week as you are entitled to a revision if it's not right, and I had a meltdown because he had retired and I saw another surgeon in his place (who was probably more sensible I guess, he is also an ENT surgeon and said unlike cosmetic surgeons, they of course are going to strongly favour functioning and structure of the nose - he sees people with sunken noses, can;t breathe properly as they asked for an unrealistic nose and the cosmetic surgeon just goes, yep no problem, I'll do it!) and he suggested no further revisions based on the fact after the first surgery, it gets much, much more difficult, the nose is more like leather inside to operate on, the skin gets thinner meaning that any imperfections stand out more. He didn't think he could make me happy and couldnt even think of a surgeon he could trust to do a brilliant job of it. Because the bone and other parts of the nose is live, it can grow out in some parts - when you run a finger down the bridge of my nose, you can feel two small points. Its not visible unless I scrunch up my nose... but I was so gutted that I just have to be happy with what I have, tip surgery is especially difficult and if you do get surgery, its so hard trying to find someone who will do a brilliant job. They need to be doing lots of rhinoplasties per week, most cosmetic surgeons are all over the shop. Please think hard about this - sounds like you have a beautiful nose anyway.
