Nobody "Nose" This Yet... - Glendale, CA

Well, I finally did it! I have my surgery scheduled with Dr. Richard Reish in one week!! I'm so nervous, excited, scared, thrilled...all the emotions!. That being said, this will be my last update here and I will take my other updates under Dr. Reish's page. This page has been so helpful in letting me express my emotions as unfortunately not too many people in my real life understand. I can't wait for The Nose God to get his hands on my face and tweak it with his famous subtle refinement approach.
I hope everyone has been well and feeling confident with their surgeons and/or healing wonderfully

Hello friends!
Welp...Five years later and still the same ole nose. After listening to my intense gut feeling, I ultimately decided against going with Dr. G. And I'm SO thankful. I've seen a lot of unpleasant (need I say botched) outcomes and reviews of his the past few years and this just confirms my suspicions.

After losing a hefty deposit for canceling surgery, I decided to put rhinoplasty on the backburner. It became a "someday" procedure. Something I would get when I was successful and could afford the best of the best. Well, I've learned that "someday" never happens without a plan. So I started researching again.
This time I have much more confidence in myself which I feel will help with any anxieties leading up to surgery or afterward.

As much as I hate that I have had to live five more years with my biggest insecurity, I believe it was for a reason. I grew a lot, gained confidence, have more financial freedom, and ultimately found Dr. Reish. I guess everything really does happen for a reason.
I had my consult with him this week and plan to schedule surgery for early next year. His natural yet beautiful before and after pictures speak enough to his skill and expertise. I love how everyone's nose is unique to their character. Our consult was short but that was mainly due to him addressing everything I wanted without me having to say anything. (And I'm a huge perfectionist and had a full page of things I wanted to address, but he beat me to it).
I will keep everyone updated when I decide to move forward and apologize for the long break.
Needless to say, my gut feeling is now screaming YES!! I'm very excited and feel like Dr. Reish will be able to give me the nose of my dreams.

So as many of you know by now, I've had a really hard time finding a surgeon who I feel confident enough with to do my primary rhinoplasty. In 2015, I found Dr. Grigoryants and felt he was the perfect surgeon for me and had a date scheduled and everything. Well fast forward to now and I have changed surgery dates with him about three times as I no longer feel confident with him and have seen some unpleasant results that worry me.
I was told today after I rescheduled my surgery that the price goes up $1,000 every year so my initial price of $9,500 I guess will now be $11,500 for 2017? (The receptionist wasn't allowed to give me an exact price). That seems very steep to me as I am only wanting simple refinements. And they also informed me that I can no longer reschedule since I have done it three times already, which gives me anxiety and pressure to find a surgeon or stick with Dr. G. I am afraid to cancel my surgery with Dr. G as I keep second guessing that "what if" he turns out to be the best rhino doctor and it would also be unfortunate to lose my deposit.

Lately however, I have been researching Dr. Torkian. He does not seem to have a lot of reviews on here, but his Yelp reviews are great. He also has amazing natural before and afters for wide noses, which is what I have. I am now leaning towards him and have sent pictures in to be reviewed for a Skype consultation. The only drawback I have is the lack of Realself reviews. It's not a deal breaker for me, but it's so nice having detailed reviews and pictures to look through.

If anyone can share their experience with Dr. Torkian I would greatly appreciate it! Or if there is another rhinoplasty specialist who you are happy with please let me know. This whole rhinoplasty process is extremely emotionally taxing and I haven't even gotten the surgery yet! lol.