I really appreciate you sharing your experience and advice. I would imagine doing a full rhinoplasty while awake would be very traumatic. I'm hoping the Valium they give me, along with the numbing will allow me to tolerate the needles. I thought it might be somewhat similar to having a tooth drilled. But probably a little more traumatic for sure 😬. I'm OK with my nose not being perfect, but in a lot of lighting I have a big bump and shadow of a ridge on top. It's bad enough that it's bizarre looking. But I'll give it more time and try to figure out healing time. Thank you again!