u/No_Passage_7293

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hi! i’m 18f and i’ve really struggled with my image my whole life bc of my cleft. now that i’m 18 i can get cosmetic surgery done but i am scared that i will regret it when i’m older. i still hate how i look and i assume i always will, but what if i regret trying to look “normal”. my plan for awhile has been to get my nose done as soon as possible and leave my lips alone until i’m older and really know what i want. i know my cleft is very noticeable because of my asymmetry, but i personally think that my lips are kinda cool and i would be fine with leaving them if i was symmetrical everywhere else. i struggle the most with my side profile i absolutely hate how droopy my nose looks. what surgeries would you recommend? just like a rhinoplasty or should i do something more or less? i just want a nose that looks normal and even, so i really just need the tip of my nose to be up a little more and a bit smaller, and my nostrils to be smaller and even. would that be possible with a rhinoplasty? and also would a scar revision make my asymmetry even worse? i’ve never taken pictures of my side profile let alone post them publicly and almost all of my face pics i just scribble out half of my nose and if my lips look weird. so this is very out of my comfort zone. i also know i’m not a looker and i know it’s obvious so no comments on that haha please

u/No_Passage_7293 — 12 days ago