I'm Elizabeth Lewis,
I'm 28 years old and I'm getting
a nose job.
All my life, I've kind of been
picked on
for being Lebanese.
The peach fuzz, the unibrow,
my hooked nose.
All the different attributes that kind of
added to my Arabic features.
I've really embraced all the
imperfections that I've had
since I was younger,
but one thing that I could never
really get over
was my hooked nose.
Whenever I was taking pictures
I always tried to get either
a straight on
or from my good side.
My nose is different,
let's be honest.
You look at pictures with my sister,
you look at pictures with my mom,
like, where did it come from?
It's the one feature on my face
that really
separates me from them.
I've done a lot of research into it
and I've actually looked into
my surgeon a lot.
That was one key factor with me
when I found my surgeon was that
one, he's actually Lebanese
and two, he's from my hometown.
So tell me, what brings you
here today?
I want to get a nose job.
I am not happy with the
tip of my nose.
I don't like the extra bump
that I have on my nose.
What if it doesn't come out
the way I want
it to come out?
It's like this is like
a one shot deal and like that's it.
But at the same time
I'd rather live with the fear
going into it
that like what if versus the
regret
of if I don't do this I'm still
going to be
the same. I'm still going to
wake up unhappy.
So I'm more willing to take
this leap
and get it done rather than
wait and just live in the what if.
Hey guys, totally a mixed bag
of emotions
I've just been waiting for
this moment
for a really long time.
It's been probably like 5 or 6
years
since I've been taking this
really seriously and
so the fact that it's like here
it's really kinda just like
I don't know, it's kinda crazy to me.
But it's gonna be really good.
This is a drawing just to give
you an idea
of the shape of the nose
that we planned.
Okay, does that look alright
to you?
Yeah, I love it.
Alright.
I know I don't need to do this,
but I want to do this.
I wanna do this for me.
I wanna do this for my
confidence.
I wanna do this for
something when
I wake up in the morning
I love myself inside and out.
Alright, all set.
Any last minute questions?
Uh, not really.
Not really?
Yeah.
Alright. I know you're a little
bit nervous.
It's normal, alright? Everything's
going to be
just fine.
So I'll see you in there in just
a couple minutes, alright?
Okay.
Alright.
Cool.
So, what I'm gonna do for
Elizabeth
is I'm going to take down
the hump
of her nose.
She has a large, over projecting
hump in the middle of her nose.
I'm gonna take that down and
make
the dorsum of her nose look
nice and straight.
She also has a tip
which tends to
it looks like it's going
downwards a little bit.
When she smiles, it looks like it
goes down
even more
and she doesn't like that.
She wants her tip to come
up a little bit.
So we're gonna fix that.
I think a lot of people in my life
are nervous about me doing
this because
not only is it sugery but
I'm going under anesthesia.
So it's like there's always that risk
and there's always that like what if.
But I'm so happy and excited
to feel more beautiful
about myself.
Hey guys, so this is day one of
like post surgery.
I'm feeling pretty good physically
and just like mentally I'm just like
"Yes this has finally happened!"
So I made it to work.
I look a little gnarly.
Umm I definitely
my swelling has gone up
significantly.
Like especially under my eyes
and like just like my whole nose.
Like right here is really swollen too.
Yeah, but other than that it's not bad.
I definitely look really crazy, though.
My coworker's first reaction to my nose.
Poor baby.
I can't laugh.
So, today's the big day.
It's been seven days since my surgery
and I am just like all sorts of
emotions right now.
I've been waiting for this day for
so long
that I it's like surreal to me that it's
finally here
to like see what I've been dreaming of
and what I've been like hoping of.
I'm really excited for this next
chapter of my life
and it's gonna be good.
Alright, how are you doing?
Good.
Good to see you.
Good to see you too.
Are you ready to get this off?
Yes.
Alright.
You wanna see?
Yes.
Oh my god.
It's awesome!
Thank you.
It's so crazy.
You need a hug?
Yes.
It's awesome.
I can't wait for more of the swelling
to go down
to like see what it's really going to
look like.
You know, I've seen first hand
the way that changing the nose
and making it more in harmony with
the rest of the face can just
totally change someone's self esteem
and the way they feel about themselves.
I decided to share my story
cause I really wanted to help fight
the stigma
of what it means to have body positivity
in terms of wanting to get any
tweaking done, get any surgeries,
things like that.
It's not that I wanna look like
everyone else.
Normal is boring. I don't wanna look
like everyone else.
I wanna look more like my family
and feel beautiful looking
like my family.
