{"id":19441,"date":"2025-07-24T04:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T04:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/19441\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T04:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T04:08:13","slug":"woman-issues-stark-warning-about-plastic-surgery-as-she-claims-nose-job-ruined-her-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/19441\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman issues stark warning about plastic surgery as she claims nose job ‘ruined’ her face"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman has issued a stark warning about plastic surgery after she claimed her nose job ‘ruined’ her face.<\/p>\n

Wendy Macias<\/a>, 36, from Los Angeles<\/a>, California<\/a>, has been self conscious about her nose ever since she was a little girl.<\/p>\n

At age five, her brothers started to pick on her and called her ‘Narizona,’ which means ‘big nosed girl’ in Spanish.<\/p>\n

After years of battling insecurities over it, she decided to go under the knife to get a\u00a0rhinoplasty <\/a>earlier this year.<\/p>\n

But as soon as she saw the results she ‘realized she had made a huge mistake.’<\/p>\n

She said she immediately missed her old self, and fell into a ‘deep depression<\/a>‘ in the weeks that followed.<\/p>\n

Now, she regrets getting the plastic surgery and still struggles to look at herself in the mirror.<\/p>\n

Wendy is now trying to warn others about the severe emotional impact of surgically changing your appearance.<\/p>\n

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Wendy Macias, 36, from Los Angeles, California, is warning others about plastic surgery after she claimed her nose job ‘ruined’ her face<\/p>\n

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Before (left) and after (right): Wendy said as soon as she saw the results after the surgery she ‘realized she had made a huge mistake’<\/p>\n

While speaking with the Daily Mail about it, she explained that she drove to\u00a0Tijuana, Mexico, to get the procedure on May 27, and it cost her $6,640.<\/p>\n

Initially, she couldn’t see the results due to swelling and bruising, but ‘not recognizing herself’ in the mirror felt ‘strange.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

While she couldn’t take off the bandages, the doctor had taken a snap of her new nose while she was on the operating table and showed her a before and after comparison.<\/p>\n

‘Upon seeing my table pictures for the first time, I immediately realized I had made a huge mistake,’ she admitted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wendy said the doctor made her ‘nose tip incredibly high up’ which was not what she had wanted.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘My nasal bridge had been made too sloped for my preference. I didn’t want an upturned, fairy cutesy nose,’ she said.<\/p>\n

‘I wanted a subtle, straighter curve and for the tip to be parallel to the ground when I smiled.’<\/p>\n

She described the first few days after surgery as ‘miserable,’ explaining that she was in severe pain and struggled to eat, sleep, and breathe.<\/p>\n

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She said she immediately missed her old self, and fell into a ‘deep depression ‘ in the weeks that followed. Her nose is seen before (left) and after (right) the surgery<\/p>\n

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Wendy is now trying to warn others about the severe emotional impact of surgically changing your appearance<\/p>\n

‘I was so sleep deprived, bruised and swollen. My mouth was severely dry all the time,’ she shared.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘To purse your lips for a straw or to open wide for a bite hurt so much because the cuts that were still healing would tear.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘It felt like paper cuts on your nose. I could only open my mouth a little. I had only soups and smoothies and tons and tons of water and tea.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I would wake up in the middle of the night …\u00a0It was so uncomfortable because I couldn’t move my nose or mouth very much.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘The first five days I constantly had blood and snot in my throat and had an incredibly dry throat all the time. It was absolutely disgusting. I do not recommend it.’<\/p>\n

But harder than the physical pain was the emotional toll that it had on her, as she completely regretted going under the knife and longed for her old self back.<\/p>\n

‘I started to unknowingly fall into a deep post op depression,’ she shared. ‘I cried for a week straight. I was so wildly sad.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘My loved ones would console me and call me beautiful over and over. I would just shake my head and fervently say, “Thank you but I don’t believe you.” I felt like I had ruined myself with all my heart. I felt so ugly.’<\/p>\n

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Wendy, seen here with her new nose,\u00a0said she feels ‘incredibly guilty’ for changing something that had been a piece of her her whole life<\/p>\n

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‘I still can’t look at mirrors from a far away distance to this day,’ she revealed. She’s seen here with her new nose<\/p>\n

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In the end, Wendy views it as a ‘deep lesson on forgiveness and self love’ and is trying to accept her new self. She’s seen crying as she discussed her regret in an Instagram video<\/p>\n

She said she felt ‘incredibly guilty’ for changing something that had been a piece of her her whole life and\u00a0‘deeply ashamed of herself for giving in to societal standards.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘A nose job is an incredibly profound change to the physical, mental and emotional state of one’s being,’ she stressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Your brain will also reject your reflection and make it appear more warped than it might be so you can clear your face of foreign objects. I couldn’t look at myself without shaking my head in regret.<\/p>\n

‘I still can’t look at mirrors from a far away distance to this day.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

She slammed her doctor for failing to go over the potential ‘repercussions’ with her.<\/p>\n

‘He did not go over the repercussions of how I can react afterwards,’ she said. ‘He\u00a0hadn’t informed me about the possibility of post op depression.’<\/p>\n

In the end, Wendy views it as a ‘deep lesson on forgiveness and self love’ and is trying to accept her new self.<\/p>\n

Her message to others who may be thinking of going under the knife?<\/p>\n

‘Do not rush, do not make decisions while you aren’t emotionally stable,’ she urged.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Talk to your loved ones about it. You don’t have to feel alone. Surgeons will not advertise bad work. Don’t rely only on social media for their work.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Scour the internet for their name and look for bad reviews. Take your time to craft what you desire your nose to look like in a program if you can.\u00a0Know the risks. There are many!’<\/p>\n