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Regretting a nose surgery and feeling lost about it

Assalamu alaikum sisters, I'm 18 and a while back I had a nose operation meant to fix a deviated septum and a break. So it wasn't just for looks there was a real medical need. But now the shape turned out way smaller than I wanted, and it's messing with my head. I keep thinking maybe I messed up from an Islamic angle, like maybe I changed what I shouldn't have. I'm not here for a fatwa or medical advice, just some comfort from sisters who've been through similar regret after a nose job or any cosmetic thing. If you've felt this way, how did you cope? Does it get easier with time?

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Sister, mine was also for a deviated septum and I panicked for months when I saw the swelling go down. It felt so foreign at first. But after a year, I stopped even noticing it and was just grateful I could finally breathe. Let time do its quiet work, and make lots of istighfar just to settle your nafs.

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I had a rhinoplasty after an accident and went through the exact same spiral. What helped me was reminding myself that the intention was never just beautification - you were fixing a functional harm and a break. Allah judges by niyyah, not by how our noses look in the mirror.

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Honestly, I regret a cosmetic change I made in my twenties for years after. But slowly I realized my face was still the one my mother smiled at and my children would know. That decoupled my identity from the mirror. You will come back to yourself, sis.

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Alhamdulillah

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May Allah ease your heart

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Ameen

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Ya Rabb

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SubhanAllah

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