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This is very normal especially if your surgeon used an open rhinoplasty approach. Your tip will look a lot different in 6 months. Don't think about revision right now.

This is possible but be certain that that is what you want. There is no reversing a procedure like that.

A good rhinoplasty should not affect your breathing in a negative way. If necessary, functional surgery can be added to enhance it.

Possibly, but it may look terrible on your face. It's fine to get ideas from fashion magazines, but changes to your nose need to balance and harmonize with the rest of your face to look really good.

Skin thickness and cartilage strength are the factors that limit this in most African Americans. It is also important to remember that the amount of "refinement" that looks good or should be sought in African Americans is not the same as in Caucasians or Hispanics.

There is no truth to that. What is true is that while the great majority of swelling will be gone in the first two months, the process of skin shrinkage and contracture will continue in a subtle fashion for twelve months.

Alar base reduction can be used to improve flaring or nostril width. It can be done with tissue removal from the nostril sill, rim or some combination of both.

Crooked noses are more of a challenge to correct. There are a number of reasons for this ranging from cartilage memory to previous trauma. Special maneuvers are needed to help maintain the correction. Despite this some deviation may recur or persist. This can happen because of inherent asymmetry to the face or cartilage memory.

Rhinoplasty can improve some of the features you are concerned about. It would probably be best for you to have a consult with computer imaging to help you better picture what changes you would like to see.

You will be more comfortable if you get them under as much control as possible before your surgery.