CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina woman is speaking out about a part of her face she's been insecure about for decades. 

What You Need To Know

Trinette Horner said she was bullied about her nose as a child

Those vivid memories still affected her as an adult

She hopes to start a conversation about body image and finding self-love

Trinette Horner always has her phone at her side to post on social media. She poses for 10 to 200 pictures a day and makes a living off of it. 

“I do photo shoots for a jewelry company, and I model for 10 different clothing brands,” Horner said. “I also do makeup and hair products.”

The reflection she sees in the mirror is one she smiles back at. But getting to the point where she is happy in her own skin has been a long journey. Horner said she was bullied as a child and those memories made her insecure into adulthood.

“They would call me a witch's nose, that was the biggest one,” Horner said.

It’s why she learned to do makeup and contour her nose to make it appear smaller. But her little imperfections still made her feel insecure.

“When I would contour, I would think, 'there is my witch's nose and that’s why it is so hard for me to do my make-up,'” Horner said. “In the back of my mind I would always replay those things that people would say to me.”

In her thirties she decided to make a change. After years of research she decided to go to Charlotte Plastic Surgery. 

“People who didn’t know me said, 'Oh that is vain,' or, 'You are fake,'” Horner said. “To me it is not much different than coloring your hair or going to work out at the gym. You are kind of changing your appearance.”

Horner met with Dr. Stephan Finical and had rhinoplasty to reshape her nose. The surgery took two hours under anesthesia.

“She had her nose bridge taken down and her tip narrowed and rotated up,” Finical said. “It made her nose appear softer.”

Finical said he is often amazed by how a small procedure can make a big difference in how someone feels about themselves. 

“A year ago I had a patient that I thought I just did a subtle operation on, and she said, ‘My daughter has never been more confident in her life, thank you,’” Finical said. “It really struck me because I thought I had done a pretty minor thing, but it really made a big impact on this lady's persona.”

Horner is now preparing for a wedding and recently had engagement photos taken. She said in the past she never allowed people to take side photographs because she didn’t like the way her nose looked. Now she is excited to take them. But she knows plastic surgery isn’t for everyone. She said people should do whatever makes them happy.

“Do it for yourself and really think about that decision,” Horner said. “But do it for you. You are beautiful, but if there is something you want to tweak, then there is nothing wrong with that.”