First, I had my first 3-part facial contouring surgery about 8 years ago at a private clinic in Gangnam that had been open for less than a year at the time. Back then, it was a clinic that heavily promoted itself with the title of being quite specialized in facial contouring (now it seems pretty famous for facial contouring in this community?) I scheduled the surgery date through an outside manager I knew and had the surgery. (Cheekbones + square jaw + chin) The result was a failure. As for what the result was like, nothing had changed at all. If there was any meaningful change, only the square jaw had been reduced like a dog-like jaw; the cheekbones had not changed at all, and the chin was just slightly shaved into a V-line, so basically everyone said things like, “Did you really get facial contouring?” or “You wasted your money,” and I felt I should absolutely never have done it at that clinic. At the time, though, I kept believing the clinic when they said it was because of swelling, and I continued getting eye and nose procedures, lifting procedures, and facial liposuction at that clinic. They also said it was because I lacked volume, so I got fat grafting too, but in the end, everything failed.
To get back to the point, time passed, and around last winter I ended up having a cheekbone consultation at a dental hospital I had been going to for several years. They told me there would be a change, and because I really wanted to do it, I scheduled the surgery date and had the operation. More than anything, it was a dental hospital I had been going to for a long time. Instead of another plastic surgery clinic, I wanted to really do it properly with an oral and maxillofacial surgery specialist who also had a doctorate, so I decided to try it. Of course, because I was worried, I also went for consultations at several other hospitals right up until just before surgery. Even other hospitals said that my previous facial contouring basically did not count as having been done, and that it seemed like an incorrect surgical method. They said that at this level, it was just shaving, and it was embarrassing to even call it facial contouring. That was how bad it was. And on the day of surgery, I had the surgery at this hospital, and when I woke up from anesthesia and touched my very swollen face, I could feel with my hand that the side cheekbones that had looked like a gourd had gone in, so I thought, ah, this really will change. Once the anesthesia had mostly worn off, they took a CT scan on the very day the surgery ended and showed me what it had been like before surgery and how it had changed after surgery. They explained, “Before, it was like this, but once we actually started the surgery, there were more issues than expected, so we corrected them this way, and we reflected the areas you wanted as much as possible.” It was the first time I had experienced that. Over 9 years, after having dozens of all kinds of cosmetic surgeries, this was the first doctor who reassured me on the day of surgery by explaining what kind of change there would be, what they found during surgery, and showed me the results right away that same day. It was truly a moment when another layer of trust was built on top of the trust I already had.
Anyway, I came home, and after one month passed, from the second month onward the cheekbone swelling went down a lot, and I could clearly see that my side cheekbones had gone in smoothly. Now, at 3 months, of course some minor swelling is probably still remaining in my face little by little, and there may still be some larger swelling that has not gone down yet, but every friend who sees me says things like, “You finally succeeded with facial contouring,” and “After the cheekbone revision, your image looks completely different.” Even friends who usually only said things I hated hearing acknowledged it, so I was happy that I could finally get away from constantly hearing that my facial contouring had failed.
Many of you may probably think this while reading this post, but among people around me who have had facial contouring or two-jaw surgery, I have seen over 50 people across large, medium, and small hospitals, including friends whose results failed, friends whose results were average, and friends whose results were hugely successful. Objectively, I succeeded with this cheekbone revision surgery, and although many people get revision surgery at plastic surgery clinics, I think trying it once from a different perspective at a dental hospital is also a good option. First of all, there is a specialized medical team, and the director of this hospital is a two-jaw surgery specialist. His usual style is that he absolutely does not recommend surgeries where the downsides outweigh the benefits, and if he thinks something will not suit you, he tells you. The same goes for the department head who is stationed in the clinic. I received my consultation and surgery in a very comfortable atmosphere, and this is a real review paid entirely with my own money, with no support received for even any part of it. I am so satisfied that I plan to have my chin revision surgery at this hospital next month as well. Anyway, thank you for reading this long post, and I hope it helps!
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