I had surgery on Monday afternoon, so today is day 4!! I finally got through the 3 days of hell ... I had cheekbone reduction + square jaw reduction + chin tip surgery, and to get straight to the point, I’m seriously very satisfied. Before surgery, my face was such a peanut shape that it stressed me out a lot. Since it’s only day 4, I’ll know more once the major swelling goes down, but my chin tip has become so much shorter that I’m like, “Wow, is this even possible??” and my cheekbones, which stressed me out my whole life, are noticeably smoother than before... I think I need to watch the jaw a bit longer.
Until yesterday, my cheeks and lip area were so severely swollen that my mom and dad teased me, saying I looked like Shin-chanㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ But from dawn, the swelling in my cheeks suddenly went down a lot?? The sensation around my lips to chin is still dull, but a lot has come back around my cheekbones and cheeks.
The clinic originally told me to do only cold compresses, but when I did cold compresses, it felt like I swelled more and the area got numb and tingly, so I just started warm compresses yesterday...ㅋ This really differs wildly by clinic. Some say to start warm compresses after 3 days, while others say to do only cold compresses...
I kept wearing the compression band almost constantly, even while sleeping, until day 2, but my face seriously felt like a time bomb about to explode in 3 seconds from swelling, which was so freaking awful, so now I’m putting it on and taking it off. There haven’t been any problems so far, so I’m going to keep watching it and wear it occasionally..
I can eat more kinds of things now too! I tried eating soft things like tangerines, and I tore off little pieces of bread and ate them too. Actually, boneless chicken feetㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Ugh, yesterday my mom and dad were eating them next to me and I just couldn’t stand it... I cut only the soft parts into tiny pieces with scissors, chewed them three or four times with my front teeth, and ate them with soup. As soon as I ate it, I became so freaking happy.
Anyway, it’s only day 4, so it’s not a dramatic after yet!!! I’ll bring the clinic info later together with really satisfying resultsㅎㅎ Since it hasn’t even been long since surgery, it feels a bit like I’d just be hyping it up for no reason if I went around talking about it too much, and it might seem like some kind of promotion, so that feels a little awkward. Even after writing this, I don’t know how the results will turn out later... I’m just writing this as a “this is how it was for me~” kind of thing, so please just use it as reference!! Looking up information in this community before surgery helped me a lot tooㅠ
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