After<after surgery>After<current look>After<this is>Before<this was before surgery>Before<this too>To share briefly what I felt each week, in order
First of all, the doctor said that for facial contouring, just cheekbone reduction alone would be effective But since I said I wanted to improve skin laxity and overall firmness separately from contouring surgery, I was recommended mini lifting and facial liposuction~
For those looking into contouring or planning to do only cheekbone reduction like me~ I am just sharing what I remember so you can use it as reference~
Week 1 - You might think cheekbone reduction surgery itself would mean the bone? would hurt, but for me the bone did not hurt, and only the intraoral incision site hurt a little for a few days~ And probably because I had facial liposuction together with it, until around day 4? it felt like, hmm, there is some pain~ But I could still move normally, nothing like being unable to move~ A light walk was always possible~!
Week 2 - The swelling peaked and then I could really feel it going down? As the cheek swelling went down, my cheeks sank in The cheekbone area definitely seemed to go in, so I kept thinking I need to get rid of the remaining swelling quickly!? and still walked a lot;; I didn’t skip any of the hospital aftercare and got all of it
Week 3 - Right now I’m just living daily life like before The lower face? still hasn’t completely regained skin sensation yet, but it feels like it’s gradually coming back? I keep getting that prickly and itchy feeling Fortunately, I had no bruising~ So there was only a swollen feeling and it wasn’t swollen to the point of being hard to look at, so I felt relieved, relieved~ The mini lifting, cheekbone incision, and the areas where I had double chin and cheek liposuction were all made into openings that could be covered with acne patches, so honestly, if I didn’t say I had a big surgery? no one would know; these are surgeries that can be made almost invisible~
Once all the swelling goes down, the face will get even smaller and the cheekbones will visibly look much smaller than before, they said, so for now I’m just focusing on recovery~
Still, if I had only done cheekbone surgery, I think I might have felt a little unsatisfied with skin firmness or similar things, so I’m glad I did it together~
Also got rid of unnecessary fat~
My face feels a lot smaller~