A review when I am almost 4 months post-op after having surgery at the end of July
First of all, I am very satisfied! I want you to know that there is no dramatic change like becoming a completely different person or becoming a celebrity.
Celebrities change really dramatically, right? But I think that is just because their old pre-op photos were unflattering and without makeup, and their original facial features were already pretty, so they became celebrity-level (what I mean is, someone who was originally pretty had surgery and became even prettier). But I really do hear that my face is small a lot (but the important thing is, I do not think this surgery makes a big face small; it feels like a small face becomes even smaller!) It is impossible to get a celebrity face shape with this surgery. Please know that even review photos taken with a regular camera can only have some distortion..
First, post-op days 1-3 The most swollen and extremely difficult period. First of all, the hardest thing is that the heat sensation in the face rises like crazy, so I think that is the hardest. It feels like fire is burning on top of the face. So I forced myself to keep cold compresses on 24 hours a day. It was a period when I could barely sleep and was not human. It is difficult, but there is no insane pain!
Days 4-7: from here, it becomes manageable At this point, just before becoming human again, somewhat livable. But the heat sensation remained, so it was hard ㅠㅡㅠ On day 7, the facial taping is removed, and the face is extremely swollen. Even people meeting you for the first time would feel that you had something done to your face. Subjectively, from the evening of day 4, the swelling stopped increasing and started going down.
- Until day 7, I did not eat anything that required chewing at all (I only ate ice cream, pudding, tofu, smoothies, frappes, and NewCare)
Days 8-14: now a human-like life is possible The swelling goes down a lot, and by day 14, a slight line starts to show, but if acquaintances see you, there is enough swelling for them to think, did they do something to their face? The heat sensation improves a lot. From this point, I started eating a normal diet to some extent, mainly soft foods! I could not eat chicken..
Week 3 to 1 month You cannot directly see the swelling going down, and around this time the swelling goes down slowly. At 1 month, I became somewhat human. From this period, I did not regret the surgery. I could cut up and eat anything I wanted. At 1 month, I thought, oh, has all the swelling gone down? In the morning, I was still very swollen (+3 kg)
2 months The swelling goes down extremely slowly, and in the morning, the face still feels very swollen. The tightness in the anterior cheek area is especially the worst. I eat everything well, even almonds (actually, you should be careful)
3 months I did not have square jaw surgery and my weight did not change, but my face became slimmer overall (it became slimmer as if one surface layer of the face had been sliced off like sashimi), and I could see that the line had been refined. This was when my satisfaction was highest. The feeling of swelling in the morning decreased. I like it because it was pushed in to the extreme. As for the design, director, I love you❤️
They say you feel another big drop at 6 months, so I will add more then! I will add again around the end of the year:)
Side effects I felt I have slight cheek hollowing, and there is still a little tingling and discomfort, but it does not interfere with daily life. Other than morning swelling and the feeling that about 10% of the nerves have not returned, there is nothing else.