Before <before surgery / 2 weeks after surgery> Before <before surgery> After <after surgery> After <after surgery> After <after surgery> The pre-surgery photos were taken with full makeup and a filter (I barely have any photos without makeup). The post-surgery photos were taken with completely bare eyes to check swelling, so I didn’t use a filter.
For consultations, I went to three eye+nose clinics including the place where I had surgery, and they had 3 years of AS. The director personally checks aftercare. A place that reflects your needs. Both the consultant consultation and the director consultation were long, and I had surgery at a place where you can view the CCTV.
I had monolids, and I thought they were somewhat charming, but after people around me started getting double-eyelid surgery one by one, I heard a lot that double eyelids would probably suit me too. After that I thought I should have eye surgery because my eyes were big, and as I kept looking into eyes, I naturally started noticing my nose too. In the end, I got both my eyes and nose done together. I’ll post a separate review of my nose after more swelling goes down.
Since I originally had completely monolid eyes, I was debating between in-out and semi-out, but when we set the line, the in-out line suited me much better. Every time they made the line, it disappeared within 3 seconds, so I had no choice but to do an incision… For my nose, I just went for a natural-glam semi-ski-slope shape based on my current nose. No matter how much I tried to combine a straight/half-bucket shape with my face, it just didn’t work.
Before fasting, I asked on the app what I should eat for my last supper, but I got scolded and told not to eat anything too stimulating if possible So I skipped malatang and ate sushi…
My friend came with me and waited at the hospital, and I was most nervous during the pre-surgery consultation. I was vaguely worried about whether it could turn out well, and what if I swelled much more than I expected.. Until right before anesthesia, I kept asking the doctor, “It can turn out well, right?”
At first, when they told me to count to 10, I thought, “What if the anesthesia doesn’t work?” but there was nothing like that, and I finished the surgery safely and came back.
On the first day after surgery, I asked my mom to take a photo of how swollen I was, but there was almost no eye swelling and just some bruising. Since I had nose surgery, I couldn’t open my mouth wide, so I drank something simple like porridge. More than pain, the most uncomfortable thing was having to sleep sitting up when I woke up from anesthesia and tried to fall asleep again, so I kept sleeping lightly. Not being able to sleep comfortably… made me realize why sleep is one of the three basic human desires.
Neither my nose nor eyes were severely swollen, but my face was swollen. I guess it’s not just the operated areas that swell, but the face itself… At first I also worried about daily life because of swelling or scars, but I was surprised because nothing stood out too much. But overall, yellow bruises came up all around my eyes… I also posted lots of questions on the app asking if this was normal, and they said yellow bruises weren’t a big concern, so I felt relieved and went to have the cotton removed from my nose on day 3. At one week, I saw the director and had all the stitches removed from my eyes and nose, and from then on I focused on getting rid of the bruising.
It looked slightly different in the mirror versus in photos, so I checked with photos. It definitely looks different depending on the lighting, but they say taking photos is closest to reality.
It’s good to have a guardian when having surgery. I think if I had been alone, it would have been hard even to get a taxi after the anesthesia wore off. I definitely recommend that everyone else bring a guardian if you can when having surgery.