Before <before surgery> Before <before surgery> After <week 1> After <week 2> After <week 2> After <week 2> After after *2-month review after first double eyelid surgery + facial contouring (cheekbones), deep cheek fat removal + revision rhinoplasty (autologous costal cartilage)*
For my eyes, I had natural adhesion double eyelid surgery, upper canthoplasty, and ptosis correction. For facial contouring, I had cheekbone reduction + deep cheek fat removal. For my nose, it was revision rhinoplasty, and I used autologous costal cartilage.
At first, I didn’t plan to have surgery like this, but after my first nose surgery, for 2 years I honestly didn’t really like it, though I just lived with it thinking it was still better than my old nose. But for the whole 2 years, I didn’t say anything and people didn’t notice at all, and more than anything, it kept bothering me that my nose looked bulbous, so I decided I should get revision rhinoplasty. So while I was at it, I also decided to do cheekbone surgery, which I had quietly been thinking about for a while. In real life my face isn’t wide and flat, but in photos it came out looking very wide and flat, and uneven too, so I was also concerned about my cheekbones and did it together. My eyes looked stuffy in the front, and I had wanted to do them for a long time, so while I was doing everything else, I took big!! courage and did them too.
The reason I chose this clinic! First, Director Lee’s experience was one thing, but during the consultation about my nose shape, it matched the needs I wanted, and he had a lot of experience operating with autologous costal cartilage, so I decided on him!
Director Seo is also famous for facial contouring and places importance on safety, so I didn’t even hesitate! And I had my eyes done by Director Jang, because I heard Director Jang is good at operating with minimal swelling, so I did them together.
But although it was my first eye surgery, considering I had eyes + nose + cheekbones done, especially my eyes had very little swelling and no bruising at all (this is case by case..)
Day of surgery: First, when I woke up from anesthesia, my throat was extremely dry.. And honestly, I didn’t have any pain at all. Even though it was autologous costal cartilage, I had forgotten that costal cartilage had been harvested until my guardian asked, “How is the costal cartilage area?”
Day 1: I gradually swelled up. But there wasn’t any pain or anything like that. Since I had cheekbones + nose together, it definitely felt stuffy.
Day 2: The inside of my mouth and my nose gradually swelled too, so from this point, honestly, breathing was really hard and I couldn’t sleep properly Because I did it with my cheekbones, I couldn’t eat well either.
Day 3: Since my surgery included a Sunday, I had the nasal cotton removed on day 3, and really, just removing the cotton made me feel like I could live! And with the autologous costal cartilage, other than a temporary brief slight pain, there was really nothing (swelling was at its peak).
Days 4-6: After day 4 passed, I felt like the swelling was going down, and there wasn’t anything very uncomfortable! Just that I still.. couldn’t eat food well? Since I did nose + cheekbones together, I think opening my mouth was harder! (I went to a hair salon to wash my hair.)
Day 7: Now all the stitches for my nose, eyes, and cheekbones were removed, and I could wash my face and wash my hair. For showering, I put on waterproof bandages, and after showering, I dried the stitch areas well! And this was when I first cut noodles completely with scissors and scooped them up with a spoon to eat!
Day 14: I had the autologous costal cartilage stitches removed, and now I could wash completely well. But even after the stitches were removed, I was careful for about a month because there was a possibility that the surgical sites could open up. After a week passed, the swelling and bruising went down so much that I looked different every day! (And because it was hard to open my mouth, even when I smiled it looked quite unnatural, and until then I mainly ate noodles like pho and pasta.
1 month: Once it had been a month, I looked a bit more human and could smile a little! As for eating, I actually ate all kinds of meat too! Honestly, even making facial expressions was hard because my philtrum and cheekbones felt tight, but from one month onward it improved a lot, and by then all the stitches inside my mouth had fallen out, so I could eat rice really well! And around this time, the bruising was almost gone and the swelling in my eyes had gone down a lot too. But since cheekbone surgery is bone surgery after all, my whole cheeks definitely still felt puffy. And rather, at one month, I felt tingling around my cheekbones, and the director told me at my follow-up that this was because the nerves were coming back. My nose also became a very naturally defined, refined-looking shape! My eyes also became a not-overdone semi-outfold, and at the follow-up, the directors also said it turned out so well ><
2 months: After two months, smiling and making facial expressions definitely became more natural, and now I can yawn pretty well too! My mouth opening still isn’t quite like before surgery, so I couldn’t eat a hamburger, but toast was possible... And compared with the one-month mark, the swelling in my whole face has really gone down a lot!!
I’ll come back to write another review next time! haha
Double eyelid surgery Facial contouring Contouring Cheekbones Cheekbone reduction Deep cheek Deep cheek fat removal Revision rhinoplasty Nose surgery Rhinoplasty Autologous costal cartilage
This review is a surgery review pursuing a naturally defined, refined look.