Day 1: My jaw swelled like crazy. From then on I was like, ah, this isn’t right lolololol. I had plans with a friend but couldn’t cancel, so I went out looking like a jaw-heavy character. It wasn’t this bad last year, so I tried to stay hopeful that maybe this time the effect had really kicked in. My jaw felt subtly hot, like I had a mild thermal burn.
Day 2-Day 3: My jawline swelled to the point that it went beyond my cheekbone line. I became a retriever stung by a bee. With a blank face I looked like Anpanman, and when I smiled my face shape looked like Shokupanman hanging upside down. It was just funny. No, actually it wasn’t funny, I was depressed lololololol. Even brushing against it while washing my face hurt. I had Sculptra in my anterior cheekbones, so I kept massaging that area, but my jaw was numb and sore, so I massaged it really carefully.
Day 3-Day 5: My face went down from being swollen to 2.5 times its size to about 2 times. I got anxious and searched for posts about swelling, but there was literally no information, and I just didn’t want to look in the mirror. Yellow bruises appeared and it hurt when I pressed on them. I did start using bruise cream around this time, but it didn’t help at all.. I knew that, but I was clutching at straws lolololol
Day 6-Day 7: It was still square-ish, but it didn’t feel grotesque anymore. I couldn’t tell if my eyes had adjusted or if my brain was running hopeful thoughts as a defense mechanism. Taking photos made me super depressed. The mirror was at least better.. no, I didn’t want to look in the mirror either.. Does swelling really last this long? I searched through reviews and couldn’t find anything. I just gave up lolololol. I mildly lost it and repeatedly looked up square jaw surgery several times, then gave up.
Day 8-9: Swelling about like the morning after eating ramen and sleeping. Now I finally felt like I could live a bit. Still, compared with photos before Ulthermage, I looked swollen. Maybe because I had Sculptra in the hollow, skull-like area under my cheekbones, my face seemed even puffier..
Day 10: Finally writing this with a calmer mind. I look much more relaxed compared with a week ago lololol. Still, compared with old photos, I think I’m still a bit swollen.
In terms of results, I didn’t have huge expectations and did it for prevention, so I wasn’t hoping for everything to tighten dramatically.
This post is dedicated to people like me who mildly lost their mind over swelling. By day 10, most swelling goes down and you almost return to your previous state. You really learn the beauty of waiting.. Don’t make plans for 10 days
I’ll come back again after two months
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This review is a surgery review that pursues natural beauty.