The photos are from before surgery 2 - immediately after surgery - 2 to 4 months post-op The scars are from immediately after - 3 weeks? - 2 months post-op!
When I was in high school, out of a simple desire to become prettier, I got double eyelid surgery at a plastic surgery clinic near my home in the Cheongju area, and it was a complete disaster…. The doctor said he would correct the line again, so I waited until vacation and had revision surgery, but the asymmetry became even worse ㅠㅠ Since it was a revision surgery, they kept saying it was because of the swelling, so I continued getting aftercare and even got filler in my upper eyelids, but my eyes just kept looking stranger… Because I had always lived with a very bright personality, I didn’t show it on the outside, but inside I was getting completely worn down by stress My self-esteem collapsed to the bottom, but I think I kept smiling even more brightly in front of my friends to pretend that I wasn’t falling apart… At first, my parents had been against the surgery, so I felt like if I whined, they would say, “See, we told you not to do it,” so… I couldn’t even show that I was struggling, and I think I endured it for years
I thought I could live like this and just held on throughout my school days… But when I thought about going to university, I really couldn’t find the courage to go in this state So after the CSAT, I went up to Seoul alone, visited clinics one by one, got quotes, organized everything, and honestly told my parents In the end, the two candidates were ㅇㅍㅌㄴ and ㄹㅇㄹ, and my parents looked into them a bit more, and eventually I barely got permission… so I ended up having my third revision surgery in Seoul
The first and second photos show the condition after having revision surgery twice and procedures done in the Cheongju areaㅠ When I went out with makeup on, I would try to open the eye with the thicker line as weakly as possible so it would be less noticeable I was always conscious of how I opened my eyes, so I think my eyesight got a lot worse during high school ㅠ
Until about 2 weeks had passed, the line had become much lower than before, but there was still quite a lot of swelling, and the lines were still uneven, so I had a lot of worries… I wanted to go in often for follow-ups, but because my home was far away, it was hard to visit frequently, so I was really worried ㅠ
Starting around the 3-week mark, the swelling began to go down dramatically and the line started looking good ㅠㅠ When I put on makeup and went out to meet friends, they were so surprised…
As for the scar, the adhesion had originally been too strong and the scar had a zigzag-like feeling, so I thought I should just give up on it That was how I felt,, My mindset was that as long as the line came back when I opened my eyes, I didn’t care about the scar
The bottom photo is from about 2 months later I think the scar tissue has softened a lot, and when I’m bare-faced with my eyes closed, it’s still quite noticeable, but when I wear makeup, it has faded enough that it doesn’t show Since the scar was honestly something I had given up on, I’m really highly satisfied with this part
Now the line symmetry is good, and I can feel the swelling continuing to go down, so I’m satisfied Honestly, am I 100% satisfied? I don’t think so… My upper eyelids look a bit heavy, and the double eyelids are not 100% symmetrical, maybe about 90% symmetrical haha But before, except when I was sleeping, all I thought about all day was my eyes Now it’s not like that, and I can feel my self-esteem recovering, so I think I’m truly grateful enough to the director who made them this good haha
Honestly, I’m not happy with my nose either… I want fat repositioning too, and I still have such a strong desire to look pretty, but when I think about all the emotional suffering I went through because of failed surgeries, I don’t think I can go to clinics anymore…. I’m grateful to the director for making it possible for this eye surgery to be my last cosmetic surgery, and now I’m going to try accepting myself and living with the way I look…ㅎㅎ
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