<3 months><3 months><1 month><2 weeks><Day 5> Before <Before surgery>-Swelling: It swells a lot starting from day 1, more than on the day of surgery. My swelling went down faster than I expected, but still, the major swelling lasted until day 7. I kept having a feeling of heat too, so in the beginning I basically lived with cold packs. I alternated between two of them. And at night, I kept walking for 1-2 hours~ Honestly, when I tried to go out during the day, I felt embarrassed haha Even now, I walk a lot for swelling care!!!!! I think it has become a habit. The major swelling lasted about 2 weeks, and after that it kept going down steadily. At 1 month, it was a bit bumpy? The swelling goes down unevenly. Under the chin also felt a bit like a pelican lolololololololol Apparently the chin area is usually like that. Still, I wore a mask when I went around.. so it was okay.
-Face compression band: I wore it consistently until 1 month. When you wear the compression band, your face makes you think, oh!?!?!?!? Did it get smaller!? But lololololol it did not get smaller. It is the same. It is a trick lol lololol When I tried to take off the compression band because it felt stuffy... it hurt. Maybe it felt painful because there was nothing holding things in place? Later on, you end up wearing the compression band out of habit. And you take it off briefly. At that moment, it feels like you can live again. (This was from around 2 weeks.)
-Eating: At first, my mouth would not open, so I could barely fit in a teaspoon, and I mostly drank things. In the beginning, I got by a lot with beef bone broth.. It is such a hassleㅠ Since it hurts, you do not want to do anything, and because your mouth does not open, it is even more annoying. There is no sensation either. If you spill something, you do not know... Thinking about it now, it is funny lololol When I was hungry, I also cut castella into tiny pieces and stuffed it into my mouth. Actually, I could not even stuff it inㅠ My mouth would not openㅜ Since I could not eat rice and only went on walks, I lost 5 kg. This was a bonus lololololol I think getting jaw surgery was a stroke of genius lololololol
-Mouth-opening exercises: Some say you have to do mouth-opening exercises separately, some say you do not, but I did them. Because I had to eat and live. One finger? At first, no wayㅠㅠㅠ I saw somewhere that you can do it with wooden sticks, so I practiced opening my mouth while increasing by 1-2 sticks a day. This is easier said than done; even though they are thin, adding 1-2 more is not easyㅠ Later, when I could open my mouth going “ah~~~,” I was so happy lol You have to keep practicing opening it like “ah ah!” If you stay still and then try to open it, it does not work well. And it feels stiff? and tight.
I am going from month 3 to month 4 now, and now the line is really slim and my face has gotten smaller! They said jaw surgery looks prettiest at 3 months, and although I feel like my cheek fat has come back a little, I really like it lolol I agonized over it for years, but when I actually lay down on the operating table, I wanted to run away. Before surgery, I thought, do I really have to do this? Then I drifted off to sleep.. lolololololololol and the surgery was over lol Conclusion: I am glad I did it lolololololol
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