I was stressed because of a mild protruding jaw + facial asymmetry, so I eventually had two-jaw surgery. I realized way too late that fillers and lifting would not fix itㅠㅜㅜ Money wasted, sigh.. Oh, and there was also a cosmetic two-jaw surgery purpose, because I hated that my midface was long! And I did not want to remove the pins later, so I had surgery with resorbable pinsㅎㅎ I will write the review casually in a note-style toneㅎㅎ go
Day of surgery I was just super nervous + scared + wondered if it would go well + worried what if I do not wake up, all sorts of worriesㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Then I went into the VIP room, changed clothes? and got ready, and saw the director one last time, and that eased my nerves a bit,, as expected, so sweet heh.. :) Then while entering the operating room, I sent my last messagesㅠ The last thing I heard was, "You will feel sleepy~" and I went off to dreamland. When I opened my eyes, I heard, "OOO~! Your surgery finished well! Open your eyes!" and snapped awake, and my face was wrapped round and round in bandages,,ㅠㅠ Other people say it is hard because their throat hurts and their nose is blocked? but maybe I was born with it, my airway is on the wider side, so the hardest part seemed to be fighting sleep. Anyway, the day passed in a daze,, trot trot
Day after surgery: Reality slowly started to hit. I was sensitive from not sleeping + hungryㅠㅠㅠ A friend came to visit me in the hospital, but I could not talk, so I answered by mumbling and writing notesㅋㅋㅋ Oh, and when I drank water, I spilled it allㅠ I drank with something like a syringe, but my throat was swollen, so it felt strange every time I swallowed.. But they said you recover faster if you eat well, so I worked really hard and nom-nom ate. Oh, and my lip swelling was at its peak that dayㅠㅠ Make sure to bring Vaseline
Discharge day: People are funny. I wanted to go home quickly, but when discharge day actually came, I got scared,, wondering if I could manage alone at home, feeling overwhelmedㅠㅠ And I had heard that the inpatient room bed at DKP was good, but it really was super soft and comfortable, so I even slept well sitting upㅠ I was discharged while thinking all sorts of things like how am I going to sleep when I get homeㅎ The nurses were kind bosses until the very endㅠㅠ We promised I would do warm compresses well and see them at the next visit, then I got a CT scan and came home. Oh, I had surgery on Friday, so I was sad I could not see the director when I was dischargedㅠ
Day 5 after surgery: Usually people say they go around wearing a mask until 2 weeks, but I just started going around from day 5ㅋㅋㅋㅋ The director said there was not much bleeding during surgery, so there would not be much swelling, and I do not know if it was because of that or because I am shamelessㅋㅋ The swelling was there, but the mask felt so stuffy that I just went around without one. My younger sibling said I looked like an older sister who got Botox 50 timesㅋㅋㅋㅋ Still, they said walking around helps swelling go down, so I walked around diligently. Oh, and from this day I worked hard on warm compresses! Since swelling is different in the morning and evening, do your warm compresses diligently
One week after surgery: I visited the hospital and got swelling care hehe. And from then on, I did not really have pain or anything. My throat and nose were originally on the less swollen side too, but I did not have any runny nose or anything at all,, from then on it seems like just a fight with swellingㅠ Oh, and a fight with hunger..?ㅋㅋㅋ I was depressed from only eating porridge, then I had tiramisu and milk and tasted heaven.. High calories are the best after all. By then I had lost about 3 kg. Unexpected dietㅋㅋㅋ
Day 12 after surgery: I am walking hard, wondering when the swelling will go downㅠㅠㅠ Before, my feelings changed like: I want to hurry and remove the bandages on my face > I want to remove the wafer wires > I want to remove the wafer,, I feel like I would be so happy if only the wafer were goneㅠㅠ It is so frustrating to speak while mumbling.. I want it to be week 3 quickly so I can remove the wafer and eat noodle dishes too, sob sob. But it has not even been 2 weeks yet, and my face has become so tiny that it is fascinating. Because of the swelling, I cannot really tell if I became super pretty, but when I wash my face or unconsciously rest my chin on my hand, my face feels so small that it feels awkward.. like touching someone else's face,, I keep wanting to look in the mirrorㅋㅋ
I hope time passes quickly and all the swelling goes downㅠㅠ sob Since it is jaw surgery, I was scared and searched for tons of reviews, so I hope this helps future two-jaw surgery patients even a little,, Once you actually do it, it does not seem like such~!~ a huge dealㅋㅋ although I am the type who is not easily scared.. Oh, and two-jaw surgery seniors, if you have tips for getting swelling down quickly, please let me knowㅠㅠㅠ heu