(Before I begin, I am not a hospital part-timer, nor did I receive even a single won of support for my surgery costs. I paid with my own money, chose the surgery myself, and I am writing this out of gratitude to the director and doctor who led this once-in-a-lifetime surgery to such a successful result. I hope my post can be of even a little help.)
(I will not write a day-by-day review of the surgery. People who had experiences similar to mine have written about them in detail in other posts. I am going to write, without much order, my thoughts and feelings that may be helpful to those considering surgery.)
I had facial contouring surgery last October. I visited and consulted at 7-8 hospitals in person, but since this is surgery that shaves bone, I chose a hospital that consulted according to my face rather than one that would just shave indiscriminately. I prioritized safety over the degree of improvement, and chose a hospital that provides good aftercare. (degree of improvement < safety / choosing a famous hospital < choosing a famous hospital with extensive surgical experience and no accidents)
What I want to say to those thinking about and considering surgery is
Getting surgery is good. That is because my surgery was successful. I also have no side effects. However, you really, really have to choose your hospital well!
When I see people who decide to have surgery at the first hospital they visit because they find it bothersome to go around in person or look things up, then end up suffering because they do not like the result or develop side effects, I feel so sorry for them. (When I hear news of incidents and accidents, it is really... heartbreakingㅠㅠ)
The more you visit hospitals in person, the better, and the more information you look up, the better. If you look into it just a little more, you can avoid truly major accidents.
As plastic surgery has become more common than before, I know that many poor-quality doctors are performing surgery. (Of course, there are more skilled and amazing doctors, but I know there are also surprisingly many doctors who are the opposite. Surgery should not be left to luck.) If you happen to have surgery and side effects occur, you cannot turn it back, because once bone is cut away, it cannot be attached again. (I have actually seen many posts from people who regretted having too much cut during facial contouring surgery. It is important to cut according to your own face.)
To tell you about my case, I personally visited 7-8 hospitals that were said to be famous in communities and consulted with the doctors. Except for just one place, they all recommended the same three types of facial contouring surgery. Only one place recommended not touching the square jaw and doing only rotational shaving. (Actually, at first they advised me not to do it, but perhaps because of how desperate I was, they agreed to the surgery.)
I had surgery with Director Park No-hyuk at Gyalumhan. Until I received the surgery, I had so many worries that I visited 4-5 times and asked the consulting director and doctor every detailed question one by one, to the point that I probably bothered them a lot. Thinking back, I think I asked so much that I feel really sorry. Even so, they answered all my questions and consulted with me as if analyzing my face. I think that is why I got the good result I have now.
I had the first surgery on Monday morning. During the design consultation with the doctor before going into surgery, the doctor said he had been thinking about my face since the evening of the day before surgery, and that if he removed the muscular cortex on my right square jaw while doing the rotational shaving, it could further reduce my facial asymmetry. Seeing that they perform surgery while differentiating each person and considering the characteristics of each face made me feel proud that I had chosen this hospital. I was not scared or nervous until the moment I went onto the operating table, and I was really comfortable. And when the surgery ended, it only hurt at the moment the anesthesia wore off that day. From the next day onward, the pain was not severe and it did not hurt.
Swelling goes down a lot from the day of surgery to 1 month after surgery From 1 month to 2 months after surgery, a fair amount of swelling goes down From 2 months after surgery to 6 months after surgery, the swelling goes down subtly but little by little each day.
(Receiving high-frequency laser massage during aftercare is really important for swelling, and they take very good care of the high-frequency laser treatments regardless of the number of sessions. People say aftercare at other hospitals is a mess, but here they really take care of aftercare well too, so I did not feel awkward, and my swelling went down really quickly.)
When you have surgery that shaves or cuts bone, the swollen tissue becomes hard like bone, so the swelling feels like bone. Mine was also hard like bone, but now that 4 months have passed since surgery, I think almost all the swelling is gone and only a little residual swelling remains.
I have no side effects, no disruption to daily life at all, and I can eat meat well. My appearance has improved a lot, and my asymmetry is gone. In short, I am really satisfied.
If you are considering surgery and worried that it might be dangerous, please look into many hospitals and choose your hospital carefully. And I will dare to say that you should also get a consultation at Gyalumhan Plastic Surgery. Because I succeeded, I think I can say this to those of you reading this post.
Thank you for reading this long post.
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