Honestly, I’m not really someone who likes drinking, but in everyday life there are times when I end up having a drink unwillingly once or twice every three or four months. I recently had one of those occasions too, so I drank about half a bottle of soju. I was worried because there were so many negative posts saying that the day after drinking, side effects or swelling got worse, but I didn’t get much swelling at all even after drinking. I had no side effects either.
I’m already annoyed, depressed, and struggling because the swelling just will not go down, and if something had happened because I drank half a bottle at 5 weeks, I would have seriously considered resetting my life.
Eating like a normal person, living like a normal person, daily life like a normal person, but only the swelling is abnormal..
I thought about it, and if your usual body type is on the plumper side, you probably don’t need to worry too much about swelling, but if you’re someone who says, “I’m on the skinny side!”... please think about cheekbone surgery once more.. At least up to 5 weeks (it’s only been 5 weeks... I have no idea about after that), the jawline disappears. Your cheeks get extremely full. Wherever you go, people say you gained a lot of weight, or that only your face got bigger. If it’s a case with severe cheekbone swelling, it feels like it would be better before surgery. For those who had jaw contouring as well, since bone was removed from the jaw there is empty space, so the swelling doesn’t seem to go down easily and I think they feel more satisfied later, but for those who only had cheekbone surgery, I think it will take months of hardship before they can feel satisfied. Hmm... by my standards, for slender people, (your height) - 110 = the resulting value, plus or minus 3 kg would be about right.
In my 3-week review I said the satisfaction with the cheekbones was high, but that was only about the 45-degree cheekbones. Overall, my verdict is that the cheekbones are 100% satisfying, but the cheek swelling is really tremendous. /////
Because the swelling just would not go down, I remembered the radiofrequency care the hospital provides and looked into radiofrequency care. In most hospitals, the radiofrequency care they provide is done once or twice a week for about 4 to 8 sessions, starting one month after surgery, over one or two months. But at the time, because the feeling and the actual effects were good, I got hooked on radiofrequency and searched diligently. After looking into it more, I found that radiofrequency is not only for swelling, but also stimulates the melting of the fat layer to prevent bumpy fat adhesion after surgery, and it also promotes lymphatic circulation, so its effects on swelling have already been verified.
I looked up the price right away. The price range differed a lot, but it was roughly 30,000 to 50,000 won per session. Among the information I found, having radiofrequency treatment at the hospital once a week was not for the optimal treatment effect, but simply as a service-style treatment. Apparently, truly optimized treatment is about 3 times a week. So when I calculated 3 times a week x 2 months, I felt like every swear word I know and every swear word I don’t know would come pouring out like a dialect.
So I called the hospital and asked them to do more radiofrequency care, and they told me to pay for it. Please don’t leave comments or messages asking for hospital information. I have no intention of recommending my hospital.
Anyway, so the decision I made was to rent a radiofrequency device. Renting a radiofrequency device is a service that lets you rent an extremely expensive radiofrequency device for home use... (That is a typo for “extremely,” but “mom-awful” also makes sense, so I won’t fix it...)
The radiofrequency device rentals varied wildly in specs, effects, and price. There was so much information, not just about operating power but also emitted output, whether it reaches deep layers, whether it is for small areas or the whole face, and so on.
Still, I didn’t give up and gathered more information all day long.
The principle of a radiofrequency device is that it emits radiofrequency to heat not only the outer skin but also the inside of the skin, raising the internal temperature to produce various effects. In terms of method, it is divided into CET and RET, and also into monopolar and bipolar types. So there are four possible combinations. CET, monopolar type RET, monopolar type CET, bipolar type RET, bipolar type
CET has one electrode (probe), whereas RET has %$^&*( between the two probes. $%^&*()$%^&*($%^&*()
It seems like TMI so I’ll pass. (If you’re curious, leave a comment)
In conclusion, after searching and learning about it, my personal opinion was that RET bipolar had the highest likelihood of effectively reducing facial swelling. So I rented it. Renting wasn’t hard. I searched for the model I had decided on and a rental place came up. I called, and they brought it the next day.
“After using it once, I could really feel the swelling mysteriously disappear!!” I used to think posts like that were all promotion or scams, but I tried it once as soon as it arrived, and the swelling really did disappear like magic. Seriously... Those who regularly read my posts know this was even more groundbreaking than god-tier tuna porridge.
This may have turned into a post that sounds like I’m a radiofrequency device ambassador.. But I think this 5-week post contains the most information I researched, experienced, worried over, chose, and found.
For those whose swelling isn’t going down, I strongly recommend renting a radiofrequency device. If you act cute a bit to the rental staff, they’ll give you one free tube of radiofrequency cream. (Some places that say you have to buy it separately will give it too. For reference, I’m male)
Still, just because I wrote a praise post about radiofrequency, I hope no one rents one blindly. Please, like me, gather enough information and understand it thoroughly... Because not every radiofrequency device helps with post-surgery care. Depending on the operating method and output, some are completely useless, but people still waste money and think, “Yeongsoon said it helps, so mine will reduce swelling a lot,” and I’m warning you because I think there may be people who waste time like that.
In reality, many plastic surgery clinics use radiofrequency devices for post-op care, but with devices that cost less than 1 to 2 million won each, they are often just for patients’ peace of mind and for showy service. From the device performance perspective, many are either not helpful at all or use radiofrequency devices that only help makeup sit better. The same is sometimes true for skin care salons too. (If you look at the model they use, the answer is obvious.) There are also many people who buy 50,000 to 100,000 won radiofrequency devices online, with only a handle attached, and use them every day hoping for results.
According to the exact basis and figures I looked into, those machines are extremely minor in effect, or have no effect at all (at least for swelling). Also, the opinion above that the effects of radiofrequency devices in plastic surgery clinics and skin care salons are minor is, I think, already widely known, to the point that the manager at the radiofrequency device rental company for medical devices said the same thing to me.
Don’t believe exaggerated false advertising.
Don’t believe something just because it’s cheap.
Don’t believe something is good just because it’s expensive.
Don’t believe something is average just because the price is reasonable.
Believe exact scientific evidence and figures, and I recommend choosing based on clinical trial results and information from multiple papers. Exaggerated ads make even the 50,000 to 100,000 won radiofrequency machines sold online sound like cure-all devices.. never believe it.
Also, using a radiofrequency device is said to increase the absorption rate of functional cosmetics. It’s good for nutrient delivery and for makeup applying well... Writing it like this makes it sound like radiofrequency advertising, haha
I’m looking forward to the 6-week review. What kind of changes will there be in the swelling, really? (If only the result keeps being like the first time I tried it, I’d be happy~)
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