I want to hide the fact that I had facial contouring surgery from people I know, so just in case, I'll thoroughly cover my facial features (the photos came out well for this review, but I deliberately didn't even post them on Instagram lol sob sob What do you think of this effort......) # Deciding on surgery My face shape was so angular overall that you could call it pentagonal, and because I believe more than half of appearance comes from face shape, I thought I was very ugly myself ((and honestly it was true too..lol)) I avoided being evaluated on my looks to the point that I wanted to hide whenever appearance came up anywhere. This was not a surgery I decided on after thinking for a week or a month; please know in advance that I thought about it for at least 2 years.. (I also had to save money) # Methods I tried before facial contouring surgery Before surgery, I tried all sorts of methods to see if procedures could solve it first Facial contouring injections 3 times > I got non-steroid ones 3 times, but only the fat under my chin decreased a little (people considering facial liposuction could try procedures first before getting surgery) Meridian massage 5 times > It only hurt, and I wondered for a moment if the line changed? but it was the same Lifting (Ulthera, Titanium) > Skin elasticity seemed to improve, but it did absolutely nothing for the facial contour (bone).. # Clinic I chose I think the hardest thing before surgery is finding a clinic Reviews all only post photos that turned out well, and there aren't many very detailed reviews, so it was really hard to choose.. First, I did not want a natural look, and because I wanted a “natural-glam” or “glamorous” look, I filtered out clinics that do natural styles from the start, filtered out surgeons with less than 15 years of experience, and since I felt cheekbones need to be well fixed, I wanted triple fixation, so I filtered out double fixation. I visited the few clinics that remained. # Where I had surgery 2 types of facial contouring For cheekbones, I did triple fixation and used a surgical method called trapezoid. Each clinic uses different names depending on the surgical method, and the one I had was ‘trapezoid.’ For the square jaw, I did a long-curve mandible reduction, and the safety margin from the nerve line was okay. # After surgery After waking from general anesthesia, I felt really nauseous and had to keep expelling gas, so I was out of it and sleepy.. honestly, I don't remember the immediate aftermath well. It was my first time having general anesthesia in my life, and I think just waking up without any major problem was fortunate. Pain: I was hospitalized for one day after surgery, and for two days it hurt so much. Tears were falling, and I wondered why I did this..? I regretted it a bit.. it really hurt.. But!! After two days, the pain disappeared like a lie. Pain varies so much from person to person that there is no right answer. I spent two days swearing,, and after two days I was like, thank you God, I'll live diligently, lolololol But looking at people around me who had facial contouring, quite a lot of them said it hurt intensely for a short time and then the pain suddenly disappeared. # Recovery 1. Day 3 > oral disinfection 2. Week 1 > sideburn stitch removal : From this point, I walked around with bruising and swelling. Staying home made me depressed and frustrated, and even Netflix didn't hold my attention.. 3. Week 3 > intraoral stitch removal : By around then, swelling and bruising had gone down a lot. Stitch removal did not hurt for me, maybe because I whined a bit before removing them;; After that, you just go in every few months to check progress, and postoperative care is done at one-week intervals after surgery. Since that is included in the cost, everyone, don't forget and make sure to go in regularly...lol For me, it helped so much with recovery. Sometimes I was so lazy I wanted to skip it though haha *You wear the compression band for a month, repeating one hour on and 30 minutes off. At first, because of the swelling, I seriously wanted to tear the compression band apart... but as the swelling went down, I got used to this too, so it was okay. # Overall review So many people ask if I'm satisfied, and now that it has been 3 months, eating is much more free, the swelling and bruising are all gone, and because the line I wanted is clearly visible, my satisfaction is much higher. At first I regretted it only for two days, for a week I was resigned, from week 2 my satisfaction gradually increased, and from the one-month mark my thoughts changed to I am so glad I did it. My face got much smaller, and since my facial line falls cleanly and neatly, taking selfies is fun, and I really think I am so glad I did it. I am so satisfied that I would do it again even if it hurt severely not just for two days but all week!! This is not a post telling you to definitely get facial contouring. Please don't forget that surgery should be considered carefully before you get it!
This review is a surgical review pursuing a natural-glam look.