I started to feel that I had asymmetry when I was in high school. At first it didn't bother me much, but as my bone growth continued, I felt it gradually getting worse. From then on, I started developing a severe complex about my face. When I was a student, I enjoyed taking photos, but at some point I really started hating my face in photos. If someone took a photo without telling me, I was so stressed that I would react extremely sensitively. So I tried following asymmetry-improvement massages from YouTube and also went to an oriental medicine clinic specializing in asymmetry, but everything seemed to improve slightly and then went back to the way it was. After thinking about it a lot, I decided to get double jaw surgery. For hospitals, aside from YouTube and Instagram, I looked at many posts recommending hospitals and thought about it. There were many general hospitals that performed double jaw surgery, but I chose an oral and maxillofacial surgery specialist clinic because I thought they would likely have more experience and knowledge about double jaw surgery. I had consultations at several places, and at Y Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery the consultant was really kind. The director had a lot of experience, and since I was a case that needed orthodontic treatment, the director and the dental director would jointly plan and proceed with the surgery, so I decided on Y Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. I had a somewhat severe case of asymmetry and also had some lateral cheekbone prominence, so they recommended contouring 3 procedures (cheekbones, square jaw, chin tip) and double jaw surgery. After deciding the date, I immediately transferred the surgery date deposit and reservation deposit. Since I had to fast from 12 a.m. the day before surgery, I visited the hospital early in the morning on an empty stomach, changed into hospital clothes, had basic tests and washed my face, then went into the operating room. I wasn't very scared until then, but once I lay down on the operating table, I got a little nervous. When they said the anesthetic was going in, I felt a stiff aching pain in my arm, so I think I frowned, and then I have no memory after that.. That was the only pain I felt after entering the operating room. Then I opened my eyes to the sound of someone calling me, and I was in the hospital room. Once I came to, I suddenly had chills and felt so cold. The sleep socks and vest from home helped a lot. They said breathing would be extremely difficult after surgery, but my nose wasn't as blocked as I expected, so it was okay. More than that, it was really hard to fight sleep. Maybe because of the anesthetic, I was so sleepy, but they said I couldn't sleep, so for several hours I focused on staying awake. After fighting sleep for several hours, when I started to feel a little better, around 8 p.m., I could finally drink water, but even drinking water didn't go as I wanted. I was really thirsty, but I could only drink enough to moisten my dry mouth, and if I tried to drink a lot, it would spill. Still, I heard drinking a lot helps wash phlegm and blood down the throat, so I worked hard to drink. Then once, phlegm got stuck in my throat and it almost became a serious situation, but thankfully the nurse removed it with suction. That moment was the scariest.. On the first day, time goes really slowly, but if you somehow endure it, it becomes the second day. From this day, you can walk around, and compared with the first day, it is much more livable, so time passes quickly. After discharge until the 2-week checkup, I could only drink New Care and unseasoned liquids, and this was the hardest part for me. Since there was bleeding from the surgery, my anemia was severe whenever I sat down and stood up, and because I was only consuming liquids, I had no strength and the anemia didn't get better. After the 2-week checkup, they said I could eat seasoned foods too, so I waited so much for that day. After being discharged, swelling started to get worse. Until day 5, the swelling was so severe that I began worrying, what if it slowly doesn't go down? But after that, the swelling started to go down little by little. From then on, I spent my time doing warm compresses diligently and taking walks. At the 1-week checkup, they disinfected the inside of my mouth and removed the stitches from the cheekbone area. Removing the cheekbone stitches ended quickly without pain, and for the intraoral disinfection, they wiped the surgical areas inside my mouth with something like disinfectant cotton. It stung a little, but it was tolerable. After that, they did a swelling laser treatment, and it worked really well; after getting it, I could clearly feel that the swelling had gone down. After that, I continued swelling care and also managed the cheekbone surgical sites so they wouldn't get irritated. At the 2-week checkup, they remove the intraoral stitches, and personally I think this was the most painful part of double jaw surgery and the recovery process.. I had seen posts online saying it hurt, so I was prepared, but it stung so much that tears came out on their own. Normally, I was extremely careful with the surgical areas so there wasn't much reason to touch them, but to remove the stitches, I had to open my mouth wide, so that alone was so painful. But once this was over, seasoned soup and soft foods would be allowed, so I endured while thinking only of that, and somehow it ended. Still, I did not want to do it twice.. (If I have surgery to remove the pins later, I'll have to do it again, so I'm already worried) Right after getting my stitches removed, I drank an iced chocolate at the Twosome under the hospital, and it was so, so delicious. I was happy After that, I spent time having fun finding foods I could eat as much as possible. Since I could see the swelling going down day by day, I started looking forward to how my face would look when the swelling fully went down. Exercise had a big effect on reducing swelling. Once, I couldn't exercise for several days, and it actually felt like I was more swollen than before. From then on, I started exercising every day, even if only a little. At week 4, it still feels like I'm holding acorns in my mouth, but the swelling goes down a lot, enough that it's okay to go outside. Around this time, I really started feeling that my facial lines had become prettier, and since the asymmetry had definitely improved a lot, I was really satisfied. My cheekbones also felt much smaller, so I gradually started feeling more confident taking photos hehe. Above all, these days when I meet people, I hear a lot that my face has gotten smaller, so I really think it was a great decision to have the surgery! I think I'll be even more satisfied as the swelling continues to go down, so I'm looking forward to it.
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