I had straight-line chin osteotomy at a plastic surgery clinic, with 2 mm removed and 5 mm advancement. Below is the progress report I wrote up to day 9, and I’m posting it in case it helps others who are about to have surgery. Surgery day (Day 1) It hurt slightly more than I expected. I took a bit more medicine and, under the effect of the medication, slept sitting up while half-awake and half-asleep. I drank one pack of misutgaru mixed with honey. I kept wearing the facial compression band. Day 2 I felt much better. I had misutgaru and banana milk, and went for two walks, an hour and a half each. Since I hadn’t eaten much, my legs had no strength, so I ended up walking very slowly. If I walked quickly, it felt like the flesh on my face was falling off. I also tried eating cake, but it was hard because I couldn’t open my mouth. Anyway, I managed to eat it out of sheer determination lol Even when I opened my mouth as wide as possible, it was only about the size of a Mits cookie. Again, relying on the medication, I slept sitting up, but compared with day 1, I choked on saliva much more often. Maybe because my airway had gotten a little wider.. I kept wearing the compression band, but because my lips were so swollen, I took it off briefly whenever it stung too much. I only used an ice pack for about 30 minutes. Day 3 Maybe because of the extra medication I took, the swelling went down a lot. I also felt like I could open my mouth about 1.2 times more than yesterday, so I cooked and ate ramen and had 2 ice creams. Noodles are the easiest to eat. Maybe because of that, I walked for about two hours and definitely had more strength in my body. I kept sleeping sitting up, but when it was too hard, I also lay down for about 30 minutes to sleep. No matter how I sleep, I can’t sleep deeply because of the occasional coughing. Days 4-6 I’m a freelancer, but I felt well enough to go to work, so I started working again. I let my guard down because I felt briefly better and skipped my medication, and I immediately swelled up a lot. You really have to take your medication properly. I’m walking around a lot. I can open my mouth to about the size of a Choco Songi snack, so I’m cutting regular food into small pieces and eating it. I even ate chicken. I did warm compresses for about 10 minutes. Day 7 At the clinic, they removed the taping, I received care, and had a follow-up CT scan. Seeing my bare face for the first time felt so strange that it drove me crazy. I feel like I’ve become all chin. The swelling in my lips and cheeks has almost completely gone down, but along the jawline, the area under my chin is swollen hard, like bone. It seems like early symptoms of fibrosis, but for now I think I need to watch it until the second week. I probably need to do a lot of warm compresses. Day 8 Because my facial proportions look strange, I’m depressed thinking something went wrong. I’m repeatedly telling myself to wait with the hope that it will improve as the swelling goes down. My mouth movement has become much freer, but when I open my mouth, there is tightness and indentation in the chin, and maybe because it is stiff, it feels heavy. My chin area still feels like it is anesthetized. Day 9 Now I can even eat a hamburger. My condition is good enough that I could start exercising if I decided to. I feel like I could run, but just in case, I’m only doing about 30 minutes of brisk walking every day. I want to run soon.. Based on reviews I’ve read from other people, I might be recovering quite quickly, and since the swelling is improving a lot, I feel relieved, but the thickness along the lower jawline is still there. I’m finding some peace of mind after listening to ChatGPT’s advice. I’m also doing neck and mouth stretches little by little, without overdoing it.
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