Hello It has been 3 months since I had two-jaw surgery + 3 types of facial contouring (cheekbones, square jaw, chin) at Y Oral Surgery in March, so I’m in month 4 now. I had long been thinking about two-jaw surgery because of external concerns such as cheekbones and asymmetry, as well as headaches and fatigue caused by the temporomandibular joint and malocclusion. But just continuing to worry about it had no meaning, so I went ahead with the surgery. (If you are truly struggling because of a complex, I think long deliberation is pointless, and it’s right to think of it as taking the plunge, close your eyes, and just do it.) First, now that 3 months have passed, the asymmetry has definitely improved a great deal, and the facial contour has become smooth and natural. It improved so much that saying the facial contour became prettier would be the right expression. Because of this, even if you already had pretty eyes, if your lower face used to draw attention away, I think after surgery you may get a synergy effect where your eyes stand out more. People around me also say, when I meet acquaintances I haven’t seen in a long time and take off my mask to show them, that it has definitely improved a lot and turned out naturally, so my satisfaction is quite high. In my case, as for swelling, maybe I’m the type whose swelling does not go down well compared with others, I think about 40-50% remains. (There’s a big difference when comparing morning and night.) I’m looking forward to how much better it will get if the swelling fully goes down from here. In my case, after surgery, because of inflammation in my tonsils, eating and sleeping were so difficult until 1 month after surgery, but after that, I don’t think there has been anything especially difficult. Even on the day of surgery, I had such a hard time, but seeing other people live comfortably from the day of surgery, I think there are individual differences. As for difficulties, in my case, I started orthodontic treatment (Invisalign) from 1 month after surgery. At first my teeth hurt so much that it was hard, but as they say humans are creatures of adaptation, from 1 week later it got okay, and now, rather than pain, the annoying part is that because of the odor from the aligners, I have to manage hygiene with aligner-specific cleaning products. As for food, I can now eat things like meat or kkakdugi well. But now there is no difficulty chewing because of the bones; rather, because of the aligners, there is a little pain when chewing with teeth that have been irritated. Overall, there is no major issue in daily life, and I’m living while walking diligently and diligently taking medication said to reduce swelling so that I can get the swelling down a bit faster. For exercise, I’m only doing simple things with a barbell rather than intense exercise, and there is no bleeding. Overall, what I felt after surgery is that the idea that two-jaw surgery is dangerous seems like a story from the early 2010s, when two-jaw surgery became a hot topic and everyone jumped into the two-jaw market. In the present day, it seems like more people than expected are getting it, and I now think it is a safe, commonly performed surgery that can be approached comfortably. Now that I’ve actually had the surgery, I regret whether it would have been better to do it earlier, and for those who are considering surgery, I wonder if it wouldn’t be better to resolve your complex quickly and live the rest of your life comfortably and happily.
This review is a surgical review pursuing a natural look.