It’s been exactly 2 weeks now. I had it done at ㅈㄱ~ Last year I only asked about it, but after going home and seeing my cheekbones the whole time, I thought this was the last major surgery of my life and went ahead with it. I heard from this community and other sites too that once you’ve made up your mind, you should really do your homework and visit clinics in person, so even though consultation fees felt wasteful, my face is precious to me, so I went around diligently. At first I was deciding between an intraoral incision and a scalp incision, and after researching online and doing in-person consultations, I decided on the intraoral incision. Both had their pros and cons. With the scalp approach, there’s no sagging, but there’s a scalp scar; the scalp scar is said to heal as the hair grows back over about 3 months. But after digging through the internet like crazy, I saw reviews saying that for people like me with thin hair, it doesn’t really grow back well. The intraoral approach is an intraoral incision and an incision near the ear, so even if there isn’t much scarring, there is sagging. For someone a bit older like me, of course the scalp incision would have been preferred, but I already had a little facial sagging to begin with (I smoked throughout my 20s, so the sagging was obvious! - if you smoke, please quit. I quit smoking, which I had done for over 10 years, for my skin too~ even cigarettes I couldn’t quit when my mother caught me and slapped my back, I finally quit.) So I chose the intraoral incision, thinking I could do a magic lift later. The most painful part right after surgery was bloody phlegm from the general anesthesia. It kept going down my throat so I couldn’t breathe, and it was miserable. When I told the nurse, she said, “If you can breathe well, don’t worry. If you can breathe, that means you’re alive~” It must have been pretty annoying for her. And for 3 days I was completely balloon-like~ I cried. I also thought, what am I doing at this age... haha, and got depressed for no reason. I didn’t really even use cold compresses. I just did it briefly whenever it seemed too swollen. For those who are going to have the surgery, I’ll say this: for one week, live with the mindset that you’re not even human and just go on without thinking. Eat when you’re hungry, and if you’re swollen, lie down even if you don’t want to~ I had no choice but to lie down anyway. My eyes were so swollen I couldn’t open them, and my eyebrows were stabbing my eyeballs, so I couldn’t even keep my eyes open.. After that week passed, I finally washed my matted hair as best I could (maybe because of the anesthetic, even when I washed my hair at first, it didn’t lather well), took off the mask, had the stitches by my ear removed, and there was something in my mouth like a blood drainage tube? Some thing they had put in so the blood wouldn’t pool. I didn’t even know it was there, but when they pulled it out, the sensation was awful, though it didn’t hurt. On day 10, I went in because they told me to, and they said they would remove the stitches in my mouth. I thought that tube had been a substitute for the stitches, but anyway, I went without fear and had it removed. Just a slight sting~ And now I’m living the 2-week mark with a mouth full of candy~ The bloodshot color in my eyes has mostly faded, and I’m finally living with something close to a human face.. I took off the mask and thought this is where it really starts, so I’ve been diligently doing cold and warm compresses and masks on my face. They told me not to get massages or exercise for a month. But as people who get massages know, these days even meridian massage is standard, so I decided that it would have to wait at least 6 months, not just one month, and I’ve switched to home care. First of all, after the surgery my skin really broke out badly. Right now I’m trying to bring my skin back to life. I’m calming down my sensitive skin and controlling my diet. If I eat salty food, or even eat ground meat or fish, it doesn’t seem good for me. So I’m just eating porridge steadily with a little clams mixed in. I try not to move if possible, and I’m careful even with fun programs so I won’t laugh~ It seems like the mouth will open little by little, so there was no need to force it in advance. Right now, except for under the eyes, most of the sensation has come back~ I’m paying a lot of attention to my skin. If anyone else had this surgery, what do you do to reduce the swelling in the cheeks? I have to go back to work soon, but I still look like someone with a mouth full of candy. The doctor said that takes about 6 months~ and I was like, “Ugh!” The nurse comforted me by saying it goes down in 3 months, haha. Well, the doctor is probably right~ He was blunt but seemed confident, and honestly that made me feel more certain than a kinder, softer doctor would have. Seeing the cross behind the doctor also gave me some peace of mind, though I’m not religious. Anyway, Does anyone know how to reduce bulldog cheeks? I’d appreciate sharing. I think I need to watch the recovery a bit longer, but the best thing for any surgery is for it to look natural. As for the rest, I’ll work on it through my own effort without any problems. People who are planning surgery or have already had it are probably people who care about their appearance, and some may criticize that, but I think it comes from wanting to love yourself more. Become even prettier~
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