Cheekbone Contouring, 1-Type Facial Contouring Review (Days 3-5)

Hi, I’m the person who wrote the previous review up to day 2 after my 1-type facial contouring surgery. I’m in my late 20s, and in the end I was recommended 1-type facial contouring, so I chose a clinic with a long track record and had it done last Friday. In my previous review, I actually wrote up to D+2.. haha I’m going to start recording again from day 3! D+0: My throat hurt so much, and the hardest part was that my stomach felt so awful!! And who said it doesn’t hurt? It did hurt Also, because of side effects from the antiemetic ingredient, I had some akathisia-like restlessness too. I really just clenched my teeth, endured it, and tried to sleep. I was discharged the same day and got home around 7, but thick saliva kept coming out, my nose was blocked, and nosebleed/bloody phlegm kept coming from my throat. My throat hurt so much. D+1: Until the morning, I slept for 2 hours, woke up, slept and woke up again... The wedge cushion was uncomfortable I bought a firm neck pillow too, but I regretted it. I should’ve bought a soft one.. My throat hurt so much and I felt nauseous.. then little by little, it got better. Just the nausea getting better was honestly moving, and because the pain was bad, I bought Tylenol. The floating, feverish-cold feeling was hard.. D+2: I slept through the night and my condition improved. But there was still pain, and the swelling gradually got worse too. Still, rather than the swelling, I liked that the general suffering was gradually disappearing. D+3: I was even more swollen than yesterday.. Still, from this day, I barely took Tylenol and started taking only the prescribed medication! Yellow bruising around my mouth started to show. And once the pain subsided, the fact that I couldn’t brush my teeth started feeling insanely uncomfortable... Also, from this day I ended up eating a lot. I bought and ate a cheesecake, ate porridge, drank New Care, and even though the total calories probably weren’t much, I started feeling a bit hungry and got used to the way of eating! Seriously, don’t buy New Care by the box like I did. You get so sick of it, and honestly from the next day you can eat porridge, so my dependence on New Care dropped.. The pain changed from the pain of the bone being cut(?) to pain from swelling that felt tight and firm. Even if I took just a short nap and woke up, I could feel the swelling filling up. But even until then, I still had that sick, floating feeling like a feverish cold, so it was hard to go out for walks It was cold too. Still, when I forced myself to go out and come back, I did feel like maybe it got a little better(?).. Around this time, my body started figuring out how to sleep as comfortably as possible with the wedge cushion. And not being able to brush my teeth was so hard, and that feeling inside my mouth.. how should I put it, that sticky feeling from not brushing?? I hated it so, so much that I secretly started brushing with a tongue cleaner and the molar toothbrush I had bought... haha Originally, you’re not supposed to because the stitches inside the mouth could burst. At the clinic where I had surgery, they told me not to brush for 2 weeks, and if I absolutely had to, to brush only the backs of the teeth, not the front surfaces. D+4: The day I went to the clinic and got swelling care (LDM and swelling laser)! When I woke up, I was even more swollen... The worst ever, I seriously became a fish-shaped-bread monster. And.. I got bruising under my eyes too hahahahahahahahahahahaha It wasn’t a red bruise, but a yellow bruise. You know the under-eye fat repositioning area? It turned yellow there. I was hungry from the morning, so I ate a bit, took the subway, and went to the clinic where I had surgery. I got LDM and swelling laser, the doctor checked my progress (stitches inside the mouth?), and I got the wound disinfected. When I was getting LDM, it hurt a little when the tight swollen parts were pressed haha There was a Hyundai Department Store nearby, so I was going to walk around there, but then I got hungry again. Because I was hungry, I just came home. What I remember about this day is that my throat felt scratchy and painful. Until then, my whole body had felt a bit sick like I had a feverish cold, but now that was almost gone and only my throat hurt a lot, and I kept dry-coughing. There was also the tight feeling because of the swelling, but now I completely stopped Tylenol! When I went to the clinic today, they said I’d swell more until today and then it would start going down, so I fell asleep with hope. D+5: I slept so well. I slept more than 8 hours! When I woke up, the swelling was a bit better than yesterday! It didn’t go down dramatically, though. It felt like it had gone down a bit from yesterday’s peak? The yellow bruises are the same. Until yesterday, it felt painful because of swelling all the way to the cheekbone area, but now it just feels like I’m being pressed because of the compression band. But when I take the band off, the area up to my temporal/temple region is still swollen tight. Still... compared to how I looked like a real fish monster yesterday, I’m a bit better now. And I can really manage now! I’m looking forward to seeing how much more the swelling goes down tomorrow haha New recommended(?) item: mouth spray!!! When was it, really? After about 3 days of not being able to brush, I felt insanely uncomfortable, so I bought one sold at Olive Young along with a tongue cleaner. Convenience stores also sell the 46CM product, you know the one you spray into your mouth? I bought that and have been spraying it a bit. Because it feels so, so uncomfortable And mouthwash tastes really bad, you know. If I use mouthwash, wait a bit, and then spray it, it feels refreshing, so it’s a little better. Tongue cleaner/molar toothbrush << honestly, they don’t feel as refreshing as I expected. Maybe it’s because I still can’t open my mouth fully, or maybe because the molar toothbrush is too small.. Actually, not being able to use toothpaste is probably the biggest thing, right? Still, it’s better than doing nothing, so I’m secretly doing it very, very gently.. Originally, if you can avoid doing it, it’s better not to. Maybe because I also have braces, after eating steamed eggs, so much got stuck.. So I really did it super, super, super gently.. I think eating things that don’t get stuck is best. I use so many tissues and drink a huge amount of water too. I don’t end up drinking pumpkin juice as much as I expected.. I drank the ones the clinic gave me and ordered more, but they were too sweet. The money I spent on pumpkin juice and New Care feels kind of wasteful Well, I’ll somehow finish what’s left, but I think I bought too much.. I ordered a 24-pack and also had a 30-pack of pumpkin juice delivered. When am I going to finish all this? These are the things I regret bulk-buying in advance. The things I didn’t buy in advance and later went out to buy were << paper cups, Tylenol, and Baskin Robbins spoons. Other than that, I’m using the wedge cushion well too (I somehow found a comfortable way to sleep..), and disposable masks too... I’m now on my 3rd box of tissues.. Starting today, I can see the swelling going down a bit, so I feel somewhat hopeful! I hope my review helps! I saw something, I don’t remember what kind of post it was, maybe a facial contouring review vlog, saying that the hard part passes like a storm. It really feels like time passed like an arrow.. Of course, because I did nothing and just stayed stuck at home, each day did feel long. Even if it’s only 1 type, I really don’t think this is a surgery that should ever, ever be taken lightly. I once asked whether it would be possible to take about 3 days for recovery and then go to work, and now I’m dumbfounded at myself. Absolutely impossible. I’m also worried whether I’ll be able to hide it when I go to work next Monday (probably not) I hope this helps everyone who is going to get facial contouring, everyone recovering after facial contouring like me, and everyone thinking about it!! Have a good night~~~