Honestly, even up until the one-month mark, I kept wondering if this was right, and I looked in the mirror thousands of times a day because it felt like my recovery had stalled, so I almost got obsessive about it. It really wasn’t easy during that time. For a while, things didn’t go the way I wanted, so I couldn’t even eat whatever I wanted I was so swollen that I worried, what if the swelling doesn’t go down?.. Other people said it looked natural, but why did it look so lacking to my eyes... I think I was being a bit sensitive...
Roughly speaking, if around one week it felt very heavy, then from about three weeks the overall look slowly started to change, and from around the one-month mark, the protruding cheekbone look really seemed to have faded a lot!! Before, because of my lateral cheekbones, my face felt like it bent at a sharp angle, like a ㄱ shape, but now it just feels like it comes down smoothly? Every time I looked in the mirror, I could see that the part that used to stick out and make my face look harsh was gone, and only then did I feel a bit relieved...
I keep looking back and forth between old photos and my face now, and it really makes me think, wow, I used to look like that, so it feels so new... Before, just to take one photo, I would make such a fuss covering my cheekbones with my hair and adjusting the angle, but now I don’t have to do that, so I’m happy
Of course, if my condition isn’t good yet, I still swell a bit, and it will take time for everything to settle 100%, but still, I think it was worth enduring all that hardship.... Oh, I had the surgery at ㅇㅇㄷ, and there were a lot of people who looked similar to me, so I felt a strong sense of connection... The aftercare is good too, and it’s a place I’m satisfied with~