My mom was not originally someone interested in this kind of surgery. She liked dressing up, but she always said plastic surgery seemed scary for no reason. However, she became upset whenever she looked in the mirror, saying that her face seemed to have sagged a lot over the past few years. She especially said her eyelids had drooped and the lower part of her face was no longer like before, and she kept taking out old photos to look at.
At first, we also said that these were natural changes that came with age and asked whether surgery was really necessary. But it turned out that my mother had been deliberating for much longer than we realized. So I looked into hospitals with her, and we went for a consultation with Dr. Yang Seong-hyeok at Hugo Plastic Surgery.
Because my mother was also concerned about the area around her eyes, she consulted about a facelift and neck lift, forehead-reduction facelift, and upper blepharoplasty together. Since she was considering several procedures at once, there were many things to worry about. I remember asking all kinds of questions about the surgical scope and what would be uncomfortable during recovery.
The first week after surgery was definitely not easy. She had swelling and said her face felt tight, so she was very uncomfortable. We helped her rest as much as possible and also followed the precautions provided by the hospital.
She gradually improved with time, and now it has been a little over one month since surgery. She has not fully recovered yet, but compared with old photos, the lower part of her face looks more defined and the area around her eyes also looks different.
Recently, while getting ready to go out, my mother changed her clothes several times. Seeing that made me realize again how upset she must have been about her face. She still needs to be careful while recovering, but it makes me happy to see her smiling at herself in the mirror more often.