After surgery at an oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic 2 years ago, I developed asymmetry, so I went to other clinics and also to a university hospital. At the university hospital, they said the side jaw was about 1.2 mm larger than the front chin, and that they might be able to refine it while removing the pins. One temple is sunken, and because the sagging tissue has moved down toward the cheekbone area, one cheekbone looks bigger. So at another clinic, I was also recommended filler and fat grafting, but revision chin-tip surgery was 4 million won, fat grafting was 700,000 to 1.2 million won, or if I get filler, over 10 years it would be almost 2 million won... They said at the university hospital that the sunken temple would stay the same even with time The clinic where I originally had surgery didn’t tell me before surgery that because the nerve line on one side of my jaw was low, the result would also come out asymmetrical. When I first raised the issue, they said the temple would get better with time too, and that they could refine the jaw while removing the pins. But when I visited recently, they treated me as if I should just live with it because, due to the nerve line, even if they refine it, it won’t be noticeable, and the asymmetry isn’t extremely severe. They also told me to get non-dissolving filler if it bothers me too much. I had 3 types of facial contouring done, and I’m really grateful that they shaved very close to the nerve line for the square jaw and made my face slimmer, but I still have a lot of regrets about the chin tip and cheekbones in many ways. I know the doctor isn’t a god and can’t make it perfectly symmetrical, but even the university hospital said only about 1.2 mm more would need to be shaved. Thinking that I have to live my whole life being bothered by slight asymmetry because of a few millimeters, or pay 4 million won to have it done at another clinic, made me so stressed that I cried. When I think that even if I remove the pins at the clinic where I originally had surgery, it won’t be very noticeable, I feel anxious about trusting that clinic again. I originally had no intention of removing the pins, but having surgery again and even paying extra because of the asymmetry feels complicated, and the temple will be sunken for life. Also, because my original facial feature is that I have a large head, I’m really a case where the lateral cheekbones needed to be addressed, but another clinic said my cheekbone surgery only addressed the 45-degree cheekbones and barely reduced the lateral cheekbones. When I looked it up online, making the posterior cheekbone into a step-like shape is what reduces the lateral cheekbone, but some clinics don’t go that far. Of course, the amount that needs to go in differs from person to person, and if it goes in too much, other side effects can occur, but looking at my preoperative photos, my temples were originally wide, so even the 45-degree cheekbones didn’t stand out that much. For those planning cheekbone surgery, check how much your cheekbones protrude compared to your temples, and I think it may also be okay to first do only 2 types of facial contouring, then do cheekbone surgery if you still have a lot of regrets. Of course, it would be better than not doing it, and if they had pushed the cheekbones in more, side effects might have occurred, so I’m trying to let go of my regret about cheekbone reduction. Still, because my temple became sunken and the cheekbone actually looks more protruding, I really don’t know how to fix it. Even at the university hospital, they said that cheek sagging usually happens after cheekbone surgery, but the temple hollowing was probably because of the surgery. Now I know that if the nerve line is low, even with chin-tip surgery, you can’t get the pretty V-line that clinics advertise. I regret that I didn’t look into those things properly before surgery and didn’t consult a lot of clinics. Since it was 3 types of facial contouring, if they had paid attention to all 3 areas, I wouldn’t have been worrying about revision surgery, but the clinic just sent me away as if I should be satisfied because they cut the square jaw well, close to the nerve line... For those who, like me, had a low nerve line and asymmetry, how were your surgical results? Did you end up slightly asymmetrical like me? People say that even to others, one side looks more protruding. It’s also blunt-looking for someone who had chin-tip surgery.
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