Achieve feminine looking through jaw surgery & V-line surgery


Why did I decide to do the surgery?
I think that I wanted to get surgery because it is important to me that other people outwardly perceive me a certain way. Surgery for me was a form of self-actualization so that I could feel confident and happy with myself.

Why did I choose EU?
I chose to go with EU because after speaking with Dr. Shin, that he was very detail oriented and touched on most of the important points that I wanted clarification and reassurance on. His credentials as an oral-maxillofacial surgeon are obviously impressive, and the consultation made me further trust that his work would have a higher chance of a good result. Additionally, the EU clinic is very clean, and the staffs are kind and professional.



What did I expect from the surgery?
I expected that the surgery would be very involved, and that the recovery process would be very lengthy and painful.




Experience after surgery:
I recently had facial contouring done in Korea after wanting to do so for many years. I wanted to give a write-up of the experience because PF has been an invaluable resource for me during my own research.


For many years, I had the desire to do facial contouring because of some features that really bothered me, (wide face, prominent chin, among others), that made me feel uncomfortable with my face. After thinking about it for many years and saving up, I had saved up enough to get surgery in Korea. I decided to go to Korea for facial contouring because Korean doctors / clinics definitely have the most experience with doing orthognathic surgery for cosmetic purposes, and I have asian features, so it was an obvious decision. 

When I began to do research in earnest, I quickly narrowed down the clinics that I was interested in due to a couple criteria:
- I did not want to go to a large clinic that does a lot of procedures because I have more trust that a specialized clinic is able to do better work
-For jaw contouring, which is a really involved operation, I wanted to make sure that I went to an oral-maxillofacial surgeon for it because it affects your bite and your breathing, etc. so you want a specialist to do it
-I had to be able to find some information about the clinic in English (otherwise I would not have the language skills to properly evaluate information about the clinic)



For me, I ended up choosing EU because I really liked my consultation with Dr. Shin (who was also the one who did performed the surgery). EU is a smaller dental clinic with 2 surgeons (Dr. Kim and Dr. Shin), and an anesthesiologist. I told him about my concerns and he was really friendly, and didn't try to upsell me on anything. He was also very upfront about possible concerns / outcomes I might not like regarding the results, and so I felt like I could trust him. For example, I have a longer midface so I was concerned with the proportions of my face post-op, and it felt like that concern was taken very seriously. He confirmed that that would be the outcome, and didn't try to talk around it, but also proposed that I could get philtrum reduction surgery afterwards if I was concerned, and was able to recommend clinics. Additionally, he always asked if I had any other questions, and demonstrated that he respected my concerns. After finishing all my consults, I decided on going with EU for my surgery because of the great consultation experience (and just a great experience communicating with them in general), and scheduled my surgery for the following week....


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Prior to the surgery, you are not supposed to drink alcohol / smoke (don't smoke kids) and also stop medication (obviously depending on how important it is to your continued existence). I dutifully followed these guidelines, and on the day of the surgery, showed up, changed into the hospital gown, and then was administered general anesthesia after which I was out for the duration of the surgery. When I woke up, I was back in my (hospital) room, and was given some instructions not to drink water for a certain amount of time, which was perfectly fine since I didn't really want to anyways. I'll probably do a longer write up later about the hospitalization and other post-op care / experience, but basically to sum it up, it is really painful and very physically and mentally taxing, so I would definitely recommend that you can come with someone else if possible. I continued to swell for ~ a week before I started deswelling, and it was very challenging and painful. This was made slightly better by the excellent post-op care that I received during my hospitalization, and the responsiveness of EU through Kakao when I had questions or concerns, but it was still a very difficult process.

However, despite all the pain and suffering, I was definitely happy with my results. Since I'm only a few weeks post-op, there is still a lot of swelling, but I am quite satisfied with the overall change in my facial structure. The protruded chin that was my largest concern was shortened through genioplasty, and I also had facial asymmetry that was fixed through the surgery as well. Overall, I'm happy that I decided to get facial contouring done, and was very confident with my choice of Dr. Shin at EU. His results in general are very good and I feel that he takes the patient more seriously than the doctors of other clinics, and communicating with the staff at EU was also fantastic (and shootout again to the great post-op care).




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