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:
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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