Hope Springs Eternal! - Northern California
I described it to a friend as like having one's...
I described it to a friend as like having one's face & neck quilted on a sewing machine! I had nothing but OTC, since I was driving, & hooo-boy! The temples felt like the worst ice cream headache ever. However, it was the weird electrical storm at random/remote scalp locations during the forehead that were really unnerving. In fact, this is the only place I've noticed any negative after-affects: most of my crown is tender, like being scraped with too rough a hairbrush. Only 2 weeks out, so too soon to tell ... but a friend did kindly say, "Well, at least you don't look worse." Hmmm
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Now at 6 weeks, and the doctor took more pictures....
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Oh no, no noticeable change. :-/ Isn't this waiting period the hardest? I am hoping for noticeable changes for you, and will be so curious to hear what you do (or don't) notice as the weeks go on.
12 weeks now. The doctor pushed my final review...
Some days I think I look a tad bit better, other days I see no change, some days worse -- but that's kind of how things are WITHOUT this procedure, some days are just better than others. If it is better, it is so subtle as to be imperceptible. The mind plays tricks! I so WANT to see improvement, and how could something SO painful and SO expensive not do SOMETHING?? Sometimes I think maybe I looked worse than I thought at the beginning, so this IS the improvement. Other times I think I've been had.
Truthfully, not one person has said anything, and I'm beginning to think a $40 package of teeth whitening strips is by far the better investment -- that, and the sunscreen I've been using day in and day out for the last 30 years.
Ohhh, sometimes you gotta love the comments from friends...! Well, I suppose they are right, it is good you don't look worse. Hopefully as the healing continues you will start to see some noticeable results.
I'm curious, if you were going to do it again would you opt for a driver and better pain meds, or would you grit your teeth & just do the OTC stuff again?