48, Time to Heal the Face and Body :) - Atlanta, GA

It will be 2 years on Nov 2016. It's so hard to believe that so much time has passed already. I wanted to share because my experience, like everyone's, is very unique.
I never regained complete feeling in my right ear and still have spots I can not feel on my neck and under my chin. I I still habe swelling under my chin when I eat certain foods with sugar or salt. It's become like some sort of built in warning system of what food really contain. I've grown to rely on it.
The scar under my left eye will probably never lay as flat as the right one and I had to do many months of lid exercises before my eyelids would close together all the way. And the scars in my hair line are visible to some extent.
I'm 50 now and, of course, my body keeps aging. The last couple of years have been especially hard on my eyes, hair, and nails, but I remain happy with the surgery outcome.
My deep acne scars remained filled in from the swelling for the entire first year before slowly returning. That was an amazing time. :) I've not had anything more done and doubt I will, but I'm sure some sort of filler could be used if I wanted all of that.
So I've just pulled my hair back tonight and snapped a few shots without makeup so you could see the real deal again.
I was never big on facial products but started using two things this summer: Drunk Elephant's C-Firma Day Serum and Eve Hanson's Retinol 2.0% Serum at night. I like how they make my face and neck feel and it takes just a tiny bit of each. I do have some small lines returning under my eyes, but not bad. And I've realized that the way one holds their head (I.e. more forward) probably plays into how their neck skin stretches over time. So I make a conscious effort to have different posture than in the past.
My face looks even better with makeup. Hope this helps. Comments and questions are welcome.

Well I did it. I cut off my hair And had to go to a stylist to have them straighten it out.
My face continues to heal. My lower lids continue to progress. I can feel more of my cheeks and some of my neck now, but the right ear is still out to lunch and I keep accidently hanging up on people when I forget and hold my cell on top of my shoulder. Lol
My neck and cheeks are still swelling up, but I've happily put on five pounds and the swelling isn't that bad.
My chin still gets lumpy at times but then it all lays back down. I'm very happy with all of this. :)

New hair cut, eyes matching more, smile not so crooked. :)