Just Woken Up on Day 1 after chin implant - Feeling Sore

Had the surgery yesterday afternoon - chin implant, lipo and neck tightening sutures - and thought I would share a little of how I’m feeling right now (at nearly 5am, having had a night of patchy sleep).

I’m in more pain than I expected to be but I’m not sure I’ve got my meds right just yet. The NSAID they gave me for pain seems to be more about reducing swelling than pain and the diazepam I took last night didn’t help much either. So all I took was a couple of regular paracetamol during the night but it’s possibly not enough. I’m also not used to taking any painkillers so I think I’m a bit anxious about it all.

I haven’t removed the bandage since leaving surgery so no idea how it looks under there but I have developed quite a pout under my lower lip, which I’m sure is temporary but I kinda like it!

Managed to eat some yoghurt and homemade chicken soup last night (thanks Mum!) but now I’m starving and so exited about having a breakfast smoothie in a little while.

For the past few days I’ve been at home resting, strictly following the regime of wearing the compression bandage, doing the hourly ice packs, medications and topical ointment and, as boring as it has been, I think it’s really helped with recovery. The yellowish-brown bruises that appeared on my neck at lunchtime on day 1 have almost gone.

I have minimal pain, just an occasional twinge if I over-extend my jaw. The only thing that I think will take some time is the sensation in my front lower teeth. They don’t hurt, they just feel tight and weird - like when I had braces as a teenager.

But today I am excited to go out for a little while. I’m happy with the results I’m seeing so far. If I’m being REALLY picky I would have loved a little more projection on my chin but the surgeon already used a large implant so I don’t think he could have done more. And I was never aiming for perfection!

It’s now 9 days since the operation. I’m up and down in terms of the results - some days I’m really happy with my new profile and others I feel like it hasn't made enough of an improvement to my face! But I know it’s still going to be a while until the lipo provides more definition. Fingers crossed.
So I’m posting these photos not really to show my ‘great outcome’ but to help others have some idea of what to expect at this stage in the process, recognising of course that everyone is different! Hopefully they’re helpful.