Teeny Tiny Double Chin

I know it might be too soon to tell since it’s only been 10 days, but i’m seeing the same exact puckering happening at the ends of my scar as i did last time—even worse, it’s like i now have two bumps per side. I think i’ll have to go to another surgeon eventually to get this sorted out and pay for it—not returning to the same surgeon even if it’s free—he obviously can’t fix this. And i’m not doing that anytime soon. I’m done being cut open for a while. I really hope i’m wrong and with time it will improve, but at this point i’m not hopeful and it definitely looks worse than it did after the first surgery. I really wish i had never done this to myself.

Gotta say, i wasn’t prepared for this revision. I don’t know why, but i didn’t realize i’d have more stitches, bruising, etc. Being awake for it was not all that pleasant. It was tolerable, but i’d never agree to doing it again. They gave me shots of lidocaine, and that is some sh*t. The needle is big and so damn painful. The doctor got real jabby with it—i guess he had to make sure i was good and numb. I’m used to botox and filler, but this was like 800x worse. Then i didn’t feel any more pain, but just a lot of tugging. It’s weird to be awake and hear the surgeon asking for a scalpel and forceps (wtf were those for?!) and to see yourself being stitched up. Definitely don’t recommend doing surgery of any kind, no matter how minor—awake if you’re at all squeamish. Which i’m not, really, and I was still kicking myself for not taking a valium. At the VERY least, i recommend that. I also had a lipo revision awake once, but this bothered me much, much more—maybe because it was my face. Anyway stitches come out in 2 days. I really, really hope my dog ears have been smoothed out. I still have quite a bit of bruising under the steri-strips.

So it’s been 5 months, and while i think my chin looks good without the extra blubber, i am deeply regretting having this procedure done because of the scar. The scar is still red, which really doesn’t bug me because makeup takes care of that. But i developed two “dog ears”, or puckering at each end of the scar, making it VERY noticeable, and in my opinion, far worse than what i had before, which really wasn’t terrible to begin with. So i went back to the surgeon, and he said “they may still continue to improve...” but i wasn’t having it. The dog ears have not improved at all since the stitches came out. So, in two weeks, i go in for a revision. Nothing major—i’ll be awake and i’ll also be having another scar revised at the same time (see other reviews), so i really hope it improves. Had i known this would be the outcome, i’d have NEVER done it. I’m so much more self conscious than i previously was with a chubby chin. The doctor says he’ll be extending the scar about a half an inch on each side which i’m not thrilled about—will likely be more noticeable—but in the end if it’s flat, i guess that’s better than what i have now. I’ll update with new pica after my revision.