23 Year Old Female, Neck Lipo, Platysmaplasty, chin Implant - Denver, CO

It's been a whole year now since my chin surgery! I can't believe how fast time went by. Everything healed great and I can't explain how happy I am that I decided to do the surgery. My self esteem has increased significantly and I feel so much better about myself and take more selfies than ever lol. All the numbness and swelling are gone. My scar is hardly noticeably and healed fine. It feels a little numb when I rub my finger against it, however it is a scar so that might be why. I seen my surgeon at my 6 month post op and he was extremely happy with my results that he asked me to sign a consent to use my photos and info for their website. He took 6 month post op pictures but I forgot to ask for them so I will have them email them to me. I'm not sure if I have to go see him again for my one year visit since everything looked great last time I seen him but I will call and find out and post if I do see him. Everything has gone so smoothly with my surgery and healing process that I forget I had the surgery. Me experience was great and if this procedure is something you would like to have done, go for it. I do not regret it one bit!

It's been 3 weeks since surgery, it seems like it has been a lot longer than that. But I've been doing great! I'm so happy with my results! Everyone that has seen me says I look great and that my face looks different but I still look like me. I asked a friend of mine if she thought someone I didn't tell about my surgery would notice the change, she said they would absolutely notice something different but that they wouldn't be able to figure out what it is. That was actually the response I wanted because I want people to see a change but not such a drastic change that they can tell what I did or have to ask me what I had done, so I'm super happy about that.

About the numbness in my chin and bottom lip, they're still numb. BUT it has gotten a lot better. When I first had my surgery the numbing sensation in my lip was driving me crazy! It felt so numb that it felt uncomfortable. I know that sounds weird and may not make sense but that's honestly how it felt. Now the numbness isn't that bad, I'm talking better and don't have a huge issue when eating. I still tend to bite my lip here and there but I feel it so I'm guessing the numbing is subsiding. My chin tingles now and my lip can feel pain and tingling so each day is getting better and better.
I'm still wearing my chin garment overnight, I think this is the last week my surgeons nurse told me to wear it though, thank God because that thing is so annoying and falls off my head all night. I'm still a little swollen in my jaw area that I mentioned in my past posts but I know it takes months for everything to be completely healed so I'm just letting it be in the meantime. The tightness in my chin is also improving because now I can show my bottom teeth more and brushing my bottom teeth has gotten easier. I get pain in the corners of my bottom lip when brushing my teeth and also in the areas of my jaw where im swollen after I finish rinsing my mouth with mouthwash. It's not an unbearable pain just kind of uncomfortable. But I take it that's a good sign. My surgeons office finally sent over my before pictures and my 1 week post op pictures so I will be posting those. They didn't take any profile pics at the one week post op so I'm sorry I don't have anything to compare the before to, hoping they take some at my one month post op though. I think that's all for this update :)

So here are a couple more pics since my surgery I'm pretty happy with how everything is looking but I'm a little concerned about my jaw. It looks like I have jowls and it's more noticeable on my left side than my right. From certain angles it looks like it forms a tiny double chin or like if I still have some fat from before surgery. I know it's barely going to be 2 weeks since I had surgery and that I'm not fully healed but can someone tell me that it's all just swelling and I'm overreacting. If anyone else had this issue please comment. Besides the swelling, my lip and chin are still numb but like I said I'm used to it. I feel tons of tingling when I pucker my lips together now so I'm hoping some feeling will be back soon because it's sucks not being able to feel kisses on my bottom lip lol. There's still some tight feeling in the chin but it's getting better everyday. I can smile perfectly showing my top teeth but still struggle a little to show my bottom teeth. Hoping to see more results as time passes by :)