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20 Years, Finally No More Hiding of my Face :) Edinburgh, GB
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Since I hit my teenage years, I did not like my...
apnoiaOctober 24, 2015
WORTH IT$4,200
Since I hit my teenage years, I did not like my nose and profile very much. I did not like my nose very much as I thought it was growing to big for my face, but I also subconsciously shifted my lower jaw forward in photos to give me a more defined face - this has obscured it long for me that actually my weak chin could be causing my discomfort with my face and profile. Weak chins run in my family, and I had an overbite that was corrected with braces a few years back, but my jaw was never corrected or shifted forward in the process. I did not wanna go back to the horrible experience of having braces or having to do jaw surgery, so I did some research and found chin implants.
I booked a consultation with Dr. Quaba. He took some photos where we could discuss what I liked and disliked exactly about my face, and hegave me excellent advice on the pros and cons of different options for treatment of my weak chin, such as dermal fillers, chin implants or even sliding genioplasty, and I settled for a chin implant.
I chose to have the surgery performed under local anaesthesia. Before, during and after both Dr. Quaba and the staff were extremely polite and constantly making sure I was happy with everything. I was asked if it was okay if Dr. Quaba's son Omar (who is also a plastic surgeon) watched during the surgery - which was absolutely fine with me. Dr. Awf Quaba is a very confident and experienced surgeon so I did not worry about anything.
Aftercare: Slight pain started to set in on my taxi ride home from the hospital (local anaesthesia wears off really quickly in me), and I made sure I had enough Ibuprofen and Paracetamol at home, which I took in an alternating manner, but after about 3-4 days I was mainly pain-free.
Swelling persisted for about a week, and I think it is still gradually going down but I pretty much loved the result after few days after surgery anyway so I never regretted it!
Eating was difficult in the first few days after surgery as my face was quite swollen. I stocked up on babyfood and smoothies to get me through the time, and that worked just fine.
The dissolvable stitches disintegrated after pretty much exactly 40 days, allowing the wound to heal before disappearing. Now, a bit more than 1 and a half months after surgery, I wouldn't even know there was an incision (to the bone) made ever - it healed really well!
All in all, I am super happy about the result and it made me so much more confident with my looks - no longer am I hiding my face behind long hair but I even wear ponytails sometimes ;-)
My chin from the front has not changed much, but my face is slightly more elongated than it was before.
Other people didn't really notice that much if I hadn't told them, but that's a good sign of a natural-looking result :)
I booked a consultation with Dr. Quaba. He took some photos where we could discuss what I liked and disliked exactly about my face, and hegave me excellent advice on the pros and cons of different options for treatment of my weak chin, such as dermal fillers, chin implants or even sliding genioplasty, and I settled for a chin implant.
I chose to have the surgery performed under local anaesthesia. Before, during and after both Dr. Quaba and the staff were extremely polite and constantly making sure I was happy with everything. I was asked if it was okay if Dr. Quaba's son Omar (who is also a plastic surgeon) watched during the surgery - which was absolutely fine with me. Dr. Awf Quaba is a very confident and experienced surgeon so I did not worry about anything.
Aftercare: Slight pain started to set in on my taxi ride home from the hospital (local anaesthesia wears off really quickly in me), and I made sure I had enough Ibuprofen and Paracetamol at home, which I took in an alternating manner, but after about 3-4 days I was mainly pain-free.
Swelling persisted for about a week, and I think it is still gradually going down but I pretty much loved the result after few days after surgery anyway so I never regretted it!
Eating was difficult in the first few days after surgery as my face was quite swollen. I stocked up on babyfood and smoothies to get me through the time, and that worked just fine.
The dissolvable stitches disintegrated after pretty much exactly 40 days, allowing the wound to heal before disappearing. Now, a bit more than 1 and a half months after surgery, I wouldn't even know there was an incision (to the bone) made ever - it healed really well!
All in all, I am super happy about the result and it made me so much more confident with my looks - no longer am I hiding my face behind long hair but I even wear ponytails sometimes ;-)
My chin from the front has not changed much, but my face is slightly more elongated than it was before.
Other people didn't really notice that much if I hadn't told them, but that's a good sign of a natural-looking result :)
Replies (9)
May 23, 2016
Looks great. How long before your chin stopped feeling tight. I'm 16 days post op and my chin still feels super tight. Kind of annoying at times.
December 27, 2017
What a nice result,
Did you pay extra for anaesthia and consultation or 2.744 is the total ?
Did you pay extra for anaesthia and consultation or 2.744 is the total ?
April 14, 2018
Lovely result! do you know what type implant you had? I.e anatomical, anatomical extended etc?
Mine was a medium - my surgeon recommended that to me and it fit perfectly!
I have to mention - my implant had intraoral stitches so it was a bit longer before I could eat food just because of the wound infection. I started chewing soft food, such as well-cooked spaghetti and sauce (haha) after about 3-4 days, potentially wait a bit longer because the tissue/stitches (if placed in the mouth) are not very strong and cleaning of the wound is not so nice, but I'd say about 5 days and then you should be able to slowly start eating soft foods again!
Avoid crumbly stuff, that really likes to stick into the intraoral stitches.
If your stitches are placed below the chin, you should be able to eat normally even earlier!