Will update the title and worth it rating at 3 months post-op

Still have about 2.5 months before I know if the lip lift was worth it. Honestly, it still tends to change shape and my face is still a little swollen even at 2.5 weeks, but not by a whole lot based on these photos. At one point I was crazy swollen and my nostrils may as well have been on completely opposite sides of my face. If you're at that stage, don't freak out, it does go away.I have looked all kinds of different ways in the past 2.5 weeks so calm down if you're panicking like I was, it definitely gets better and you start to look more like yourself as you approach 3 weeks for sure. Based on some of the pics I've seen on this site from other people who swelled really bad, by 2 months the swelling is no longer discernible so I feel like I'm still on track with just a little bit of swelling left at 2.5 weeks.Anyway, I'm trying to take pics in the same angle and cropping them so that everything is kind of the same size so you can download and toggle back and forth to see the difference. Dr. Epstein wanted to do a conservative lift and try and give me some symmetry. I prefer that I am not perfectly symmetrical, to retain a natural appearance. I just needed the asymmetry mitigated.He removed 6 and 7 mm to account for asymmetry. My asymmetry, he said, is likely a result of musculature so there was not much he could do but he tried. So far it looks like he managed to lessen he asymmetry -- it could just still be swollen tho so I'm not getting my hopes up or anything.Anyway, I'll update this at 1 and 2 months as well and then give a full review and adjust my Worth It rating in 3 months when it's appropriate to actually decide if this was/wasn't worth it. Let me know what you think!

Hi! I'll still post the pics as they come along because some of you might not care as much about post-op as I do and just want to find a doctor that can create results like the one I have. Last night, when I was putting Vaseline on the incision line, I noticed blood on the sterile swab. I then saw a small, bright red, pool of blood around the incision on my left nostril. I cleaned it with alcohol and put bacitracin on it then immediately texted Dr. Epstein who didn't address the problem at all and instead told me to email him -- like I was some sort of nuisance. Mind you, he initiated post-op care with me via text and this seemed urgent enough where it would probably warrant the doctor's attention rather than a nurse. Anyway, this isn't the first time Epstein's office has been cold toward me. It's been happening the whole time but I was willing to look past it cos he seemed like he cared though maybe his staff didn't. After last night, thought, I am definitely realizing a fish rots from the head; the staff doesn't care cos he doesn't.

I'll be seeing a different doctor for post-op going forward and got an appointment within an hour of him telling me to go away. Super sucks cos I paid WAY MORE than the going rate for this surgery and now I've got to pay even more for another doctor to make sure I recover OK.

I think this is basically how I will look and now it's just a matter of the scar healing. I'll try and update pics but it isn't really a dramatic result. It's a nice one but not dramatic. I think the biggest difference for me is actually in my profile (not posted). I think the work is tasteful and if he took more off I think I would look more "done" than I would like to, though I don't like 3 more mms would've been so bad. I'm hoping that those mms can be done with botox and filler. I'm not too worried about scarring, I think it'll be pretty cleared up in a couple more months? I'm not sure but again, I'm not worried about it cos definitely in the course of years it will be completely gone and I know this from all the skate and surf scars I have on the tip of my chin that nobody can see, most of which I would just butterfly and move on with, so that healing process was not cute lol!
As for the bleeding on my nose, Epstein prescribed me some mupirocin and I've been seeing his doctor colleagues in my city ever since. I am much happier being in their care -- they are super responsive. There is no infection and I should be good to go as long as I keep up my care routine and keep following directions.
In a year I'll assess if I need a revision. So that's it from me! I think posting any more pictures would just be overkill and I hope this was helpful.