Brutal Recovery but It Definitely Worth It!

8 years ago I already had experience with plastic surgery and although that was a simple DES with local anesthesia, I searched a lot to find a good professional for myself, so I was kind of aware how to search this time. After making quite a deep research for my second plastic surgery, I decided that Regen’s Dr.Oh would be the best option to proceed it with. Few months before I made a reservation and began to prepare for my upcoming operation. I already knew that recovery is going to be very difficult since everyone was writing how hard it was for them to open mouth or chew or even talk, so I expected few months of tortures.
While I was chatting with Regen online, they said approximate price (it was around $21k before discount) and they also mentioned about $2.4k that I was supposed to pay with cash for facebow or something. So, the total with all discounts was around $17k. I remember on my first consultation day it was raining and I was about 20min late, which made me wait to meet Dr.Oh a lot, but that was my fault hehe… He started my consultation with asking general questions, like what I want or what I expect, then he took a look at my cts and xrays and said what he can suggest in my situation and showed me results of some patients similar to me. Then we moved to the procedure room for taking measurements and to be honest that wasn’t pleasant at all. He put some metal device into my ears and mouth and did something (not sure what that was…I closed my eyes because of pain) and after that he asked to come once molding is ready (it took 10 days)So, the final consultation was a day before my surgery. Dr.Oh showed me my current bite and postop one, explained what and how he’ll move. I was asked not to eat or drink anything 12hrs before my surgery. I think I was about 5hrs under anesthesia and when I woke up, everything was already finished and my teeth were tied. I automatically pulled my hands to my face, but couldn't move them as still was tied to the table, the nurse asked not to move or I could fall. Stay-in was 2 nights and they were awful…My nose and throat were blocked so breathing was very difficult, they put a tube into my nose, so I could breath somehow…I was super hungry and thirsty all the time but couldn’t open my mouth or even talk. The next morning Dr.Oh came to check up on me and I complained about pain, he said it’s normal and that everything will get better soon. On the discharge day they gave me 2 syringes to pour liquids into my mouth, as doing it with a spoon was impossible and drinking with a straw caused even more pain, since I had to work with mouth muscles. Breathing troubles lasted for about a week and that was the worst time ever! On day 8 I came back for some postop procedures (don’t remember what exactly was done, only remember that stitches were removed another week after and on that day a nurse was supposed to teach me how to tie teeth by myself, but touching my face was so painful, so asked to wait another week). I was supposed to leave Seoul 3 weeks after the surgery but the recovery was harder than I expected, so I changed my flight and stayed 2 more extra weeks. On week 3 when I was finally able to learn how to change rubbers, I started little by little to practice opening my mouth. On my last consultation with Dr.Oh before leaving he explained all surgery details, how much he cut from which side and for how many mm he moved what. He asked to keep the wafer for another month and then rubbers for 2 months and after that remove everything for a week and during that week I was supposed to come back and meet Dr.Oh so he could see the progress. After that all metal wires were removed. By month 4 I finally started to notice that swelling gradually went down and results looked more and more clear. Now I feel good and my results somewhat finalized (or maybe not…Dr.Oh said it may take up to 1-2 years). I like everything about my face now. And my only advice – to be more patient, it’s gonna hurt, it’ll be extremely difficult and uncomfortable but if you are ready go for it as it definitely worth it!

Frankly speaking, can't believe it's been an entire year already! Time flies very fast. I feel great and look amazing. Everyone is saying that it was worth it, well I know it myself LOL.
Can't explain how thankful I am to Dr.Oh, I think to me he did an amazing job.

I think it's been a while since I made my last post here. So a year and 4 months flew really fast. Was it difficult - kind of. Was it painful - from time to time. Does it worth it - definitely yes! Just a simple advice to anyone who's going to proceed this surgery - PREPARE both mentally and physically, it's gonna rock but be patient and you'll see a result! Good luck!