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Lipo touch-up
Hi Everyone! Its been awhile since I have posted. I want to let you know that I am having an additional liposuction procedure on March 1st. I'm so excited!
If you have read my entire review, you read how unhappy I am about the jowls that I still have even after the chin implant and extensive lipo. My PS told me after my first procedure that he took more fat out of my neck that almost anyone that he has even done neck liposuction to!!! But I still feel like I have some fatty deposits on the side of my jawline. I do think maybe some of it has come back since my first procedure, but a lot of it was still there even after the first lipo.
My lower neck tightened up really well. So I am hoping that after this touch up of lipo around the jawline, that area will tighten up as well. I wore my compression garment religiously, so that wasn't not a contributor to the problem.
My PS did say that the jawline is a difficult area to do liposuction bc it is a very unforgiving area where an unevenness is more obvious. He is a facial plastic surgeon with over 20 years of experience, so I am really hoping that things will look smooth and even after its healed!!
I also have some concerns about my implant being crooked. My PS acknowledges that my implant is not symmetrical on each side of my face by feeling its location. He said that the implant is probably sitting on my chin in the location that it "wanted' to go, and a revision could be risky and the implant might migrate right back to its current position. He advised against trying to move it. I guess I'm ok with that. I don't really want to go through the process of being paranoid about hitting it for another year again. I did ask if there was some way that we could tell if the implant was malpositioned like a x-ray of head ct scan. But my PS didn't seem very interested in doing that. Has anyone else had that done to evaluate the position of a facial implant?
It has been one year since I got the implant and neck lipo. My surgeon was very sweet to do my lipo touch up complimentary, I just have to pay a small fee for the anesthesia. He said I could do it under local anesthesia, or have IV sedation where I don't remember or feel a thing (which is what I did with my first procedure). I decided to do the IV sedation, since it went really well last time.
I will take antibiotics the day prior to the procedure. I plan to start my Bromelain and Arnica pills during this week prior to the procedure like I did last time. I will continue taking the Bromelain and Arnica pills until all my swelling and bruising is gone.
I will keep everyone updated and try to post pictures before and after again.
If you have read my entire review, you read how unhappy I am about the jowls that I still have even after the chin implant and extensive lipo. My PS told me after my first procedure that he took more fat out of my neck that almost anyone that he has even done neck liposuction to!!! But I still feel like I have some fatty deposits on the side of my jawline. I do think maybe some of it has come back since my first procedure, but a lot of it was still there even after the first lipo.
My lower neck tightened up really well. So I am hoping that after this touch up of lipo around the jawline, that area will tighten up as well. I wore my compression garment religiously, so that wasn't not a contributor to the problem.
My PS did say that the jawline is a difficult area to do liposuction bc it is a very unforgiving area where an unevenness is more obvious. He is a facial plastic surgeon with over 20 years of experience, so I am really hoping that things will look smooth and even after its healed!!
I also have some concerns about my implant being crooked. My PS acknowledges that my implant is not symmetrical on each side of my face by feeling its location. He said that the implant is probably sitting on my chin in the location that it "wanted' to go, and a revision could be risky and the implant might migrate right back to its current position. He advised against trying to move it. I guess I'm ok with that. I don't really want to go through the process of being paranoid about hitting it for another year again. I did ask if there was some way that we could tell if the implant was malpositioned like a x-ray of head ct scan. But my PS didn't seem very interested in doing that. Has anyone else had that done to evaluate the position of a facial implant?
It has been one year since I got the implant and neck lipo. My surgeon was very sweet to do my lipo touch up complimentary, I just have to pay a small fee for the anesthesia. He said I could do it under local anesthesia, or have IV sedation where I don't remember or feel a thing (which is what I did with my first procedure). I decided to do the IV sedation, since it went really well last time.
I will take antibiotics the day prior to the procedure. I plan to start my Bromelain and Arnica pills during this week prior to the procedure like I did last time. I will continue taking the Bromelain and Arnica pills until all my swelling and bruising is gone.
I will keep everyone updated and try to post pictures before and after again.
6-8 month Review
It's been almost 8 months since my surgery and things are going pretty well. I can't say that I'm 100% happy with results, but I don't regret it at all!! Actually I want to have my surgeon go back in and try to do some more lipo around my jawline.
I am pretty happy with my chin implant. I do think that the implant is not exactly symmetrical on my chin. I have a small Flowers Mandibular Glove extended anatomical implant. On the right side of my jawline, I can feel the wings of the implant going up above my jawline. On the left side, I can't feel the implant at all! I think it makes my jowls look asymmetrical as well. But.. my face is kind of asymmetrical anyway (I have a crooked smile not related to my implant), so I don't think its noticeable to anyone but me.
I love my implant. It feels like my own chin. I love the added projection it gives my chin. I don't have any numbness. I don't think my lower lip has 100% of the mobility it used to have. It may be at 95%, so its not that big of a deal.
But the JOWLS!!! AGH I hate them! I had them before, and I was REALLY hoping that they would be gone after this surgery, but they are still there! I want them gone!! At my 6 month check up, my surgeon said that he could go back in at around the 1 year mark post-surgery and do some additional lipo. But he sounded like he didn't like to do a lot of lipo on the jawline bc of possible contour problems there post-surgery. Its a very thin area, so any amount of a contour problem would be very obvious.
I also still have a double chin at many angles. My surgeon said that he removed more fat from my neck that he ever has on anyone before! lol But I think there is still more that he didn't get. I would love for him to go back in and get after that double chin some more! Maybe there was just so much fat that he couldn't get to all of it at once, or he thought, wow that must be all! But it wasn't. Its possible that it could be loose skin though....but I don't want to believe that!! I am 35 years old, so I'm not sure whether its fat or loose skin.
I did wear my compression garment religiously for at least 2 months or longer!! 24/7 for 2 weeks. For one month I wore it every night and alot during the day. For the next month or more I wore it every night. My surgeon told me I could stop, but I guess it was my security blanket bc I didn't want to stop! I was hoping it would make my neck tighter, but I don't know if it helped or not.
I have seen reviews/posts from some surgeons on RealSelf that do jawline liposuction regularly, so I don't know why my surgeon doesn't do feel comfortable with it. I also think I could use some buccal fat pad removal as well, but I don't know if my surgeon does that either. He is a facial plastic surgeon, so he SHOULD be an expert on the face. I don't know if he is just being really honest with me that the results could make me look worse, or what.
I do think my lower neck is WAY tighter. I was just hoping to have more of a jawline visible after my surgery. So thats why I'm not 100% happy. I will also always wonder what my results would have been if I had gotten a platysmaplasty as well. I don't think it would have helped my jowls, but it might have made my neck even tighter.
When I get around the 1 year mark, I'm going to discuss with my surgeon doing some additional lipo around the jawline, and perhaps straightening out the implant. Maybe I could just do it under local and it would be as big of an ordeal as last time. Not that last time was bad at all though. I really thought the recovery process went better than expected.
Overall, I am happy I did it. I don't regret it.
I am pretty happy with my chin implant. I do think that the implant is not exactly symmetrical on my chin. I have a small Flowers Mandibular Glove extended anatomical implant. On the right side of my jawline, I can feel the wings of the implant going up above my jawline. On the left side, I can't feel the implant at all! I think it makes my jowls look asymmetrical as well. But.. my face is kind of asymmetrical anyway (I have a crooked smile not related to my implant), so I don't think its noticeable to anyone but me.
I love my implant. It feels like my own chin. I love the added projection it gives my chin. I don't have any numbness. I don't think my lower lip has 100% of the mobility it used to have. It may be at 95%, so its not that big of a deal.
But the JOWLS!!! AGH I hate them! I had them before, and I was REALLY hoping that they would be gone after this surgery, but they are still there! I want them gone!! At my 6 month check up, my surgeon said that he could go back in at around the 1 year mark post-surgery and do some additional lipo. But he sounded like he didn't like to do a lot of lipo on the jawline bc of possible contour problems there post-surgery. Its a very thin area, so any amount of a contour problem would be very obvious.
I also still have a double chin at many angles. My surgeon said that he removed more fat from my neck that he ever has on anyone before! lol But I think there is still more that he didn't get. I would love for him to go back in and get after that double chin some more! Maybe there was just so much fat that he couldn't get to all of it at once, or he thought, wow that must be all! But it wasn't. Its possible that it could be loose skin though....but I don't want to believe that!! I am 35 years old, so I'm not sure whether its fat or loose skin.
I did wear my compression garment religiously for at least 2 months or longer!! 24/7 for 2 weeks. For one month I wore it every night and alot during the day. For the next month or more I wore it every night. My surgeon told me I could stop, but I guess it was my security blanket bc I didn't want to stop! I was hoping it would make my neck tighter, but I don't know if it helped or not.
I have seen reviews/posts from some surgeons on RealSelf that do jawline liposuction regularly, so I don't know why my surgeon doesn't do feel comfortable with it. I also think I could use some buccal fat pad removal as well, but I don't know if my surgeon does that either. He is a facial plastic surgeon, so he SHOULD be an expert on the face. I don't know if he is just being really honest with me that the results could make me look worse, or what.
I do think my lower neck is WAY tighter. I was just hoping to have more of a jawline visible after my surgery. So thats why I'm not 100% happy. I will also always wonder what my results would have been if I had gotten a platysmaplasty as well. I don't think it would have helped my jowls, but it might have made my neck even tighter.
When I get around the 1 year mark, I'm going to discuss with my surgeon doing some additional lipo around the jawline, and perhaps straightening out the implant. Maybe I could just do it under local and it would be as big of an ordeal as last time. Not that last time was bad at all though. I really thought the recovery process went better than expected.
Overall, I am happy I did it. I don't regret it.
3 month update
Its hard to believe that its only been three months! It feels like I had my procedure forever ago!!
I do think my profile is much improved. Although I would love for it to be tighter!! But who doesn't wish that! The chin implant has really helped with that.
What I am still not happy with is my jowls!! I still don't really have a defined jawline, which I really wanted. I thought the chin implant would have helped with that, but it kind of didn't. I still have this jowly round face, even though my neck is much tighter.
And my chin implant is still not symmetrical. Its not super obvious. But I do think it makes the appearance of my jowls look different on each side. One jowls looks bigger than the other bc the implant is lower on one side. But I don't think that my chin looks asymetrical. Just my jowls where the wings of the implant are pushing down on the jowl on one side.
I want to ask my PS when I see him again if he could do more lipo under my jawline. He said that he doesn't like to do jawline lipo bc any unevenness in the contours after lipo is super obvious in the jawline area. But I feel like I need the lipo kind of under my jawline, not necessarily on top of it?? I don't know if there is a difference, but I'm going to ask.
My neck still feels tight on the left side and midline when I look up sometimes. If i stretch it out if feels looser. I still feel a band of tissue running vertically down the middle of my neck, but it has gotten much better. I don't know if it will ever go away completely, or if it is some sort of tissue that is supposed to be there. Maybe its platysma? I do wonder if I had gotten a platysmaplasty like I wanted to, if my neck would look better.
I still have one lump on my neck that has been there for months that isn't going away. It is about the size of a pea. I do think it has gotten a little smaller, but its still there. You can only see it when I look up and stretch my neck.
So.... all in all, I am about 75% happy with my results. I wish my implant was straight, and I wish I had a more defined jawline without these jowls. But my neck is much improved, and I am happy with the projection that the chin implant gives me. I don't regret my surgery. I do wish that since I paid over $6,000 for the procedure that I was happier with the results and didn't feel like maybe I need to have it revised. When you spend that much money, you feel like things should be more of what you wanted. But, hey, I need to look on the bright side. I definitely look better, not worse!!
I do think my profile is much improved. Although I would love for it to be tighter!! But who doesn't wish that! The chin implant has really helped with that.
What I am still not happy with is my jowls!! I still don't really have a defined jawline, which I really wanted. I thought the chin implant would have helped with that, but it kind of didn't. I still have this jowly round face, even though my neck is much tighter.
And my chin implant is still not symmetrical. Its not super obvious. But I do think it makes the appearance of my jowls look different on each side. One jowls looks bigger than the other bc the implant is lower on one side. But I don't think that my chin looks asymetrical. Just my jowls where the wings of the implant are pushing down on the jowl on one side.
I want to ask my PS when I see him again if he could do more lipo under my jawline. He said that he doesn't like to do jawline lipo bc any unevenness in the contours after lipo is super obvious in the jawline area. But I feel like I need the lipo kind of under my jawline, not necessarily on top of it?? I don't know if there is a difference, but I'm going to ask.
My neck still feels tight on the left side and midline when I look up sometimes. If i stretch it out if feels looser. I still feel a band of tissue running vertically down the middle of my neck, but it has gotten much better. I don't know if it will ever go away completely, or if it is some sort of tissue that is supposed to be there. Maybe its platysma? I do wonder if I had gotten a platysmaplasty like I wanted to, if my neck would look better.
I still have one lump on my neck that has been there for months that isn't going away. It is about the size of a pea. I do think it has gotten a little smaller, but its still there. You can only see it when I look up and stretch my neck.
So.... all in all, I am about 75% happy with my results. I wish my implant was straight, and I wish I had a more defined jawline without these jowls. But my neck is much improved, and I am happy with the projection that the chin implant gives me. I don't regret my surgery. I do wish that since I paid over $6,000 for the procedure that I was happier with the results and didn't feel like maybe I need to have it revised. When you spend that much money, you feel like things should be more of what you wanted. But, hey, I need to look on the bright side. I definitely look better, not worse!!