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Happy with a new, improved chin - San Francisco, CA
UPDATED FROM chp12
11 days post
11 days post
chp12February 25, 2014
WORTH IT$6,000
Just a quick update. Feeling more like "myself" now -- it took about 7 days. One thing I didn't realize before is the implant isn't totally snug for 2-3 weeks after the surgery, at least for me. The doctor suggested I nudge it slightly upwards so it doesn't settle too far down and make my face look too long. It's a little surreal to be pushing your face around though! Here's a before and after pic of me 11 days out.
Also feel comfortable meeting old friends, etc. They don't notice! Only thing left is what my folks will think.
Also feel comfortable meeting old friends, etc. They don't notice! Only thing left is what my folks will think.
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UPDATED FROM chp12
4 days post
Another thing
chp12February 19, 2014
Also, I had noticed a bit of looseness in the skin under my chin that wasn't there when I first got my bandages off. The doctor said that will continue to tighten as I heal in the next few weeks.
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February 19, 2014
Did anyone ask you about your bandage under the chin? My doc said to leave my tape on for another week so the scar heals nicely so I will have to wear it the first couple days back to work. I told everyone I had dental work done too, but I don't know how I'll explain tape under my chin. Did your doc give you a chin strap? They didn't tell me about a chin strap before and when I went in for my post op today he asked me where it was... I was really confused but bought one anyways. I had a similar thing happen where under my chin was a good clean angle and then over the next few days the swelling all settled under there making it look not as good. I bet if you get a chin strap or wrap an ace bandage around there when you're sleeping it will help the swelling not settle there! Thanks for the update!
February 19, 2014
Hi, nobody asked me about the bandage but I also have the excuse that I could've cut myself shaving. My doctor showed me pictures of someone else where a few days out the skin looked looser under the chin, and then how it looked much better after four weeks. He said I didn't need a chin strap, it's just it's puffy now and will heal tighter. Good luck in your recovery and hope no one asks you about the bandage! You could say you cut yourself by accident.
February 20, 2014
Wow! What an improvement in your chin that has made, congrats.
February 21, 2014
It is still a little swollen, but it looks much better already. I've scrutinized his before and afters and I think he has an incredibly gifted aesthetic eye. It should turn out great.
February 22, 2014
Thanks a lot. I was impressed with the before and after photos he showed me too. He also noticed details like, I have an overactive mentalis muscle under my mouth that could interfere a bit with the final results, and we'd see if Botox could be helpful afterwards.
UPDATED FROM chp12
4 days post
First day back at work
chp12February 19, 2014
Had my post-op visit, where the doctor took out the sutures and answered some questions. Still have a bandage under my chin that should come off in 3-5 days.
Went to work after that, and it was a bit of a stressful day for me! I totally overthink things so bear with me. Most of what I've read on this site seemed really nonchalant, that people don't notice much. My doctor said the same thing, that even one of his patient's mothers didn't notice. I didn't know how it would be for me. My plan was to wear this new pair of glasses with a slight prescription that I had gotten recently to give people something to fixate on if I looked different to them. I haven't worn glasses since I got Lasik a decade ago. The glasses worked, for the most part. A few people just complimented me on them, but a few people kind of wigged out. One co-worker said, nice glasses, but kept looking at me. She said, "Something else is different." Another co-worker, who I've worked with closely for four years, came in to a meeting late and said, "Oh my God, I totally didn't recognize you in those glasses! You look like a completely different person, especially in profile!" I gave them both the swollen-from-dental-surgery excuse and said it was an abscess. I do think there is some "mental voodoo" that happens where people come to accept that this is what you look like and don't think twice about it.
A couple co-workers who I had told about the procedure were delighted for me and said it looked good.
Anyway I think I'm mostly out of the woods, but I have to keep wearing these darn glasses for a little while.
Went to work after that, and it was a bit of a stressful day for me! I totally overthink things so bear with me. Most of what I've read on this site seemed really nonchalant, that people don't notice much. My doctor said the same thing, that even one of his patient's mothers didn't notice. I didn't know how it would be for me. My plan was to wear this new pair of glasses with a slight prescription that I had gotten recently to give people something to fixate on if I looked different to them. I haven't worn glasses since I got Lasik a decade ago. The glasses worked, for the most part. A few people just complimented me on them, but a few people kind of wigged out. One co-worker said, nice glasses, but kept looking at me. She said, "Something else is different." Another co-worker, who I've worked with closely for four years, came in to a meeting late and said, "Oh my God, I totally didn't recognize you in those glasses! You look like a completely different person, especially in profile!" I gave them both the swollen-from-dental-surgery excuse and said it was an abscess. I do think there is some "mental voodoo" that happens where people come to accept that this is what you look like and don't think twice about it.
A couple co-workers who I had told about the procedure were delighted for me and said it looked good.
Anyway I think I'm mostly out of the woods, but I have to keep wearing these darn glasses for a little while.
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May 24, 2016
Well, Superman has conditioned us to believe that glasses can make a person look totally different ;) You look awesome, by the way. I've always wanted a chin implant too.
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