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[egg_tartlet]

Bird Nose Syndrome? Ouch! Your words stings! But I totally agree! I looked like avatar then, but that was 5 days post OP, I think it's a little better now. Still swollen though..

tracylimmm said: ↑

your radix is WAYYYY too high. now youre gonna have what i like to call bird nose syndrome. maybe its the swelling.

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[via]

egg_tartlet said: ↑

Hi Everyone, I am now 3.5 weeks post OP (rhino/osteo,Mini V line) and back for an update. For those of you who knows nothing about my surgery, please look at the earlier posts and then ask questions please.

The swelling has gone down, I don't look like avatar anymore. The last 2 weeks was hellish for me because I looked completely different from what I did before. I was swollen, still am, but much better now. My eyes looked funny, and I looked extremely plastic.
When I talked, it was very apparent something happened to me, the muscles aren't yours yet, if you know what I mean.
I was so depressed, I didn't care about the money I spent, or the swelling/healing, but I just wanted to look normal. I didn't even care if I looked worse than I did before. As long as I didn't look plastic.

Luckily at 3.5 weeks I look more normal, but I think things are still improving as I still don't have feelings in my chin pad. The blood patches in my eyes finally dissolved after about 3 weeks. The bruising has almost all disappeared.

I am definitely still swollen in the bottom part of my face, and my eyes are still pulled together because of the added height in my nose, but I think that's improving as well.

I think if you want to have 2+ surgeries at one time, and if anything involved bones, expect 1-1.5 months to look normal and undetected. They are lying when they tell you, you will look fine after 2 weeks. Yes, you CAN go back to work, but you will look horrible.

I saw my bank manager today, this guy has seen me maybe 5 times in the past. He kept commenting how much weight I lost. In fact I only lost 2 kg. But I think because of the chin, my face appears so much smaller/pointy than it was before. All my features were round round round! Eyes, nose, face.
A lot of people thinks my face has become smaller, but of course that is only an illusion.

I am really glad I didn't get my cheekbones reduced. Initially i thought that was my problem. But had I gone and did the chin as well as cheekbones I think my face will be very flat. My cheekbones are very prominent as you will see in photos, and they are asymmetrical (But hair covers that up)

So I urge everyone who wants to get their cheekbones reduced, please think twice, if you want a smaller face, maybe it's not the cheekbones that's the problem! Mini V line had no loose skin/fat problem. My face is extremely fatty. My X ray showed that I had very small mandibles/chin, it's the fat on the face thats making my face looking so round, again, please think about the cheekbone surgery carefully before you go ahead and do it! It's not something you can reverse.

PS. I think the swelling and bruising is about 30% worse on me than the average person, I have very fair skin and I think that is why. If anyone has any qyestions, feel free to ask, I will do all I can to answer.

PHOTO TIME! Password is egg
Click on Link to see photos
There are photos of me very swollen, and the progress I have made so far, I will continue to update as time passes.

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Hi,

Thanks so much for sharing with us
& Omg you're bruising pretty bad!! in day2&5 post op O_O!!
But seeing your 3.5weeks post op, your face looks longer, definitely seen some change. Love the side profile , you look very pretty!

May I know what implant they use for your bridge?
And since the worse has gone by , now things will just subdue more and more,so keep drinking those pumpkin/etc food that help desweel

Goodluck ! and continue updating us xD

 

[egg_tartlet]

Hi Via,

Thanks for your comments! I looked so bad about 6 days after, it was literally scary. At 7 days, it was less swollen, but bruising and more bruising.

So it just takes time I guess...Hopefully it will get even better in a few weeeks. I hope my nose will come down a little more.

For my nose, they used silicon 2mm implant for the bridge, and cartilage for the tip. They have all the way up to 8mm I think...Even with 2mm, I think its looking quite high, thus the bird nose syndrome comment from another poster, but I hope there's more deswelling.

Via said: ↑

Hi,

Thanks so much for sharing with us
& Omg you're bruising pretty bad!! in day2&5 post op O_O!!
But seeing your 3.5weeks post op, your face looks longer, definitely seen some change. Love the side profile , you look very pretty!

May I know what implant they use for your bridge?
And since the worse has gone by , now things will just subdue more and more,so keep drinking those pumpkin/etc food that help desweel

Goodluck ! and continue updating us xD

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[karime]

egg_tartlet said: ↑

Hi Via,

Thanks for your comments! I looked so bad about 6 days after, it was literally scary. At 7 days, it was less swollen, but bruising and more bruising.

So it just takes time I guess...Hopefully it will get even better in a few weeeks. I hope my nose will come down a little more.

For my nose, they used silicon 2mm implant for the bridge, and cartilage for the tip. They have all the way up to 8mm I think...Even with 2mm, I think its looking quite high, thus the bird nose syndrome comment from another poster, but I hope there's more deswelling.

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Thanks so much for posting your update and pictures. Omg, i think you looked great either way, b4 n after. In your before pic, you had a more childlike innocent looking face and with the nose, it added more sophistication to your face. Your new nose makes you look a bit of mixed ancestry. Even with swelling, the PS looks subtle, way natural congratulations!
Btw: how many people did you actually tell after the surgery? I am just trying to prepare myself for what I may have to say when asked.
Well i hope you continue to make great progress with your healing. Will you please let us know when all the feeling of numbness subsides.

 

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MiaAnn said: ↑

Updates: Day of Operation (Mini V-Line and Eye-Lid)

7:30am: Was at the hospital; my surgery was scheduled at 8am. I thought I was ready - I had mentally prepped myself. For those of you who are considering facial contouring, I would suggest reading and looking up pictures of Peggy Heng and likes who have done it. I was scared **** - but I tried to prepare myself mentally as much as possible. When I arrived at the hospital and changed into my hospital gown, I had a sudden panic attack because I saw three girls heavily bandaged in their face and lots of gauze and blood on them - and they were hooked up on IV. It looked like they were in a bad accident - my whole body became weak. I asked my translator if I was going to look like them post surgery - he was so nice, he just said "Everyone's case is different".
Then, I met with Dr. Park and Dr. Gim one last time to discuss about what I wanted adn what I didnt want. I think at that time, I was so nervous that I could hardly digest what was said. It's all a blur to me now. I did show Dr. Gim the eyes that I wanted adn he said he recommended me to do epi as well, otheriwse I may have 2 folds. I didnt want my eyes to look red for a few months so I skipped epi. At this time, I am not sure if I made the right decision - but I guess it's too late now and I will have to wait for the final results.

9:00am: I was put into GA and I blacked out. The next thing I knew, the nurses were violently shaking me to wake me up. [read up Bambii Namky's experience - mine was very similar with hers]. I was extremely cold when they woke me up and I was shivering - i thought I was going to die! My head was heavily bandaged up and my throat hurt so so SO bad!!!!!! I wanted to drink some water but they told me I could only drink after 6 hours. The next few hours were the worse ... One saving grace I had was the ability to breath. I am so thankful that I didnt get rhino the same time as mini v-line (again, thanks to other forumers here who had suggested this!). When I was in so much pain, and my face was having so much trauma, and i was questioning myself if I did the right thing... the least I could do for myself was to BREATH! It was very calming and very relaxing to hear your own breath. You are alive!!!!!!!

The next 6 hours were brutal, but I was very lucky to have Zoe and her assistant Tony with me. At this time, I was still not allowed to drink or sleep - so it was very tough. They were my support system, my friend and my strength at that time. While I couldnt speak, I wrote on a white board to communicate with them and to past time. For those of you considering facial countouring surgeries - my advice is 1) Please think properly if this is what you want - it is not a small surgery 2) Please do yourself a favour by bringing a friend/ a family or hire someone like Zoe.

The rest of the night was uneventful. I didnt sleep one bit. My face was getting heavily congested and I had developed a lot of mucus and phelgm. The phelgm was very very thick, and once it gets caught up in my throat, i will jump up of my bed because I was Suffocating and i had to quickly detach my ice packs from my face so that I could let the phelgm out. The after care at ID was very goodd - the nurses came to check on me every few hours. Folks - dont discount having good post op care - especially if you are doing a few surgeries at once.

The next day, I was discharged. THe nurses came and took me to do an X-ray. Dr. Park came to check on me again. The nurses gave me a big pack of medication, pillow, ice packs, etc so that I could go home. I was relieved the worst was over, and then its just recovery. Patience, patience, patience!!

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Hey MiaAnn....i hope your recovery is is a good progress. Im originally plannig to have zygoma, mini v-line, and rhino at the same time because ppl said u endure it jus for once....but after reading your post.....im shaky inside....u got ur surgery at id right? Im planning to do mine there too. Did u bargain with them? (Imean so far id gave lower prices compared to other clinics). How was mini vline? Was thr incision made inside? Im shaky now TT....abd your so brave

 

[sesamekiss]

egg_tartlet said:

Hi Everyone, I am now 3.5 weeks post OP (rhino/osteo,Mini V line) and back for an update. For those of you who knows nothing about my surgery, please look at the earlier posts and then ask questions please.

The swelling has gone down, I don't look like avatar anymore. The last 2 weeks was hellish for me because I looked completely different from what I did before. I was swollen, still am, but much better now. My eyes looked funny, and I looked extremely plastic.
When I talked, it was very apparent something happened to me, the muscles aren't yours yet, if you know what I mean.
I was so depressed, I didn't care about the money I spent, or the swelling/healing, but I just wanted to look normal. I didn't even care if I looked worse than I did before. As long as I didn't look plastic.

Luckily at 3.5 weeks I look more normal, but I think things are still improving as I still don't have feelings in my chin pad. The blood patches in my eyes finally dissolved after about 3 weeks. The bruising has almost all disappeared.

I am definitely still swollen in the bottom part of my face, and my eyes are still pulled together because of the added height in my nose, but I think that's improving as well.

I think if you want to have 2+ surgeries at one time, and if anything involved bones, expect 1-1.5 months to look normal and undetected. They are lying when they tell you, you will look fine after 2 weeks. Yes, you CAN go back to work, but you will look horrible.

I saw my bank manager today, this guy has seen me maybe 5 times in the past. He kept commenting how much weight I lost. In fact I only lost 2 kg. But I think because of the chin, my face appears so much smaller/pointy than it was before. All my features were round round round! Eyes, nose, face.
A lot of people thinks my face has become smaller, but of course that is only an illusion.

I am really glad I didn't get my cheekbones reduced. Initially i thought that was my problem. But had I gone and did the chin as well as cheekbones I think my face will be very flat. My cheekbones are very prominent as you will see in photos, and they are asymmetrical (But hair covers that up)

So I urge everyone who wants to get their cheekbones reduced, please think twice, if you want a smaller face, maybe it's not the cheekbones that's the problem! Mini V line had no loose skin/fat problem. My face is extremely fatty. My X ray showed that I had very small mandibles/chin, it's the fat on the face thats making my face looking so round, again, please think about the cheekbone surgery carefully before you go ahead and do it! It's not something you can reverse.

PS. I think the swelling and bruising is about 30% worse on me than the average person, I have very fair skin and I think that is why. If anyone has any qyestions, feel free to ask, I will do all I can to answer.

PHOTO TIME! Password is egg
Click on Link to see photos
There are photos of me very swollen, and the progress I have made so far, I will continue to update as time passes.

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Hey Egg,

Thanks for updating us!! Must say wooow u look really good. Ur nose looks really nice and i before the first pic u posted was quite swollen but it looks alot better now! I actually really like it. I was considering an implant only 1-2 as well so thats good seeing your result.

I noticed in your picture u are wearing lenses? (correct me if im wrong!!) but if you are... Did you wear lenses like just from that week post op or did u strt a little earlier? Im a glasses wearer and im considering eye and nose surgery too so would need either glasses or contacts to wear... I heard i wouldnt be ble to weat glassrs because of the weight pressing on the nose so contacts are my next solution!!

Anyway, your results are really good. Need to read back who you went with as I should consider them!

 

[r3ggi3]

Karime said: ↑

2nd forum p 1-30
Hey guys,
I just summarized the first 30 pages on this thread. Again, i apologize if any info is incorrect.
plastic_korea p2 #26 BK Dr. Kim nose p16 #239 (update)
soda p7 #105 ID rhino
egg_tartlet #137 REGEN Dr. Lee nose 10mil p18 #265 (update)
babii mamky p11 #158 REGEN Dr. Kim nose, eyes, 9.5m
Monalisa77 p11 #161, p14 #202 Regen 3d zygoma, vline, fat graft-under eyes, naso labia
Emisa (update) p13 #191 ID cheekbone, mandible reduction, rhino, fat graft
kimchibogumbap p21 #316, p22 #317 SIWOO PS Dr. Lee 3.2m
Via b/a p24 #365
MiaAnn pg27 #396 Consultation update
London chick p27 #408 OZ Dr. Park
Karime (oops I forgot to include my posts, but i had nonincisional double eyelid-done in LA & lipo for double chin, PM me if you have questions about it)

Pics or info on clinics or general info
p3 #36 (girl who did eyes at BK)
p7 #102 (Pics of girl's transformation at View) www.viewclinic.com
p14 #204 (link to definition of different ps terminology-I think.)
p14 #206 supplements taken by forumer
p16 #237 View's blog link on face and breast
p19 #285 Real PS story-ID video

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Thanks Karime, you are amazing! You make us (silent forum) so much easier to access the pages we need. You really do your research well. Hope you have success in your ps in dec.
Keep us posted.

 

[r3ggi3]

SpartaKooks said: ↑

Hi guys,

I'm new here.. I'm going Korea in March 2013 with my sis, I intend to get a double eyelid surgery (i do have double eyelids but its so thin and my eyes are small ) and a nose job done (nose too flat and big). Have been reading and researching, seems like ITEM & Regen seems to be good for first timers? What is the kind of price gonna be like? i do wish to go for implants. Would need you guys expertise in advising me. Anybody interested to tag along and consult the clinics together? Will be less scary that way. Btw I'm Singaporean Chinese female. Gonna booked my tix soon, will be going for 10 days, might extent if requires longer recovery period. Hope to hear from you guys. Cheers.

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Hi SpartaKooks,
What date r u thinking of going? I m going with my hb but I think I wl leave him to wander around while I check on the clinics. If v r on the same date, we can tag along for consultations. My eta is 22/3 (fri)

 

[karime]

R3Ggi3 said: ↑

Thanks Karime, you are amazing! You make us (silent forum) so much easier to access the pages we need. You really do your research well. Hope you have success in your ps in dec.
Keep us posted.

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O, you're welcome. I will be posting the next 100pgs from the 1st forum soon. Was lagging a bit busy formulating questions for the doctors. thank u for the well wishes

.

 

[vny]

Hi all..
I'm back again.. After few weeks of silence recovering and going back to work i'm pretty much happy with my rhino and double eyelid.

Btw today there's news all over on the internet abt a chinese guy that sues his wife over UGLY baby is born.

Well... Something to think about...
For me... I got married 1st and 2 yrs later asked permittion from my hb if he is ok im going on PS. At least he know and aware what he's going to get. For better or worst right?
Haha... I hope he doesn't regret later for the years to come.

A few friends that i know from this forum also had their spouse acknowledge about their PS.

So my question is are we obligate to tell our spouse abt our condition? Or keep the golden silent?

 

[via]

vny said: ↑

Hi all..
I'm back again.. After few weeks of silence recovering and going back to work i'm pretty much happy with my rhino and double eyelid.

Btw today there's news all over on the internet abt a chinese guy that sues his wife over UGLY baby is born.

Well... Something to think about...
For me... I got married 1st and 2 yrs later asked permittion from my hb if he is ok im going on PS. At least he know and aware what he's going to get. For better or worst right?
Haha... I hope he doesn't regret later for the years to come.

A few friends that i know from this forum also had their spouse acknowledge about their PS.

So my question is are we obligate to tell our spouse abt our condition? Or keep the golden silent?

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If he minds, means he doesnt really like you wholeheartedly. I think that man use PS as an excuse to divorce. Shallow-mind and pure ridicule!
Tell or not tell is up to you, whichever you think makes you comfortable.
Dont mind about others, they'll judge you either way if you didnt go for PS

 

[sesamekiss]

vny said:

Hi all..
I'm back again.. After few weeks of silence recovering and going back to work i'm pretty much happy with my rhino and double eyelid.

Btw today there's news all over on the internet abt a chinese guy that sues his wife over UGLY baby is born.

Well... Something to think about...
For me... I got married 1st and 2 yrs later asked permittion from my hb if he is ok im going on PS. At least he know and aware what he's going to get. For better or worst right?
Haha... I hope he doesn't regret later for the years to come.

A few friends that i know from this forum also had their spouse acknowledge about their PS.

So my question is are we obligate to tell our spouse abt our condition? Or keep the golden silent?

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I saw that too. Was ridiculous but to be honest the wife should have said something. Your relationship would be based on a lie!!

I think it is important to tell. You cant keep it secret because what if he finds out after? If you really love each other and trust each other definitely tell jim the truth because whats a relationship if uou cant tell them the truth? Especially if your MARRIED!!
if you are just boyf and girlf and dont think your relationship will last then so be it but if you are married then yes you should, if you cant then you obv married the wrong person!

 

[ritchallthetime]

Yeah, when i first read the husband suing story (and winning as well, who'd have a thought, the husband coming out the better after a divorce!), couldn't believe how shallow it sounded. He came out with all this bs about loving her and what not. But i do believe she had a responsibility to tell him if they planned on having a baby. At least you could then look at adopting if you were scared the child might be too ugly...

If or when i do get my surgeries (mandible and/or zygoma reduction) i would most likely tell her that i've had it done. Its 50/50 either way with my genes anyhow. Me and my brother were stuck with my mums genes so we ended up with wide faces, big calves and being able to put on weight easily whilst my 2 younger brothers have got my dads side, so small faces, very hard for them to gain weight and small calves.

 

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girlfromMelb said: ↑

Hi. It's my first post ever and I just realised that a big no no is leaving a personal email address!
Anyway...I am planning to leave mid to late next year. I'm still doing my research but I think that I would feel more comfortable if I have some consultations.

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Haha you're not supposed to but many people do...you can wait for the private messaging function to be enabled after 10 posts. I've been doing online consultations, many of the bigger clinics have that. I am def going to shortlist 3 clinics and do physical consultations before deciding. While websites/online info is good, it is not the same as personally consulting with the doctors and seeing the vibe of the clinic.

You can try consulting with plastic surgeons in Melbourne...try Dr Andrew Kim from Advance Cosmetic. I've been going to him for botox and he can instantly give you recommendations. You can research on whether he is good for double eyelids as well...may save you a trip to Korea!

 

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egg_tartlet said: ↑

Hi Everyone, I am now 3.5 weeks post OP (rhino/osteo,Mini V line) and back for an update. For those of you who knows nothing about my surgery, please look at the earlier posts and then ask questions please.

The swelling has gone down, I don't look like avatar anymore. The last 2 weeks was hellish for me because I looked completely different from what I did before. I was swollen, still am, but much better now. My eyes looked funny, and I looked extremely plastic.
When I talked, it was very apparent something happened to me, the muscles aren't yours yet, if you know what I mean.
I was so depressed, I didn't care about the money I spent, or the swelling/healing, but I just wanted to look normal. I didn't even care if I looked worse than I did before. As long as I didn't look plastic.

Luckily at 3.5 weeks I look more normal, but I think things are still improving as I still don't have feelings in my chin pad. The blood patches in my eyes finally dissolved after about 3 weeks. The bruising has almost all disappeared.

I am definitely still swollen in the bottom part of my face, and my eyes are still pulled together because of the added height in my nose, but I think that's improving as well.

I think if you want to have 2+ surgeries at one time, and if anything involved bones, expect 1-1.5 months to look normal and undetected. They are lying when they tell you, you will look fine after 2 weeks. Yes, you CAN go back to work, but you will look horrible.

I saw my bank manager today, this guy has seen me maybe 5 times in the past. He kept commenting how much weight I lost. In fact I only lost 2 kg. But I think because of the chin, my face appears so much smaller/pointy than it was before. All my features were round round round! Eyes, nose, face.
A lot of people thinks my face has become smaller, but of course that is only an illusion.

I am really glad I didn't get my cheekbones reduced. Initially i thought that was my problem. But had I gone and did the chin as well as cheekbones I think my face will be very flat. My cheekbones are very prominent as you will see in photos, and they are asymmetrical (But hair covers that up)

So I urge everyone who wants to get their cheekbones reduced, please think twice, if you want a smaller face, maybe it's not the cheekbones that's the problem! Mini V line had no loose skin/fat problem. My face is extremely fatty. My X ray showed that I had very small mandibles/chin, it's the fat on the face thats making my face looking so round, again, please think about the cheekbone surgery carefully before you go ahead and do it! It's not something you can reverse.

PS. I think the swelling and bruising is about 30% worse on me than the average person, I have very fair skin and I think that is why. If anyone has any qyestions, feel free to ask, I will do all I can to answer.

PHOTO TIME! Password is egg
Click on Link to see photos
There are photos of me very swollen, and the progress I have made so far, I will continue to update as time passes.

Click to expand...

Thanks for sharing, this is the kind of info I was looking for! How long were your eyes bloodshot for? I haven't seen that in a lot of the post-op photos. Also, when did you start applying makeup? And returning to your daily activities?

But congrats, you were already pretty before but the surgeries definitely improved for the better!