For phil (does dorfnz mean you have piles of endorphins???)

[Guest guest]

You got it.

Keep on smiling, numb or not... And how you look is important, but

not the key. My surgeon can't even see the difference in my face

(nor can I: He: " It's only a quarter of an inch, Cammie! " But he

does when he looks in my mouth and says my bite is " awesome! " ) that

means I could keep my teeth. And...

that suits me fine...

C.

>

> Hiya everyone, just my 5 cents worth.

>

> I have read a lot of posts from people who are unhappy with the

> results of their surgery and from all of them them there is one

> common thread - they are looking at the results and making a

> judgement only two or three days after surgery. I think we all

> scutinize the " new me " and in some way or another are dissapointed

> with the results (my top lip is too big, my nose is too big, I

have

> assymetry, my face looks puffy, yadda yadda yadda, lol) but as the

> days go by I think we get more accustomed to the " new me " I lived

> with the old me for 43 years and was never happy with what I saw

in

> the mirror, so I think the the operation is a little like hanging

new

> wall paper, it doesnt matter what the new wall paper looks like -

it

> will always be better than the old wall paper even if it does have

> imperfections because its fresh, new and sitting in the right

place,

> it simply cant be worse.

>

> For me just the chance to spend the next 43 years looking normal

is a

> godsend. The fact that people wont be looking at my mouth when I

talk

> to them wondering " what is odd about this guy? " will give me so

much

> more confidence. Hey, Brad Pitt, Clooney I was never gonna

> look like, but to smile with confidence is just the ticket (if

this

> numbness ever wears off and I actually get to smile, lol).

>

> BTW I posted a before and after pic under " phil "

>

> Have a great day everyone

>

> Phil

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