Sigh, will my face EVER be normal again??

[Guest guest]

So I'm nearly 12-weeks post op from upper LeFort I and lower jaw

surgery, and i'm STILL puffy...not so much that people actually say

anything, but I can clearly see the slight chipmunk-cheeks in the

mirror, and can feel the still-swollen tissue beneath my cheeks.

I'm very happy with my new bite, but just dying for this swelling to

finally subside so I can decide whether I'm happy with my new

appearance (because so far, I'm not...I just don't look all that

different than before). Let me ask this: for those of you who are

happy with your post-op change in appearance, just how long was it

until your face settled into what you would call its " final " post-op

form? My cousin who had this surgery told me that it was a full 6-

months until she really saw the " new her " . But what confuses me is

that I look at the before/after pics in the Photos section and it

seems that nearly everyone who has a dramatic positive change in

appearance looks strikingly better just two or three weeks post-op.

But most people tell me that they can't see any difference in my face

and its been nearly 3 months.

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I'm five months post-op due to re-ocurring infections my face is still swollen,

the swelling is worse on one side than the other. I was able to roughly see the

difference in my face a few days after surgery when I looked in the mirror for

the first time. Though I was badly swollen I was able to see that my nose was no

longer small and flat and I had cheek bones for the first time in my life!!

I'm getting frustrated with the swelling too, but soon we both will be able to

see the " end " result.

I asked my surgeon a few weeks down the line when would the swelling all go, I

was told pre and post op that it could take several months for the swelling to

go down and that I just need to be patient easier said than done!

sarah

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