The Effects of Facial Contouring Surgery and Its Progress Over Time

Many people are impatient to know when changes in their appearance will begin after facial contouring surgery.

There are also many people who come to me considering revision surgery before even a month has passed after having surgery at another hospital,

and there are also some who, even after receiving surgery from me, impatiently wait for changes in their facial appearance starting from the first week.

The conclusion I have reached after performing facial contouring surgery almost every day for more than 10 years, and also observing the progress of people who had surgery in the past, is

"After contouring surgery, as time passes (3 months, 6 months, 1 year), the face should gradually improve."

The progress after facial contouring surgery can vary greatly depending on the individual,

but from my honest perspective, I think the general course is as follows.

In general, until day 3 to 5 after surgery, most cases show a face that is more swollen than before surgery,

and around 2 weeks after surgery, you can understand it as being similar to the pre-surgery state.

If bruising occurs in the facial area after surgery, it usually takes about 3 weeks for the bruises to disappear completely.

In general, the time when changes in the postoperative appearance begin is between 2 and 4 weeks, and I think it is appropriate to be able to detect some change in appearance when photos are taken after at least about 3 months.

What I think is

in the case of well-done facial contouring surgery, the appearance gradually improves starting from 3 months after surgery, and as 6 months and 1 year pass, the facial contours become better.

My view like this is a conclusion I reached through long-term follow-up observations over more than 10 years.

The most important part of facial contouring surgery is not simply changing the shape of the facial bones, but comprehensively considering the conditions of the soft tissues (muscles, fat, etc.) covering the bones.

Because in the face, the part that ultimately determines the contours is revealed through the skin covering the facial bones.

From this standpoint, the two cases I am most concerned about are as follows.

First, cases where contour changes appear externally too soon after surgery

• As the expression goes, "too much is as bad as not enough," if the facial bones are overcorrected excessively, changes may be felt quickly in a short time after surgery, but as time passes, awkward and unnatural contours often become more noticeable.

For example, cases where the jawbone was shaved too steeply, or part of the cheekbone became sunken, and so on...

If such a situation occurs, in most cases it is irreversible.

Second, cases where too much focus is placed only on the bone condition during surgery

• Recently, many people have become overly fixated on 3DCT after facial contouring surgery. However, ultimately, efforts to change the contours of the facial bones are made because people expect improvement in the contours as they appear through the skin.

Recently, after surgery at other places that have mainly promoted results only through 3DCT before and after surgery, more and more people have been coming to me after struggling with unsatisfactory results.

If I analyze the cause in such cases, it seems to me that the surgery was performed so that the 3DCT after contouring surgery would look appropriate only from a few angles, or that the surgeon focused on the bone shape shown on the 3DCT and did not consider the balance or damage to the soft tissues covering the bones.

Every day,

I consult with people who are considering facial contouring surgery before their operations,

I meet people 5 days after surgery and check their progress,

I meet people 2 weeks after surgery and check their progress,

I hear the worries of people who are anxious at one month after surgery,

and I see the relief of people who are gradually becoming more at ease at 3 months after surgery...

For me,

on the same day, the concerns and happiness of several different people at different stages after surgery coexist.

What I can say boldly is that,

it is better to avoid being overly impatient and swinging between joy and disappointment after facial contouring surgery.

The more incorrect the contouring surgery is, the sooner changes appear, and there are many cases that lead to irreversible results.