I had FFS on Oct 25th with Dr. Rolfes and am overjoyed with the results. BCBS of Colorado covered everything but my out of pocket max. Sorry my before photos have terrible lighting they were taken the night before surgery in our Airbnb.
Operations I had: type 3 forehead reconstruction with hairline advance, eyebrow lift, rhinoplasty/septoplasty, sliding genioplasty with jaw contouring, submental liposuction, fat transfer to lips and cheeks, and a tracheal shave. My trachea was pretty prominent so I didn't expect miracles, but I think it looks pretty good. Surgery lasted 8 hours with two hours in the recovery room and then I was sent home for the night.
During the pre op appointment I showed Dr Rolfes results and changes from prior patients that have posted on this sub and we discussed my goals and what I wanted/expected out of each surgery.
My post surgery recovery wasn't too bad after I got past the first 36ish hours. I was really nauseated from the anesthesia and the blood/drainage in my stomach from the rhinoplasty. I didn't sleep much and threw up a few times during the night the first of which was just a bunch of blood. Which thankfully I had mentally prepared for and pretty much knew was coming.
During my checkup the next day the bandages came off and the jaw bra got put on. I fed myself Soylent and drank water with a syringe for the first few days until I could handle drinking regularly and chewing slightly more substantial foods. Recovery was just a bunch of sitting around and cleaning wounds carefully until we went back home about 10 days later.
I'm not going to post any post surgery recovery photos they make me pretty uncomfortable. The after photos are around 7 weeks post. So some residual swelling is left I'll probably update when I hit 3 months with new photos. https://i.imgur.com/kwLM5ce.jpg https://i.imgur.com/sPcZST4.jpg
all 14 comments