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At 1 week post op, you are still pretty massively swollen, and I wouldn't rush to judgment about your smile yet.
Great if that's the case! I'm concerned because I scanned through other folks' recovery timelines and it seems like their facial characteristics returned more quickly than mine. Maybe I should post again in a couple weeks if the issue persists?
While I would definitely discuss it with your surgeon to make sure, anecdotally it took me several weeks to regain normal upper lip mobility.
I was so swollen at one week I literally couldn't smile, and even now at two weeks, it's imperfect... Swelling is a thing...
Did you notice a significant change in movement to your upper lip between one and two weeks' recovery? Mine feels frozen, even though my lower lip seems normal.
A great deal, yes
What did you get done in 'stage one'?
Brow ridge reduction, rhinoplasty, fat-injection to cheeks and lips. My doctor was uncomfortable with me being under anesthesia for a significant time (mine ended up being ~10 hours) so we agreed to save potential jaw and chin surgery for a second stage. That's fine by me, because I am/was hoping that less work will still be enough to pass.
Hmmm...if you'd had jaw or chin work, I could comment since my smile has been weird since i had FFS about 3 months ago. It's getting better as the feeling comes back and my jaw becomes more flexible.
But I didn't have any fat injections so I don't know how those would affect things.
you are still really swollen. i had a weird smile from fat injections for the first month or so. give it time
I'll do my best sigh
Considering you're at one week, I think you're engaging in some catastrophizing. It's understandable; our face is incredibly important.
For me, it took about 3 weeks or so for my smile to start to feel okay again. I had a lip lift, rhino, and chin/jaw work. There is a lot of swelling and healing to do. Now at post 3 months my face feels the same as before; in fact my smile is way cuter thanks to the lip lift.
I might be somewhat panicking, yeah. My face certainly looked different everyday, ranging from starvation victim to chipmunk. I acknowledge that my smile could return after a few weeks, as you and others here have verified.
I couldn't find a toothy smile from your profile, but I absolutely agree your whole result (from your pics) is super cute
Holy cow you look way better than I do after a week. I’m like a balloon about to pop I’m so swollen. I’m 8 days out right now.
Oh hey, I remember admiring your earlier self-post to /r/transgender_surgeries . Hope the swelling goes down for you soon!
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