Posted by: anonomous
in Facial Surgery on Oct 10, 2011
I cannot for the life of me work out how to update my blog entries, so I'm having to do it via another post :(
Posted by: anonomous
in Facial Surgery on Sep 20, 2011
written by Jess,September 20, 2011
Posted by: anonomous
in Other on Sep 14, 2011
I decided to put off the chin reduction, because I didn't feel confident with Mr. Thuau. The idea of having to have an addition consultation, with an additional cost of £150, ontop of the £350 I payed for the privilage of a fifteen minute appointment, seemed a little extortionate.
Money aside - because I do believe sometimes you have to pay for experience - I went in regarding a reduction, and came out with several other 'alternatives'. Mr. Thuau works alongside a surgeon called Mr. Ion, of which I've had surgery in the past with and wasn't completely happy with. Mr. Thuau thought jaw implants, and fat grafting might be a good idea, whereas all I wanted was a small chin reduction. The fat grafting would be performed by Mr. Ion, and I just didn't feel good about the idea, so I didn't persue it any further.
Apologies for not updating this blog a while back!
I would still like a chin reduction, but at present can't afford one, and am mid correcting my lip which went wrong several years ago, which I also am writing a blog about.
Posted by: anonomous
in Other on Sep 12, 2011
I thought I'd write a blog about my up and coming surgery!
I had a permanent filler injected into my top lip six years ago. Initially I loved it, but when it came to topping it up I opted for a cheaper local surgeon, who subsequently botched my lip up. It looked awful.
A couple of years ago I had some of the filler removed, however, reduction is not an easy procedure, it's tricky and my surgeon said that if we needed to take out anymore we could do at a later date. It did look better, people didn't stare as much, but it still doesn't look 'right'.
I fell pregnant and couldn't do much about it soon afterwards. All though now I've decided to bite-the-bullet and have it sorted out.
My surgeon is Mr. Matti, and I'm having it done on Friday!! I'm very nervous. Mostly because the initial reason I had my lip enhanced was to make my chin look smaller! And my nose.
Unfortunately the filler has bonded to my own tissue and it's inevitable that my lip will look considerably thinner after the surgery (after the swelling has subsided). The idea of my chin once again looking prominent, really upsets me. I guess, because it will take me back to my school days, before I became happier with how I looked.
If we still had the permanent filler in the UK I wouldn't be worrying, I'd just go to a surgeon who had a good aesthetic eye. Unfortunately we banned Artecoll a while back. Because there will still be some left in my lip, I can't have any other filler! So if my lip does look on the thin side after the reduction my only option will be permalip.
I've read that Rich Tea has this, and am thinking it might not be such a bad idea. I don't know if Matti uses permalip, although I'm pretty sure he has never been a big fan of noticeable pouts! So I'm not sure if he'll agree to give me one of the larger implants.
It's not easy surgery because the filler I want removing is mostly between my mouth and nose, just above my upper lip. I'll take some pictures, and post them nearer the date.
Really nervous!! Especially as I'm having it done under local anaesthetic. He's a great surgeon though, he did my eyes for me, and my previous reduction.
xx
Posted by: anonomous
in Facial Surgery on Mar 02, 2011
Hi all,
I've recently had a consultation with Mr. Henri Thuau, regarding chin/jaw reduction.
I've always felt that my chin/jaw doesn't fit my face. There's no harmony, and I've never been photogenic. My chin/ lower-jaw is prominent, to the point I've enhanced my upper-lip in an attempt to soften it.
On entering his office, I was greeted with a huge smile. It re-assured me, and I instantly felt able to explain my predicament. He looked at me, nodding and listening to my concerns, and then asked me to hop up onto a chair, of which I laid my head back in order for him to have a closer inspection, of the incumberance in question.
At this point he informed me that many of his patients request such chins. Thrown by his compiment, as I don't recieve all that many, I for a moment questioned the reason I was there in the first place.
I explained that I'm happy with my side profile, just not my three quarter, nor face-on profile.
With consultations, it's easy to veer-off the beaten-track. He mentioned that perhaps if I added volume to my face, and possibly some small jaw implants, I might not need a chin reduction. At which point my heart sank. It's something I've really set-my-mind-on.
I appreciated where he was coming from, however.
To sum-up, what he's suggested is that I send him some photographs of what I'm hoping to achieve - I plan on digitally altering some for the occasion - and then he'll tell me what's possible. Additionally I'm to meet up with him for a second consultation with a cosmetic surgeon (his colleague), who will then scan my face in order to show me a 3d picture of myself. From which, they, I assume, will be able to show me what's possible.
I'm crossing my fingers and toes that all I'll need is a reduction, however. The idea of having several things changed at once scares me a bit. I'd prefer to do things in steps, as i takes me a while to adjust to change.
So I have to go back for another consult, which I plan on making over then next couple of days. It's a fair trek for me as I live in Yorkshire!
I'll keep you posted!
My surgery...
On Friday I felt nervous, but calm. Not nervous worried, because I've had surgery before with my surgeon.
I didn't think about the operation until I sat in the waiting room, because I knew what was coming! lol.
I was given some numbing cream to apply to my lip, because I'd arrived early, and it would help. Actually I didn't feel the initial anaesthetic needles half as bad after using the cream. So that was good!
His secretary was lovely as always, as were the nurses. His nurse who helped with my surgery last time remembered me, because of how scared I was of needles. She offered to hoold my hand, which I think I squeezed VERY hard!!
Having your lip opened while you're awake is a surreal experience. You can feel and hear the cutting, and sizzling as an instrument is used to seal the wounds (or suture them, I'm not sure of science of it). You can feel some blood as it drips, but there's no pain! It's a bit like sitting in a dentists chair, and having teeth filled or extracted.
Because I'd sent him pictures, on the day when he examined my lip, he told me the filler had been injected into the muscle (like Lesley Ash's it seems), so he wouldn't be able to remove it. He frowned, and didn't look too hopeful.
I'd planned for months how it would look, once the artecoll was removed, but he said he couldn't touch it. I'm not sure the exact reason, but he said couldn't remove it from the muscle, it had been wedged in.
My heart sank. Though his eyes shone with a glimmer of hope. He asked me what I wasn't happy with, and I explained it was the middle of my lip I'd hoped to have reduced. He agreed ('the ape look'), and told me he would reduce some of the mucosa (I think it's called), my own lip tissue from what I gathered.
So I've had some of my lip tissue removed from inside my top lip, in the middle, and a little at the sides, in order to bring the lip down in size. Concentrating on the centre of my lip.
He worked really hard, and was ever so lovely, even though I was a very nervous patient. He seemed apologetic that he couldn't do any more for me, because the filler had been injected so badly.
Four days on, the swelling is going down, and at present I'm very happy with how it looks. I'm not sure how it will look in another week, I'm hoping I still have a bit of a pout and that it's not too thin/small, but as it is my partner has agreed it looks improved! I've worn my hair differently and am feeling optimistic!
I'll keep you posted!
22/09/11
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Every morning I wake up my lip has gone down more. Thankfully it's going down in the middle, and the sides haven't deflated yet!
It's strange in your own head post surgery, because as you see the swelling subsiding, and are grateful for it, you don't always realise there's swelling still there. Considering how swollen my lip initially looked, last week, it now looks a sixth of that size! I looked like a creature from the Grinch, and had to leave the practise holding a leaflet over my face!
So today I thought great, it's so much smaller now it looks normal. Although my partner informed me while we were out on our walk, that my lip still looks swollen.
I wonder how much more it will go down? I hope it still looks a bit pouty!
At present though I'm still very happy with the results. I can definitely see an improvement. I'll keep you posted, and add some pics when the swelling's gone.
x