Hi lazlo, first i wish you well for your recovery and as many people here already suggested i would invite you to focus on your recovery.
What you say about bimax causing the cheekbones to appear “low set” is, indeed, partially true.
This effect is exacerbated by the swelling that mostly occurs at the level of the LEFORT 1 cut.
Having such swelled cheeks, paranasals and upper lip areas makes the upper midface look extremely depressed.
Mind my words, this swelling goes away in MUCH MORE than 6 months. I’m some…3 years post-op and I believe I still have some 5% swelling
This will be a tough journey, you’re not even halfway!
I thank you very much for referring to me as a guy who had very good results. It is a good feeling. However, as also Plosko noted, I had different surgeries. Do not underestimate the effect of fillers that had a big impact on my looks.
Furthermore, I still feel ugly some days, suggesting that perhaps I do suffer with some bipolar condition that changes how I feel about my looks independently of how they are objectively.
The stages of elation and depression that you described won’t be limited to your immediate post op phase but might be shifted into a lifetime, maybe not so acute-but still, happening.
As also earl stated, there is only so much you can do. Things kind of slipped out of our hands, minds, wallets. There is a subtle line between healthy self-improvements goals and surpassing that boundary and shattering your body, mind and thoughts in insane territory. There’s a space that’s in between insane and insecure and you must try to stay on the “right” side.
Looks “obsession” is a drug that can, will ruin your life. Life is not meant to be lived this way. Improving a deficient jaw and ill defined angles is ok, but it should not be the start of a journey to achieve projecting lateral orbital rims with a Monobloc advancement. Where does one draw the line though? If you improved by, x% having surgery Y, why can’t you improve 2x% having also surgery Z? This kind of reasoning will haunt you, and whose to say you should be happy with surgery y? If you’ll get surgery Z and get good results from it, the same people who were pressuring you to “settle” will be the ones praising your results, thus encouraging you (indirectly) to pursue more surgery.
Realizing few mm added to your bone structure completely changes how you are perceived by others, and actually experiencing it, Is soul crushing. It is difficult to believe in more profound things, bonds, feelings, uniqueness of the soul and minds. These things however do-in fact-exist. Keep it In mind while pursuing orbital rim augmentation.
All in all, I have no specific recommendation and suggestion. This life is complicated and the decisions are for you to make and you’ll find a way to make it work.
Good luck my friend, try to love yourself somehow. Try to enjoy life focusing on other stuff.
When you go outside,do you analyse other people’s bone structure?
Don’t!
