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How To Reduce Swelling After Jaw Surgery | Setting Things Straight
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27 / female / Singapore. Journal of my orthoganthic surgery journey to fix my canted jaw, long face and protruding mouth. How To Reduce Swelling After Jaw Surgery. Swelling peaks at 5 days post-surgery, then goes down gradually over the course of the next 3-4 months. It is uncomfortable and unsightly, so it is most understandable that we want to find ways and means to alleviate this problem. Here, I’m going to consolidate all the tips I have found around the Internet on this topic. 2 Drink lots of water.
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1 Year Later | Setting Things Straight
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27 / female / Singapore. Journal of my orthoganthic surgery journey to fix my canted jaw, long face and protruding mouth. After disappearing for the past few months, haha. My external harddrive actually died on me, along with many of my precious photos… and I was so bummed that I couldn’t muster the mood to blog. Compared to what I gained, this little tradeoff is totally fine. Best things that have happened since the surgery, and because of it? 3 I can wear lipstick! 4 My face just overall feels RELAXED,...
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Post-Surgery | Setting Things Straight
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27 / female / Singapore. Journal of my orthoganthic surgery journey to fix my canted jaw, long face and protruding mouth. Archive of ‘Post-Surgery’ category. After disappearing for the past few months, haha. My external harddrive actually died on me, along with many of my precious photos… and I was so bummed that I couldn’t muster the mood to blog. Compared to what I gained, this little tradeoff is totally fine. Best things that have happened since the surgery, and because of it? 3 I can wear lipstick!
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Day 100 – Blast from the past | Setting Things Straight
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27 / female / Singapore. Journal of my orthoganthic surgery journey to fix my canted jaw, long face and protruding mouth. Day 100 – Blast from the past. There’s nothing like a flurry of Facebook tagged photos from a pre-surgery event, as a (not so pleasant) reminder of how I used to look. I think I’ve officially become used to my new face, because seeing myself in these tagged photos felt. My knee jerk reaction was wanting to untag them, because. That’s not me. 1 week before surgery. Hello Wen :) I’...
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Day 94 – Smiling somewhat normally! | Setting Things Straight
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27 / female / Singapore. Journal of my orthoganthic surgery journey to fix my canted jaw, long face and protruding mouth. Day 94 – Smiling somewhat normally! I think I can semi-officially bid farewell to the awkward, stiff smile look that I’ve been sporting for the last 3 months (I hope? My friends have been pointing out that my smiles looked really artificial and stiff. But after lots of practice that involved myself and a mirror, I think I’m getting the hang of smiling again…? Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Day 0 to 2 – Hello from the other side | Setting Things Straight
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27 / female / Singapore. Journal of my orthoganthic surgery journey to fix my canted jaw, long face and protruding mouth. Day 0 to 2 – Hello from the other side. Hello I am writing this from the hospital bed. It’s been 30 hours since my surgery ended and I wanted to write my thoughts before my memory fades. The environment which resembles a hotel, and the privacy that a single-bedder room offers, are things which I realise are absolutely critical to recovering in peace. And and and, very. I got to the ho...
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Day 111 – Eating like a rebel | Setting Things Straight
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27 / female / Singapore. Journal of my orthoganthic surgery journey to fix my canted jaw, long face and protruding mouth. Day 111 – Eating like a rebel. Day 111 – Choc donut. It turns out that the way I express joy is through eating. Haha. I went over to Starbucks and ordered a chocolate donut because it belonged to the group of foods that I couldn’t really eat without getting everything stuck. Then I had sambal stingray for dinner, which was delish. Try on red lipstick. Haha. Awww you look so beautiful!
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Day 118 – Life without braces and thoughts | Setting Things Straight
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27 / female / Singapore. Journal of my orthoganthic surgery journey to fix my canted jaw, long face and protruding mouth. Day 118 – Life without braces and thoughts. Day 117 – My birthday dinner! Just an update, a week into living without braces! Wordy post coming up! As expected, it’s beyond magnificent. I’m no longer conscious whether there’s food stuck, I’m able to FLOSS. I missed flossing so much! Honestly, I didn’t think it made *that* much of a difference, but I guess they thought so? Since I’...
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Day 77 – Photos and a kitten | Setting Things Straight
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27 / female / Singapore. Journal of my orthoganthic surgery journey to fix my canted jaw, long face and protruding mouth. Day 77 – Photos and a kitten. Day 73 – Say hi to my foster kitten! Firstly, in non jaw surgery related news, I’m fostering a kitten for SPCA for a month! I named him Oreo and he’s so sweet and tiny. :). Also, my photos are becoming less for tracking facial progress and becoming more for vanity. ; But this newly acquired hobby is pretty fun for now! Day 1 to 70 – Deflation. December 16...
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Day 111 – Liberation from braces | Setting Things Straight
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27 / female / Singapore. Journal of my orthoganthic surgery journey to fix my canted jaw, long face and protruding mouth. Day 111 – Liberation from braces. Day 111 – 2 minutes after taking off my braces. I am officially free from my braces! This photo was taken at the toilet outside the ortho clinic, which I beelined for to check how I looked. Haha. Then he followed by saying “Dr. Tan says your correction is very stable, so it’s okay to remove braces now.”. I couldn’t stop touching my teeth on my w...
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