Thanks everyone for the well-wishes/congratulations. The pain and swelling is finally starting to really subside. Dr. Rossi just came by my apartment for a visit to check on me, which was awesome. He's just a really good guy, and both my partner and my mother who came agree that he was a very good choice for surgery. So far I highly recommend him. No nerve damage as far as I can tell. Sensation is coming back everywhere, with tingling and little shocks, which is especially great considering he did a lot of jaw/chin work.
My forehead is so much flatter now, it's crazy. Check the below X-ray. The bossing was pretty bad (you can see in my original post). He moved that back very far. He brought together my M-shaped hairline which is now a nice shape. No scar in front, he did a coronal incision stitched back with the trichophytic method, meaning hair should grow through the scar (I believe this is what Dr. Spiegel and many American surgeons do as well). My eyebrows also look really awesome. Not too high, not too low, just right. Since I have thicker eyebrows, he gave them a slight curve, leaving me with option to curve/thin them more on my own or keep them more straight/natural.
I haven't seen the bridge of my nose yet, only through the cast. If it looks anywhere near as good as the slightly upturned tip, then I'm in a good shape. He was very aggressive, using open rhinoplasty to really reduce the overall size. I was told by a plastic surgeon trained by Ousterhout not to get a upper lip lift but Dr. Rossi said that I need to in order to balance out my face. He did a really great job with that as well raising it up mostly up on from the sides. The sliding genioplasty he did really reduced the height of my chin and face overall by a least a centimeter. Even with all the swelling, it looks shorter. He also moved my receding chin forward quite a bit, no implants necessary. My profile looks much better than before.
My new profile:
X-ray(check out the bossing that goes on for my entire forehead and long, boxy chin):
I'm wearing a compression mask to keep the swelling at bay and also because I did neck lipo. The lipo is actually very painful - I thought that soft tissue work might be less drastic and painful but that's not the case at all. I have a yellow bruise running across my entire neck, right on the tracheal shave they did.
I'll post some more pics on the bridge of my nose when I have the cast removed and some swelling goes down. I'm really happy I chose Dr. Rossi. The price was perfect but it will go up as more people know about his amazing results, either through their website
t-change.com or on these forums.
Hope that was informative, maybe to help someone on here to feel better choosing Dr. Rossi. Buenos Aires is beautiful
Staying here for a month, soon I'll be out and about, vacationing and enjoying the city, which is like a mix of New York City with Italy, but way cheaper. Lots of pain, lots of gain
Time for some fun. Can't wait to see Charlotte again from these forums, so happy we got to hang out. Shout out to her; she's super nice, smart, and beautiful! Her tips for navigating the city have helped me a good deal, so anyone going read them all. I highly suggested meeting people on these forums if you go around the same time.
- Ruby Aliza
