Wow Roni that looks sooooooooo good! Do you have a direct side profile view picture? You provided an oblique but would love to see profile! OMG!

Quote from: jgirl76 on June 29, 2014, 12:54:20 AM
Wow Roni that looks sooooooooo good! Do you have a direct side profile view picture? You provided an oblique but would love to see profile! OMG!

Made one real quick just for you, girl.



Sorry that my fringe is half in the way, but you can see the difference in the sinus area clearly. I'll pull my hair back for the proper post-op pics.

It looks really really good Roni!

OMGGG WEEEEEEERRRRRRKKKKKK

You look gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!! I'm so happy for you!

Jgiirl has mentioned it in the past, and I kind of noticed it now, you tell me Roni if you feel the same way, that Cardenas doesn't lift the brows high enough in the middle of the face? He kind of lifts the outer two thirds of them if you know what I mean?

The brow bossing was even heavier than I thought if I look at that front pic of you. Lol at getting rid of the caveman bones!! Can't fault this, to think you're only gonna look better and better from here on! There goes one happy Cardenas patient ! Congrats my darling x

Quote from: crowcrow223 on June 29, 2014, 04:12:22 AM
OMGGG WEEEEEEERRRRRRKKKKKK

You look gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!! I'm so happy for you!

Jgiirl has mentioned it in the past, and I kind of noticed it now, you tell me Roni if you feel the same way, that Cardenas doesn't lift the brows high enough in the middle of the face? He kind of lifts the outer two thirds of them if you know what I mean?

Yeah, I noticed that too!! At first I hated my new eyebrows, as I mentioned earlier in this thread. But I sort of got used to them and believe they even compliment me now. Eyebrows are a very subjective thing, and different people like them different ways; what's beautiful to one may not be for the other. So I guess future Cardenas patients will have to come into consultation knowing what kind of eyebrows they want to get.

Quote from: calicarly on June 29, 2014, 04:26:36 AM
The brow bossing was even heavier than I thought if I look at that front pic of you. Lol at getting rid of the caveman bones!! Can't fault this, to think you're only gonna look better and better from here on! There goes one happy Cardenas patient ! Congrats my darling x

Yep, my brow bossing was VERY noticeable pre-FFS, and any person staring at me from the side would know I was MtF.

Very good point... If I was ever fortunate enough to hopefully have some eyebrow work done with possibly dr C, I'd ask if he actually is skillful at raising the middle part as well, as this would be my main objective, I'd like to have my eyebrows lifted evenly, not just the outer 2/3s

but I'm being picky now, just aa detail really. He did an amazing, amazing job! He did an amazing transformation on you, I'm so happy for You Roni <3

Quote from: Roni on June 29, 2014, 01:37:46 AM
Made one real quick just for you, girl.



Sorry that my fringe is half in the way, but you can see the difference in the sinus area clearly. I'll pull my hair back for the proper post-op pics.

Hi Ronni. I didn't get to meet you. That night before you left I came to the house. Surgery is all done now. I can actually so thus far I'm realllyyy please with his work. My forehead is round and smooth. No hiiden shadows. I did get the type 1 . this worked out great for me. Still have the packaging in my nose... Its a buzz kill... However I think itlll be cute.

Quote from: lovelessheart on June 29, 2014, 07:49:24 AM
Hi Ronni. I didn't get to meet you. That night before you left I came to the house. Surgery is all done now. I can actually so thus far I'm realllyyy please with his work. My forehead is round and smooth. No hiiden shadows. I did get the type 1 . this worked out great for me. Still have the packaging in my nose... Its a buzz kill... However I think itlll be cute.

Aw! I wish I had gotten the chance to meet you. I know Vicente and Tyler were saying a new patient had arrived at the house. I'm glad you are happy with your results and that Type I was all you needed. Happy recovering!

Hi Roni. Your forehead does look fantastic. I had my forehead done by Dr Cardenas, and it looks the same as yours. I'm just not sure, I thought it was supposed to look absolutely flat, or at least flatter in shape. Mine, like yours, is smooth and rounded. I didn't have a type III, but just the same, it looks exactly like yours. If I HAD had, and paid for a type III, then as soon as I was well enough I would get an Xray done, that would show the plates and screws, just to dismiss any doubts that I might have. Now after all is said and done, I MUST get a type III, to see exactly what the differences are. It has become a bit of an obsession. I need to have the ability to know by looking at somebody who HAS had forehead surgery, if a type III was undertaken or not. You look absolutely beautiful regardless, so please do not take what I have said the wrong way. Much Love.

Interesting, on close examination, it could well be a type II, which if it was, it still served the purpose perfectly in Roni's case, did Cardenas give you the pictures he promised you of the type III in process Roni? Tyler himself promised to share them on the forum but he hasn't? ,Even if there was a type III, there will most definitely have been use of bone cement...

:s ... OMG here we go again... LOL ... I think it looks flat like type III ... but who knows.. :s

Quote from: calicarly on June 30, 2014, 03:56:34 AM
Interesting, on close examination, it could well be a type II, which if it was, it still served the purpose perfectly in Roni's case, did Cardenas give you the pictures he promised you of the type III in process Roni? Tyler himself promised to share them on the forum but he hasn't? ,Even if there was a type III, there will most definitely have been use of bone cement...

Yes, Dr Cardenas showed me multiple pictures of the type III procedure in progress. They took my frontal sinus out, reshaped it and everything! I had pretty significant brow bossing prior to the surgery, as some of you have noticed, so the results I attained are a godsent gift
compared to what I looked like before!

Thank you. Yes it was two of us actually. We arrived end on the same night. She's still at the hospital I'm here at the house. I have had no pain really.. Just extreme discomfort with the nose stuffings. My eyes are still swollen tho...and my neck...was yours like this?

Quote from: Roni on June 29, 2014, 02:15:49 PM
Aw! I wish I had gotten the chance to meet you. I know Vicente and Tyler were saying a new patient had arrived at the house. I'm glad you are happy with your results and that Type I was all you needed. Happy recovering!

Wow Roni, the work he did for your forehead looks fanfreakingtastic! You must be SO happy! I so cannot wait to see with the cast off!

Make sure to get a bunch of pics RIGHT after the cast comes off. It will be a very clear indication of the final result.

It only takes about an hour for the nose to swell up after cast removal, then you are usually stuck with that for 6-12 months. Swelling in the nose takes a very long time to subside.

Anyway, so happy for you girl! Your new side-profile pic looks to be top-notch perfecto! He nailed it!

Quote from: lovelessheart on June 30, 2014, 03:33:12 PM
Thank you. Yes it was two of us actually. We arrived end on the same night. She's still at the hospital I'm here at the house. I have had no pain really.. Just extreme discomfort with the nose stuffings. My eyes are still swollen tho...and my neck...was yours like this?

EXACTLY how I felt! No pain---just general discomfort. When they take out the cotton stuffings in your nose you will see just how big they are, and why they are so uncomfortable. I didn't think something so big could fit in my nose!

And yep, I couldn't fully open my eyes at one point, and my neck looked as if I had gained 30 pounds. You're fine girl! It will only get better from here.

Edit: Look at my avatar. That's me only 8 days after surgery! You have nothing to worry about.

Quote from: Jennygirl on June 30, 2014, 04:22:08 PM
Wow Roni, the work he did for your forehead looks fanfreakingtastic! You must be SO happy! I so cannot wait to see with the cast off!

Make sure to get a bunch of pics RIGHT after the cast comes off. It will be a very clear indication of the final result.

It only takes about an hour for the nose to swell up after cast removal, then you are usually stuck with that for 6-12 months. Swelling in the nose takes a very long time to subside.

Anyway, so happy for you girl! Your new side-profile pic looks to be top-notch perfecto! He nailed it!

Thanks Jenny!

I am definitely more than happy about how my forehead turned out! Only one and a half ish weeks til I get to take my nose cast off. Not looking forward to the swelling, so I will take your advice and take LOTS of selfies in the 24-hour period after the tapes come off. 

Quote from: Roni on June 30, 2014, 07:07:14 PM
Thanks Jenny!

I am definitely more than happy about how my forehead turned out! Only one and a half ish weeks til I get to take my nose cast off. Not looking forward to the swelling, so I will take your advice and take LOTS of selfies in the 24-hour period after the tapes come off. 

It's great to hear how pleased you are, that is what matters most. I know as the swelling goes down you will just be happier and happier with your results- it is already obviously a great result.

And yeah, literally by the time I got back home from having the nose cast removed my nose had swelled up considerably. A ton right a way and then slowly a little bit more for the next couple of days. I'm about 2 months post rhinoplasty currently and in my avatar~ it is finally starting to get close to the cast removal day. I have been really good about not bumping it, too, somehow

first pic is in the office, second when I got home, and third a few days later. You can see the look of befuddlement on my face by the time I got home. "Oh, there is the swelling they were talking about!"

Quote from: Jennygirl on June 30, 2014, 08:37:17 PM
It's great to hear how pleased you are, that is what matters most. I know as the swelling goes down you will just be happier and happier with your results- it is already obviously a great result.

And yeah, literally by the time I got back home from having the nose cast removed my nose had swelled up considerably. A ton right a way and then slowly a little bit more for the next couple of days. I'm about 2 months post rhinoplasty currently and in my avatar~ it is finally starting to get close to the cast removal day. I have been really good about not bumping it, too, somehow

first pic is in the office, second when I got home, and third a few days later. You can see the look of befuddlement on my face by the time I got home. "Oh, there is the swelling they were talking about!"

Oh wow. Literally minutes from cast off to swelling? Yikes! Yours didn't look bad after the swelling though; mine is probably going to return to the wide Filipino nose I have always been self-conscious about. They slimmed down my bridge/upper nose too---does that typically experience as much swelling as the tip?

OH MY GOOOOOSSHHHHH Roni you look AMAZING. I <3 your forehead! Has your sense of smell and taste come back? I think I will be going back to Dr. C for type III... Your experience proves he has the ability to do excellent forehead work. Thank you so much for having shared your photos! You're the only type III Cardenas patient anyone can find and I know it's going to answer a lot of questions for a lot of women who are considering him. I just so wish that he would have done the same for me... What's done is done, but at least I know he's worth going back to. Thank you for erasing the question mark in my mind! XOXO