Ugly Beauty

If you look at the post below you will see I've undergone something that looks rather invasive to my face and neck. Truthfully it looks worse than it is, but if I chose to reveal it to the peeps in my world I could milk it for sympathy. That said I will NOT be sharing my decision to have anti-aging intervention with my friends or co-workers because quite frankly I don't want to have to explain myself. We in Roissy World are very un-PC when it comes to discussing what men want and first and foremost they want beauty and by that I mean youth. In the PC world we talk about personality. Ya right. Miss Congeniality is rarely the prettiest girl.

I hasten to add that personality and character are of huge importance to both sides of the equation but it's not the first thing we literally look at. I don't want to make this post an excuse of why I chose to do what I did. I have no regrets at this point and unless it made me worse I can't see having any at all. I'm thrilled to be living in a day and age when interventions like the one I chose are safe (mostly) and relatively cost effective.

As mentioned in an earlier post I was told the waiting list was very large and I'd have to wait until Spring of 2010 to get it done. 'It' being a chin re sculpture. It was early days for signs of aging for me but I could see already at certain angles how this gave my age away. I have a youthful appearance and who wants that blown by a descending double chin. Not moi. The method my Doctor chose was liposuction. Excuse my language but OMFG it was like being locked inside the movie SAW, which by the way I've never seen but heard enough about to get the general idea.

I was quite anxious about the procedure and it was given away by my blood pressure. Nothing worrisome but when I saw the numbers I knew my calm exterior was blown. I think it was 132 over 79. I have a tendency to low blood pressure so this was high for me. High normal for most people. The surgeon (best in the City) marked up my face and decided it would be a good idea to take some fat from the jowl area along my jaw bone in addition to the fat deposit under my chin. Sure I thought. In order to do this three incisions had to be made. One each under each ear lobe and one under my chin. Hmmmm okay. Then he had to freeze me up. Ouchie mama this hurt like a bugger - a BIG BUGGER. They had put an IV in in case I couldn't handle the procedure and then they'd twilight sedate me. Otherwise it was going to be done under local.

It was gruesome. I could hear the scissors cut the holes in my face where the little cannula would enter. The see sawing of the cannula in my face was also very disturbing - I could feel where it's end would hit tissue and it was disgusting. I screamed my head off inside my head but gave no impression otherwise I was disturbed. It took about 15 -20 minutes I'm guessing. It was pure hell while it happened. He was done and said he'd removed all the fat - I was down to skin on skin when he pinched his fingers. He sewed up the three little holes and said they'd dissolve on their own. The nurses then wrapped my head in an elastic tensor type dealie and I drove home. All this under local. Wow.

I haven't had to take any pain medication and it's 21 hours afterwards, mind you I have a fairly decent sized pain tolerance.

I am pretty swollen and bruised so difficult to see real improvement at this point - the Doc says it will be up to six weeks before I'm back to looking completely normal. I'm off on vacay in five so I'm hoping I'm an early healer.

I took today off but will be back to work tomorrow - I'll wear scarfs to cover the bruises on my neck and I apply make-up well so I'll cover the cheek bruises fairly easily. I plan on telling staff I've had two molars removed.

I plan on doing a few pictures as I recover just for my own interest, you might like them too - who knows.

Feel free to make any comments you like. Just know this - I thought about it hard and did my research - once I decided I decided - no turning back. Am I faking youth? Not really. I mean youth is very hard to fake and I'm not a youth. I'm just choosing to age well. All those natural agers (Helen Mirren) are doing exactly what I've done so don't fool yourself. You don't have to look windswept to have had work done.

Just sayin...