It’s finally a month!
Right jawline is still puffier than left jaw. It takes at least 6 months until final result to show!
So far i am pleased with my neck lipo result. There is no excess of skin. I love the profile of my left face more than right. I am thinking how to create the symmetry.
Think it is better to capture photos taken in the same thong and same position(except lighting). Sorry i am not professional photographer unfortunately.
I want a more define hourglass curves and i am thinking of wearing a waist trainer to make my waist smaller. Lets see if it works.
Getting more healthy conscious nowadays and reaping the benefits quite fast. Clearer glowing skin overall and flatter stomach. Fingers crossed hopefully my breasts fats won’t surrender!!!
The left photo taken on 30.11.16. The right photo taken on 08.06.17.
Will be updating more pictures here to keep track of my progress!
Hooray! I think my smile is back to normal!
The jowl is still bigger on the right side but i have always had a bigger right jaw because of disproportionate muscle mass. I had actually asked Dr. Arthur Tjandra during operation if it can be make asymmetric by liposuction. His answer was no to my disappointment. However, it can be fix by botox.
Round and squarish jaw before jowls liposuction!
After jowls and neck liposuction!
Photo taken on 29.05.2017 (3rd Day Post Op)
Photo taken on 30.05.2017 (4th Day Post Op)
Photo taken on 02.06.2017 (7th Day Post Op)
Photo taken on 03.06.2017 (8th Day Post Op)
“Changing your face can thus alter your life path, for the better or worse. It’s no wonder that some ardent believers in the ancient art of face reading have been subtly enhancing their looks not just for vanity but to boost their personal happiness and fortunes. Here are some attributes of a healthy, wealthy face that you may want to emulate.” (Link: Click on the passage to read article)
“In my case, it is quite subtle. Dr. Arthur’s traditional method of syringe liposuction is about 15 minutes short medical procedures under local anaesthesia that does not require an overnight stay. “
2. So why not Accusculpt laser which is the latest craze in Korea?
“Don’t be an unwitting victim of media hype that surrounds all of these high tech gadgets involved in cosmetic medicine. This scam is being committed by the manufacturers, the surgeons that invest large sums of money to obtain them, and the media that will essentially perform an infomercial disguised as a news segment. They are telling you a lie of omission when they say it is ‘minimally invasive’. What they are not telling you is that liposuction, which is part of the surgical process in every one of these devices, is also ‘minimally’ invasive. Additionally, most of them involve some form of electromagnetic or sound energy (laser, vaser, radiofrequency, ultrasound) that all produce heat, enough to contribute to heat related injury of the tissues, including skin.
The most significant problem the marketing hype has created however, is the intentional transfer of importance from surgeon to machine. Prospective patients think that good results are gotten from the latest and greatest machine, and not from the skill and experience of the surgeon. This is a travesty and is leading to a higher rate of complications and poor surgical results.”
Armed with these two conclusion i went to Dr. Arthur Tjandra of Elixir De Vie to get rid of some baby fat (30cc) that started to form jowls and double chin when i looked down. Not only that they are asymmetrical but when i smile they look so round. When i was a kid, i was deemed the very perfect chubby baby that everybody “geram” wanted to pinch. I still look at my 3 years old baby photo and think i wish i have a daughter that is so cute hahaha! Even now as an adult, superstitious aunts will look at me and say you have very good 5 features. I think it means the eyebrow, eyes, nose, lips, chin if i am not mistaken. I was born with auspicious look i guess. The look the mother in law wants for their son to make them ultra rich hahaha! Even fortune teller calls me ‘fu puo'(prosperous lady) Unfortunately, i begin to detest my chubbiness the older i get. I realised auspicious doesn’t mean beautiful. From what i was told, the standard of beauty differs from generation to generation and from culture to culture. The Romans love their women big and beautiful with rolls. The Brazilian and Spanish love their women with small waist but big thighs and bum they can smothers their face into. Mainland chinese love skinny lean body with legs i often referred to as ‘bird leg'(chiau kah). Guess their men are too lazy to peel the thighs apart.(:P) Of all these three cultures, they do not mind their women with chubby round face.
However, if you were to compare with Korea whose K POP STAR culture has great influence in the mainstream entertainment. They 100% prefer the V shape look and thigh gap for men and women! If i were to go to a Korean plastic surgeon today, they will definitely offer to do masseter muscle and buccal fat removal for me. That is why i was not afraid my face might be too V from liposuction alone because the damn muscle is still there. Anyway, i guess i can have it botox to look less bulging.
The RISK OF JOWLS AND NECK LIPOSUCTION!
Of course there is risk involves no matter how small the surgery! Something i listened to Dr.Arthur with great alarm but decided to shove it aside just minutes from surgery.
There is risk to a temporary impairment or damage to some of the nerves providing muscular movement of the mouth and lips. This usually is pretty slight and other people do not notice it but the patient certainly do. If you’re willing to take that risk and deal with a temporary weakness on a corner of the mouth or lower lip for a number of weeks and possibly months they need to get better. It’s always a trade-off.
Personally i feel my smile is a bit crooked now or maybe my face is so swollen like chipmunks now that everything looks crooked in my eyes.
For five continuous days (24hoursx5), i have been strapped in icepacks with compression garment like this. This is almost like having my jaw shaved kinda torture already. Icepack is a must to make the swelling and bruising go away. My bruising was greatly kept at bay by the icepack until it started appearing yesterday when i landed at the airport. This morning both of my buccal cheeks has a bit of yellowish bruising. Compression is very important for healing! Not only it is important for swelling but to tighthen loose skin. Do stock up on Yunnan Bai Yuan and start taking three days before operation up until the swelling and bruising go away.
So deary, it is a 15 mins procedures but be ready to take a week off work so you can have your face strapped with icepacks and compression garments. Some patients i heard dare to wear they compression garments to work but maybe they are Malays and easily hide under their tudung! Maybe i should dress like Arab women for a few days. Pretend to be Ninja turtles! Haha!
I am really not in the mood for pictures but i forced myself to take some pictures for this blog. It was my fault, i did not produce any thumb drive for Dr. Arthur to save my videos for me.
Picture taken 29.05.2017
Picture taken 30.05.2017
I am very happy that the incision made by Dr. Arthur Tjandra is super micro tiny that is less than 2mm. It healed and closed up in less than 24 hours and leaves no scar! This is very important to someone like me who is very paranoid of scarring.
Now i should have more patience for the swelling to go down in a week i hope. The final result could be appreciated in six months like almost all kind of plastic or cosmetic surgery.
Stay tunes for more updates!
Hey hey! I am feeling very optimistic. Just one of these lazy Sunday lounging at home. This time in my new Victoria’s Secret triangle bralette! Haha! Yeah i finally got one after they landed many months in our shore. Never have i imagine i would look good or feel comfortable in bralette. I was the type who was so self-conscious about my flat chest that i needed to wear a bra to sleep. How uncool is that?
Dr.Arthur Tjandra’s fat grafting has make it possible for me and many other women to have healthy body image without putting implants in our body. Not that i have anything against implants. I was considering breast implants too before i decided to give fat grafting a go. I think it is such a win win as i can get rid of extra pockets of fats and i don’t have to carry heavy silicone inside my body. I still can do strenuous exercise and go flying without worrying my implants will explode lol! I am not sure if it is true but sometimes it is some kind of stress to carry foreign items in your body.
I am excited about my third fat grafting and many more to come. I am also very excited to get rid of my double chin and jowls with liposuction. My arms are looking more natural and i am loving all the definition. I know it will be perfect when i get rid of armpits fats and upper back fats. I am already very pleased with the result.
Showing off my new unlined/unpadded/unwired bralette. Now it is possible for me to show off cleavage even lying down flat like this. No need to bend over to show cleavage lol!
Elixir de Vie has make it possible for many ladies to feel confident in their own skin!
The man behind Elixir de Vie is no other than our honourable liposuction surgeon, Dr. Arthur Tjandra.
I had booked my flights to Medan for my third session. As the dates got closer i have so much on my mind. A little too delirious at the prospect of beautiful body within my reach. I am also considering liposuction on my neck and jowls this round. That alone cause my heart palpitations. Perhaps even add in fat grafting to face.
Anyway, i will share some pictures of how my breasts are doing. I am sure i have retained most of the fats as they are about to burst out of this bra i got from La Senza before my second fat graft. It is a size 70C. Either that or my upper back fats had grown lol! I know i have to abandon this bra once i get my third session done. I can’t breathe in it anymore. Anyway it is so ridiculous even under a spaghetti strap my niece said she will refuse to go out with me lol! However, i am trying it on now because this bra really highlights the breasts upper pole!
I am looking forward to meet the master sculptor again to complete my armpit and upper back liposuction! I have to say even my arms had healed nicely and in amazing toned shape that i think i will put some men to embarrassment. Come on where did all the muscles came from? I had no idea it was under all the fats until Dr. Tjandra sculpt it out! I know i wasn’t working out in vain.
Plus the clinic always bring me into total state of zen that i will treat it like my spiritual retreat.
A bit of va va voom for the weekend and for once i am feeling the inner Jessica Rabbit 😛
Rawr…….OK! Calm down..
I saw this cute little number what they call as bralette. I gave my boobies a treat. Comfy enough to sleep in. I’m curious how i look like in bralette. Its 2 weeks to 3 months since my second fat grafting to breasts.
I don’t think i lose any grafted fats at all. My breasts feel super firm. I googled to see why and it turns out breast density is because my breasts has more glandular and fibrous tissues more than fatty tissues. I start to envy those girls whose breasts feel like water balloon. Lol! Fingers crossed i will be able to do my third session. Breasts please cooperate! I promise to treat you right! Thinking out loud.🙊
Ok this is how i look like with just a thin layer. Still a far cry from what i had envisioned.🙈
Front view. Love the cleavage already!
The lower right breast which Dr.Arthur painstakingly try to inject more fats to expand the area is filling up fine! I’m grateful to him!
Love the abdomen. Always stay flat now! Its 2 weeks to 3 months since the flank, love handles lipo. It didn’t bulge anymore.
Had this lingerie for awhile now. Bought it as my motivation to get my dream body. Now i’ll use it as a measure towards my dream body.
Start the lunar new year with smaller waistline and bigger natural bustline!
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Happy Lunar New Year 2017!
After watching a movie, The Truth about Beauty and reading this article here in Psychology Today i begin to see why my female aesthetic doctor is different from male aesthetic doctor when they view my face or body. Why some beautiful girls ended up with some hideous men. Why some handsome men ended up with some hideous girls. For centuries, there is an embedded hope for a pretty woman to wish that their husband can end up a great scholar. It is every scholar’s dream that they will marry a beautiful maiden.
In my opinion, men’s appearance holds secondary importance to women. Whilst, women’s appearance holds significant importance to men. Well, women has tried to fight this notion a long time. Well lets try not to jump into feminist wagon this time. Give it a chance to accept that men are just wired differently. They are driven by vision. For a long time, me as a girl thought it is only love if a man can see beyond my outer beauty and love my inner beauty despite what happen to my outer appearance. It is fair to say, wealthy men always wonder if the girl truly loves them for who they are and not their status or wealth. So if status and wealth is of greater importance to girl, will she leaves him when his inheritance dwindles?
My hopeless romantic self is kicking in again. I still choose to believe although all these can spark off romance. True love needs to be sowed and need sacrifice when all the conditions fade. Why do i use the word sow because it is easier to imagine love as a seed that needs to be planted (commitment) and effort to water it (love, cherish, kindness, understanding etcs.)
Upkeep of appearance still play an important part to maintain attraction. Acquiring of wealth still play a part in maintaining comfortable home. Honestly, stability is more important than great wealth. I think as a woman, it is important to upkeep appearance as to not to embarrass your man. If you are not someone who take big measure to go for invasive surgery. Then i guess you have to make more effort to slim down by going to gym and depend on make up with good fashion sense. As a man, it is important to take care of the family and not embarrass the wife where she has to slave herself to help you take care of home. But honestly i think it is easier to be a man! A good girl don’t really care about appearance and wealth. But i can’t even find a ugly man who don’t care about appearance haha. If their wife is ugly, they can resort to keep a mistress. Recently, a friend told me her poor cousin also manage to snag a mistress for himself. Wow! While it is easy to find a woman who is willing to slave for a man. I don’t read the bible nowadays but i recalled there is a story about the woman and serpent. How God cursed man to toil forever on earth and woman always will desire for the husband! A lot of women think by working up the corporate ladder and become successful like men will make it easier to control men. Somehow, women will always be women and men will always be men. Go figure out yourself.
Conclusion
Why you want to be beautiful? So that you can be more appealing to men!
Why you want to be more appealing to men? So that you can receive more love from men!
Why you want to receive more love from men? Coz you forgot you were cursed! LOL!
Just kidding!
Anyway everyone chooses their own path and journey. May we find our own answers in due time!
Happy 2017!
Timeline
Seven and a half month ago: I did frontal abdomens(upper and lower abdomen) and waist together with autologous fat grafting to breasts
Three and a half month ago: I did arms(shoulders and arms)
A month and 2 weeks ago: I did flanks and love handles/Lower back together with autologous fat grafting to breasts
To watch videos of my transformation, please visit projectcurvilicous
Some updates on my recovery process
Flanks and love handles/lower back recovery was no fuss. After about 2 weeks, I felt no pain no lumps during massage that i became too lazy to massage. I only diligently apply all the creams prescribed by Dr. Arthur Tjandra of Elixir De Vie.
Second session of fat grafting to breasts healing was smooth. The only thing i need to watch out was the incision scars. There was a tiny bump on my left nipple that i am observing hopefully it won’t turn keloidal. Will continue to pump my breasts with old noogleberry pumps and massage with hands whenever i can find the time and space. I have faith to expand the skin hehe. Looking forward to my third fat grafting already.
I am currently watching my diet because patients do get fat on other unlipoed body parts after liposuction. There are still fat cells and what they are good at are expanding. As we age our metabolic rate slows down and easy to put on weight. Plus i am stagnant now because i am afraid work outs may burn of my newly grafted fats.
Dr.Arthur shared an interesting case study in Elixir de Vie blog on how fat cells don’t multiply in lipoed area however extra calories/ fats consumed were distributed evenly in remaining fat cells.
Read it here.
The old saying is “A picture is worth a thousand word”. Sometimes i look at my own pictures and asked myself. Is this really me? Some self-image matrix going on ahaha.
Anyway, let me put it this way i am deliriously happy with my results. I have been posting standing up position to show my abdomens. This time i shall post the sitting down position to show how taut my abdomens still can be haha. Better listen to Dr.Arthur when he asked you to do 3D Liposculpting, he says that for your own good and not to rip you off your money. I felt a pinch when i said this and can hear him say i told you so because i didn’t listen to him to do 3D liposculpting on my arms. Therefore not much to show and i am saving all my sleeveless ,shoulder baring, bareback dresses until then. Just too bad! 😦
Lets just admire the abdomens first shall we?
Not too bad uh? Did i mention i am in my mid 30s. A lot of my friends had ‘let go’ and lost their youthful shapes. I am very proud all these years i have resolute to not only mantain but to perfect my shapes. My niece asked me once if i get jealous looking at hot fitness bodies on Instagram. I replied no and in fact i replied i love looking at their nice bodies because they motivates me to look better. Hey i am no gay yeah!
If you are considering liposuction or fat grafting, do check out Elixir Devie & its blog.
If you are very keen do email Dr.Arthur Tjandra’s client service coordinator’s email, jennifercotto@elixirdevie.sg
This is my last post in 2016. Happy New Year! May 2017 ushers in happiness and curviliciousness!
Thanks for reading!
