Quoted costs are OTT.
I have just paid £12500 including a CT scan. Admittedly I had no jaw work done but that would not have greatly inreased the costs.
I had it done in Brighton by Keith Altman
http://www.keithaltman.com/facial_femin ... urgery.php .
Keith likes to have a 'shrink' recommend you for the surgery. I asked Richard Curtis and my psychiatrist in Norwich to provide letters.
I booked on October 1st 2012 and was on the table two months and six days later. I was in hospital for two days, all included in the cost, as was a 1-week and 1-month follow-up. The last of these will happen next week.
How painful and unpleasant was it? There still is some pain, but this is easily controlled with paracetamol. At first I was on paracetamol & codeine, and that kept the pain mostly at bay. When I was in hospital they gave me some really powerful painkillers: I was not very sore. I got some discomfort from the anaesthetic and the antibiotic horse-pills I took for about nine days after the op, but TBH I have experienced worse. I'd say I got at least as much discomfort from the bout of Norovirus I had a week after the op. Finally I would add that I was so stressed beforehand that I was quite off my feed. In hindsight, I was over-anxious, but it did not feel that way at the time.
Wearing glasses, which I normally do all the time, is still a bit uncomfortable, because my nose feels fragile.
I was able to drive after my 1-week check-up, but did not really feel like doing so. I had 3 weeks off work, and spent a lot of it asleep. I had little energy during this time.
I also used Alexandra at
http://www.virtualffs.co.uk to produce images to try and predict the final result. That costs about £100: I forget the exact amount. Her pix gave me a good starting point to debate with Mr Altman what was achievable. In the end I think Alexandra's images were quite close to the final outcome.
I will supply some photos when the swelling has gone down a little more.
Jane x.
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