This week, I was standing in the bathroom brushing my teeth and getting ready for bed. I noticed that if I try to smile and hold it at a certain point, my face starts to twitch. And then if I try to smile on the right side too (while still holding the left), my right eye area and right side starts to twitch. It was so amusing I couldn't stop doing it! I was mesmerized and completely entertained by my twitching face!
I then got the idea to do a selfie in the bathroom mirror of my smile and share it with you so that you could see what it looks like. I knew that my smile is different than it was prior to surgery and the main reason I hate getting my picture taken now. I always liked to smile in pictures and when I see a picture of myself now (post surgery), I don't like it because my smile is not a beautiful as it was prior to surgery.
The left side is not bad. It gets half way up there into a "semi-smile". But then I tried only my right side and that was a complete failure. What's the expression.... FAIL!!!! It actually goes into a negative smile, if that makes sense. Here.... you can see for yourself.....
I then got the idea to do a selfie in the bathroom mirror of my smile and share it with you so that you could see what it looks like. I knew that my smile is different than it was prior to surgery and the main reason I hate getting my picture taken now. I always liked to smile in pictures and when I see a picture of myself now (post surgery), I don't like it because my smile is not a beautiful as it was prior to surgery.
The left side is not bad. It gets half way up there into a "semi-smile". But then I tried only my right side and that was a complete failure. What's the expression.... FAIL!!!! It actually goes into a negative smile, if that makes sense. Here.... you can see for yourself.....
( I knew my smile was bad, but I never realized how bad my right side is. When I started to crop the pictures, I was shocked at the pictures. I couldn't believe that it was that bad. It made be realize that my right side is practically paralyzed. I knew I had some paralysis and have mentioned it in my blog in the past many times, but I can't stress enough how shocked I was.
When I smile, it feels normal. I feel like I'm smiling big and wide. To me, I feel that I am smiling the same post surgery as I was prior to surgery. It feels completely normal.
Here is a picture of my smile which was taken PRIOR to surgery. I found a picture and cropped just my smile. When this picture was taken, I was smiling casually. In other words, I was trying not to smile too hard and look like a clown, but have more of a natural easy going smile. When I look at it now, I am surprised. I thought my smile back then was much bigger. I didn't realize that my left and right sides were not even.
When I smile, it feels normal. I feel like I'm smiling big and wide. To me, I feel that I am smiling the same post surgery as I was prior to surgery. It feels completely normal.
Here is a picture of my smile which was taken PRIOR to surgery. I found a picture and cropped just my smile. When this picture was taken, I was smiling casually. In other words, I was trying not to smile too hard and look like a clown, but have more of a natural easy going smile. When I look at it now, I am surprised. I thought my smile back then was much bigger. I didn't realize that my left and right sides were not even.
I decided to take a picture of my smile today (Nov.24) which is POST surgery. In this picture, I was smiling as hard as I could. In my mind, I was smiling so hard I thought I would look like a clown.
When I look at the two pictures, I am surprised to find that they are pretty much very similar. Other than the wrinkles (LOL!), the corners of my mouth now (Post surgery) are different. I don't know how to describe it in words, but "more puffier" with more pronounced lines.