Guest guest Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Hey everyone, how are you? I'm pretty good, I had my supposed last appointment with my surgeon on Tuesday the 13th. He was supposed to show me the software and do the surgery on me on the computer and show me what i will look like(to a certain degree). Sadly, the software was down and he will show me the day before surgery in Lansing. For those that have had the upper jaw, especially the Leforte I, did your looks change much? If they did, how much did they move your jaw and did your looks improve?? I am not sure what mine will look like, as they are only moving mine 3mm. Thanks! *tori* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 Hi tori, Most everyone who has upper jaw surgery has a Leforte 1, there are other Leforte procedures but they involve much more of the facial structure. 3 mm is not a large movement, so I would guess there will not be dramatic change. People may think that you got a new haircut or something like that, they may notice something, but likely won't be able to really tell what's different unless you tell them. I had some pretty dramatic, and unexpected change, I had upper/lower and genio for an overbite/overjet. But I'm still me inside, just more balanced structurally. > Hey everyone, how are you? I'm pretty good, I had my supposed last > appointment with my surgeon on Tuesday the 13th. He was supposed to > show me the software and do the surgery on me on the computer and > show me what i will look like(to a certain degree). Sadly, the > software was down and he will show me the day before surgery in > Lansing. For those that have had the upper jaw, especially the > Leforte I, did your looks change much? If they did, how much did > they move your jaw and did your looks improve?? I am not sure what > mine will look like, as they are only moving mine 3mm. Thanks! > *tori* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 I'm three weeks post-op from upper only. He moved my molars I think he said 6 mm closer to my eyeballs, and he tacked my upper lip down to my gums. I definitely have more cheek bone now, and my lips have a much nicer curl to them. My family says that I have more cheeks by my nose, but I say it's swelling. They say I don't look swollen anymore. We'll see who's right. Really, though, the changes are subtle. I see them because I'm searching for them. Casual friends say they can't tell I had surgery just a short time ago. In fact, one woman I ran into at the mall stared at me suspiciously. " WHEN did you have your surgery? " She knew from e-mails that I had already had it, but looking at me, she thought it wasn't done yet. That was at the 2.5 week point. Best comment so far. " Wow, you look good. You really look good. You can't even tell. " You can't tell I look good? Kris > Hey everyone, how are you? I'm pretty good, I had my supposed last > appointment with my surgeon on Tuesday the 13th. He was supposed to > show me the software and do the surgery on me on the computer and > show me what i will look like(to a certain degree). Sadly, the > software was down and he will show me the day before surgery in > Lansing. For those that have had the upper jaw, especially the > Leforte I, did your looks change much? If they did, how much did > they move your jaw and did your looks improve?? I am not sure what > mine will look like, as they are only moving mine 3mm. Thanks! > *tori* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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