still swollen

[Guest guest]

hey everyone..thank you so much for the support. it has really

helped me. i have a quick question. im almost 3 weeks post op but im

still quite swollen. i had an upper jaw surgery.my cheeks and upper

lip are still swollen and when i smile i cant even see my upper

teeth yet. is this normal? how long does it take for all the

swelling to go? alot of people are very surprised with the way im

looking right now.my friends didnt even recognise me when they first

saw me. honestly right now i dont like the way i look i hope it

changes. according to my surgeon i should not judge the way i look

for the next few months coz its gonna keep changing. i hope he is

right and things get better.

thanks for listening..

gauri

[Guest guest]

Gauri, that's a question most people have a burning desire to get

answered. Alas, there is no one answer.

I can tell you that it should soon start rapidly getting better. I

can also tell you that when I went by my ortho's office at about 6 or

7 weeks, they said, " You swelling is all gone now. " I never thought I

had much -- but I had lower only.

And from what I've read, yep. it can take up to a year for all of it

to go. That does not mean, though, that you will be as puffy as you

are now, nor that you have a real sense of how you're gonna look

until things really get settled in.

Try to be patient. I know it's hard. But try! We're with you.

Cammie

> hey everyone..thank you so much for the support. it has really

> helped me. i have a quick question. im almost 3 weeks post op but

im

> still quite swollen. i had an upper jaw surgery.my cheeks and upper

> lip are still swollen and when i smile i cant even see my upper

> teeth yet. is this normal? how long does it take for all the

> swelling to go? alot of people are very surprised with the way im

> looking right now.my friends didnt even recognise me when they

first

> saw me. honestly right now i dont like the way i look i hope it

> changes. according to my surgeon i should not judge the way i look

> for the next few months coz its gonna keep changing. i hope he is

> right and things get better.

> thanks for listening..

> gauri