Dealing with changes post-surgery?

[Guest guest]

This question is to those out there who did not choose to have

the surgery -

I had TMJ surgery a year ago and now need orthognathic to align

my jaws into a proper relationship. I would never have

considered this surgery before the TMJ problems arose. I do

have a gummy smile (show more gum than teeth when smiling)

but am happy with my appearance. I will be having lower

advancement and upper raising/advancement (moving up and

forward). Sounds like it will be quite a change.

My question is if you didn't choose to have the surgery, how was

your psychological reaction to post-surgery physical changes?

Were you happy with the way you looked or somewhat

disappointed? My surgeon did the image morph on my profile

pic to what I should look like afterwards. I looked fine, it still

looked like me, but different. Is it hard to adjust to the change?

[Guest guest]

Hi!

I had my lower jaw and chin moved forward and my palate expanded 1cm.

The reasons that lead to me having jaw surgery in December are very

long and boring (so I won't bore you with my whole story). But since

I didn't have any current problems (it was more prevention) - it made

having the surgery even harder since I didn't feel I needed it. But

almost 5 months later - I have no regrets. I don't see any big

difference physically. I still " look like me " . Other people have

noticed the changes, but nobody was shocked by my appearance after

surgery. And all comments that I've gotten were positive.

Good luck!

Johanne

> This question is to those out there who did not choose to have

> the surgery -

>

> I had TMJ surgery a year ago and now need orthognathic to align

> my jaws into a proper relationship. I would never have

> considered this surgery before the TMJ problems arose. I do

> have a gummy smile (show more gum than teeth when smiling)

> but am happy with my appearance. I will be having lower

> advancement and upper raising/advancement (moving up and

> forward). Sounds like it will be quite a change.

>

> My question is if you didn't choose to have the surgery, how was

> your psychological reaction to post-surgery physical changes?

> Were you happy with the way you looked or somewhat

> disappointed? My surgeon did the image morph on my profile

> pic to what I should look like afterwards. I looked fine, it still

> looked like me, but different. Is it hard to adjust to the change?