Silly concern, I know, but...

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

I'm now six days post-op from upper jaw surgery. My surgeon moved my

upper jaw up 3 mm to fix an open bite, with my lower jaw rotating into

place.

I know this is silly to think about right now, but when I look in the

mirror it doesn't look to me as if my lower jaw has really moved

forward at all. My profile still looks a little recessed. I'm still

quite swollen though. Did anyone else in a similar situation have to

wait a while to notice differences in their appearances?

Thanks,

Meaghan

[Guest guest]

Hi Meaghan,

I also had upper surgery (this past October) to fix an open bite. I

was given the choice to have genioplasty with it, to improve my

profile. Initially I decided against it. I wanted as little surgery

as possible. But after much consideration, I decided to go for the

genio.

I am sure if your surgeon felt that you needed genio, he or she would

have suggested it. So at this point I would say you likely have a

lot of swelling and perhaps your new profile will be more obvious in

a few weeks.

When you are all healed from the upper jaw surgery and if you still

are not happy with your profile I am sure you can always go back for

genio sometime in the future.

Happy healing,

> Hi everyone,

>

> I'm now six days post-op from upper jaw surgery. My surgeon moved my

> upper jaw up 3 mm to fix an open bite, with my lower jaw rotating

into

> place.

>

> I know this is silly to think about right now, but when I look in

the

> mirror it doesn't look to me as if my lower jaw has really moved

> forward at all. My profile still looks a little recessed. I'm still

> quite swollen though. Did anyone else in a similar situation have to

> wait a while to notice differences in their appearances?

>

> Thanks,

> Meaghan