Re: Anyone a chin advancement veterans? Help please.

October 29, 2004

I suspect that you're not getting a lot of response because it's a

pretty specialized set of questions, .

There are plenty of folks who've had chin advancement (and reduction)

one way or another, but it's pretty unusual to have it more than once.

I didn't have it once, so I'm not in much of a position to help you.

There have been some members who have had the genio redone, or a

genio after removal of an implant, but I can't remember now who they

were. My best memory is that they were a while ago. There have even

been some who had implants removed to have genio, I think, but most

folks go through it, heal and go on with their lives. It also seems

to be a tricky thing to get just so that both the patient and the doc

are pleased. (Don't be scared, any of you facing this. Most often,

all is satisfactory and the patients are pleased, as are their docs.)

You might look through the pictures -- have you done so already? and

try e-mailing some of the folks who've had more dramatic changes.

I haven't seen pictures of you, or met you, but I doubt that you're a

freak. Some of us have had mighty little " lower endowment. "

I never had much of a chin, still don't, but I was making changes

mainly for function, and am quite happy with the bite that I have.

What are the docs telling you? Why did this latest round not work? Do

they think you should have another go? That you shouldn't? I'd think

they're probably gonna have to be your real guides through this. If

they're amenable to doing it, and you can afford it, why not? You

already know, presumably, what's involved. You might ask them whether

you could speak with some of their patients who've had similar or

related troubles.

I wish you well, and am both sorry and glad that I can't offer you

more info. I'm not ignoring you; I just don't have any answers for

you.

Cammie

>

> I've been trying for quite awhile to get some discussion going

> regarding chin advancement, but to no avail. I'd like to get

> experiences, suggestions, etc. from anyone who has had

> effective correction of a significantly recessive chin. I know

that

> some people see tremendous changes in appearance because

> their lower jaw advancement is significant and coupled with

> genioplasty are going from total dork to model material. I had

> lower advancement and genioplasty ten years ago, but have

> always been disappointed with the amount of remaining

> recessiveness. My jaw only needed to move 5mm and the genio

> was 5mm which for most people might be a significant

> correction, but for me was less than half the total needed for a

> normal profile. I've lived with this " partial fix " long enough and

> want a decent chin. I'm an engineer by profession (which is a

> group of people seldom concerned with appearance), but also

> getting into modelling (obviously concerned with appearance).

> Anyway, I had a chin implant two months ago, but it is not healing

> right and will undoubtedly be removed next week. Thus I have

> the choices of a secondary genioplasty (yes, that is possible, I've

> already talked to two different OS's on that), or a different

implant

> and hope it works out. One way or another, I will not give up and

> stay with what I have. I've contacted the oral distraction people,

> but chins are not in their line up. At this point I'm convinced

that

> almost no one has ever had this degree of chin recessiveness

> to try to correct and I almost never have seen anyone in public

> that had the recessiveness I started with...... perhaps I really am

> a freak in that area. Anyway, comments, etc. will be most

> welcome.

October 29, 2004