Re: Has anyone had full correction of severe recessive chin?

[Guest guest]

,

Your chin sounds like it was worse than mine and I thought mine was

pretty bad. My surgeon brought mine forward 5/6mm but said he could

have brought it forward by a maximum of 2/3 mm more. Well I wish he

had 'cos I don't think he has gone far enough. He said that it is in

balance with my face but I'm not so sure. I thought that the chin

was supposed to meet the line dropped down from your bottom lip.

Mine is short of doing that by a few mms which I'm a bit peeved

about really as you expect them to get this perfect when you are

paying this much for it.

Nic.

>

> I'm becoming increasingly convinced that few people have ever

> had a severely recessive of chin as I did. I started out a full

> 20-22mm from " normal " . I had lower jaw

> advancement/genioplasty that gave me 45% correction in other

> words about 1 cm. I realize that would probably correct 95% or

> more cases to a great looking result. I'm currently struggling

> with a potentially infected chin implant that gained me another

> 8mm which has me within a pinching distance of " normal " , but

> unfortunately it may not work out. If the implant fails, I've

found

> an oral surgeon who will redo my genioplasty and claims he can

> bring it all the way forward. I've seen photos of his work and

> what he says appears to be true. However, when I look at most

> all of the pre-op/post op photos of orthognathic patients, if they

> even were close to being as bad off as myself, they went through

> all the pain and recovery to get an only modest improvement in

> their appearance at best and in many cases almost nothing.

> Surely, there really are true " success " stories out there. I know

> the objective is primarily to correct the bite, but I've even seen

> cases that the pre-op photos were more attractive than the post

> ops. I'm not knocking the value of a great bite and straight

teeth,

> but if you're face is all out of balance, not much was gained.

Due

> to my current situation, I'm naturally pretty discouraged, so I'd

> love to hear about any truly remarkable successes.

[Guest guest]

,

Your chin sounds like it was worse than mine and I thought mine was

pretty bad. My surgeon brought mine forward 5/6mm but said he could

have brought it forward by a maximum of 2/3 mm more. Well I wish he

had 'cos I don't think he has gone far enough. He said that it is in

balance with my face but I'm not so sure. I thought that the chin

was supposed to meet the line dropped down from your bottom lip.

Mine is short of doing that by a few mms which I'm a bit peeved

about really as you expect them to get this perfect when you are

paying this much for it.

Nic.

>

> I'm becoming increasingly convinced that few people have ever

> had a severely recessive of chin as I did. I started out a full

> 20-22mm from " normal " . I had lower jaw

> advancement/genioplasty that gave me 45% correction in other

> words about 1 cm. I realize that would probably correct 95% or

> more cases to a great looking result. I'm currently struggling

> with a potentially infected chin implant that gained me another

> 8mm which has me within a pinching distance of " normal " , but

> unfortunately it may not work out. If the implant fails, I've

found

> an oral surgeon who will redo my genioplasty and claims he can

> bring it all the way forward. I've seen photos of his work and

> what he says appears to be true. However, when I look at most

> all of the pre-op/post op photos of orthognathic patients, if they

> even were close to being as bad off as myself, they went through

> all the pain and recovery to get an only modest improvement in

> their appearance at best and in many cases almost nothing.

> Surely, there really are true " success " stories out there. I know

> the objective is primarily to correct the bite, but I've even seen

> cases that the pre-op photos were more attractive than the post

> ops. I'm not knocking the value of a great bite and straight

teeth,

> but if you're face is all out of balance, not much was gained.

Due

> to my current situation, I'm naturally pretty discouraged, so I'd

> love to hear about any truly remarkable successes.

[Guest guest]

> >

> > I'm becoming increasingly convinced that few people have

ever

> > had a severely recessive of chin as I did. I started out a full

> > 20-22mm from " normal " . I had lower jaw

> > advancement/genioplasty that gave me 45% correction in

other

> > words about 1 cm. I realize that would probably correct 95%

or

> > more cases to a great looking result. I'm currently struggling

> > with a potentially infected chin implant that gained me

another

> > 8mm which has me within a pinching distance of " normal " ,

but

> > unfortunately it may not work out. If the implant fails, I've

> found

> > an oral surgeon who will redo my genioplasty and claims he

can

> > bring it all the way forward. I've seen photos of his work and

> > what he says appears to be true. However, when I look at

most

> > all of the pre-op/post op photos of orthognathic patients, if

they

> > even were close to being as bad off as myself, they went

through

> > all the pain and recovery to get an only modest improvement

in

> > their appearance at best and in many cases almost nothing.

> > Surely, there really are true " success " stories out there. I

know

> > the objective is primarily to correct the bite, but I've even seen

> > cases that the pre-op photos were more attractive than the

post

> > ops. I'm not knocking the value of a great bite and straight

> teeth,

> > but if you're face is all out of balance, not much was gained.

> Due

> > to my current situation, I'm naturally pretty discouraged, so I'd

> > love to hear about any truly remarkable successes.

[Guest guest]

> >

> > I'm becoming increasingly convinced that few people have

ever

> > had a severely recessive of chin as I did. I started out a full

> > 20-22mm from " normal " . I had lower jaw

> > advancement/genioplasty that gave me 45% correction in

other

> > words about 1 cm. I realize that would probably correct 95%

or

> > more cases to a great looking result. I'm currently struggling

> > with a potentially infected chin implant that gained me

another

> > 8mm which has me within a pinching distance of " normal " ,

but

> > unfortunately it may not work out. If the implant fails, I've

> found

> > an oral surgeon who will redo my genioplasty and claims he

can

> > bring it all the way forward. I've seen photos of his work and

> > what he says appears to be true. However, when I look at

most

> > all of the pre-op/post op photos of orthognathic patients, if

they

> > even were close to being as bad off as myself, they went

through

> > all the pain and recovery to get an only modest improvement

in

> > their appearance at best and in many cases almost nothing.

> > Surely, there really are true " success " stories out there. I

know

> > the objective is primarily to correct the bite, but I've even seen

> > cases that the pre-op photos were more attractive than the

post

> > ops. I'm not knocking the value of a great bite and straight

> teeth,

> > but if you're face is all out of balance, not much was gained.

> Due

> > to my current situation, I'm naturally pretty discouraged, so I'd

> > love to hear about any truly remarkable successes.