Variations of techniques: Great doctor recommendation

[Guest guest]

Hello again,

I've been posting my stories and my woes for a few weeks now

and want to share some of what I have learned in my quest to

improve my results from surgery of ten years ago. Quick history:

I had lower advancement and genioplasty ten years ago. Great

bite, teeth are straight and strong, downsides are residual

numbness still remaining, lip incompetence remaining,

recessive chin remaining. I had a chin implant two weeks ago

and that helped the chin a lot and it looks pretty good now, I saw

an oral surgeon this week to discuss the lip incompetence

issue. That was Dr. Provenzano in Wichita, KS. How I wish I

would have met him about eleven years ago. Great personality,

and I was extremely impressed by photos of his work that he

showed me. This man does not leave you with " subtle " changes

unless of course that's all you want. His genioplasties are

awesome, he took a kid with an extremely recessive chin, like

mine used to be and with just a genioplasty, no jaw

advancement, turned him from a dork (like I was) to downright

HOT. His profile was completely perfect. I have seen few if any

before/after photos of someone who started out that bad and

looked so good afterwards. And get this..... no wires, or rubber

bands post op on his jaw surgeries and he allows his patients a

soft food diet.... not liquid restriction. We decided against raising

my upper as it would detract from my smile, and my lip

incompetence actually has improved after the implant.... due to

the muscle resectioning. Dr. Provenzano also said he could

have redone my genioplasty, but thought my implant looked real

good and although he prefers genioplasties, he does not see

anything wrong with implants and certainly did not recommend

taking mine out and doing genioplasty unless of course

something went wrong. The bottom line is the fact that there's a

lot of variation in surgeon's outlooks and techniques. I found

him to be open minded and progressive in his approach to

jaw/facial surgery. I felt sad that I didn't meet him sooner, but he

also supported and reaffirmed my confidence that I had not

taken a wrong move by getting an implant.

[Guest guest]

Hello again,

I've been posting my stories and my woes for a few weeks now

and want to share some of what I have learned in my quest to

improve my results from surgery of ten years ago. Quick history:

I had lower advancement and genioplasty ten years ago. Great

bite, teeth are straight and strong, downsides are residual

numbness still remaining, lip incompetence remaining,

recessive chin remaining. I had a chin implant two weeks ago

and that helped the chin a lot and it looks pretty good now, I saw

an oral surgeon this week to discuss the lip incompetence

issue. That was Dr. Provenzano in Wichita, KS. How I wish I

would have met him about eleven years ago. Great personality,

and I was extremely impressed by photos of his work that he

showed me. This man does not leave you with " subtle " changes

unless of course that's all you want. His genioplasties are

awesome, he took a kid with an extremely recessive chin, like

mine used to be and with just a genioplasty, no jaw

advancement, turned him from a dork (like I was) to downright

HOT. His profile was completely perfect. I have seen few if any

before/after photos of someone who started out that bad and

looked so good afterwards. And get this..... no wires, or rubber

bands post op on his jaw surgeries and he allows his patients a

soft food diet.... not liquid restriction. We decided against raising

my upper as it would detract from my smile, and my lip

incompetence actually has improved after the implant.... due to

the muscle resectioning. Dr. Provenzano also said he could

have redone my genioplasty, but thought my implant looked real

good and although he prefers genioplasties, he does not see

anything wrong with implants and certainly did not recommend

taking mine out and doing genioplasty unless of course

something went wrong. The bottom line is the fact that there's a

lot of variation in surgeon's outlooks and techniques. I found

him to be open minded and progressive in his approach to

jaw/facial surgery. I felt sad that I didn't meet him sooner, but he

also supported and reaffirmed my confidence that I had not

taken a wrong move by getting an implant.

[Guest guest]

That's good to hear, I've only heard negative things in the past

about chin implants. But in your case, they also corrected a skeletal

problem, and I think people need to consider that too, as well as the

risks involved (numbness, etc)

> Hello again,

>

> I've been posting my stories and my woes for a few weeks now

> and want to share some of what I have learned in my quest to

> improve my results from surgery of ten years ago. Quick history:

> I had lower advancement and genioplasty ten years ago. Great

> bite, teeth are straight and strong, downsides are residual

> numbness still remaining, lip incompetence remaining,

> recessive chin remaining. I had a chin implant two weeks ago

> and that helped the chin a lot and it looks pretty good now, I saw

> an oral surgeon this week to discuss the lip incompetence

> issue. That was Dr. Provenzano in Wichita, KS. How I wish I

> would have met him about eleven years ago. Great personality,

> and I was extremely impressed by photos of his work that he

> showed me. This man does not leave you with " subtle " changes

> unless of course that's all you want. His genioplasties are

> awesome, he took a kid with an extremely recessive chin, like

> mine used to be and with just a genioplasty, no jaw

> advancement, turned him from a dork (like I was) to downright

> HOT. His profile was completely perfect. I have seen few if any

> before/after photos of someone who started out that bad and

> looked so good afterwards. And get this..... no wires, or rubber

> bands post op on his jaw surgeries and he allows his patients a

> soft food diet.... not liquid restriction. We decided against

raising

> my upper as it would detract from my smile, and my lip

> incompetence actually has improved after the implant.... due to

> the muscle resectioning. Dr. Provenzano also said he could

> have redone my genioplasty, but thought my implant looked real

> good and although he prefers genioplasties, he does not see

> anything wrong with implants and certainly did not recommend

> taking mine out and doing genioplasty unless of course

> something went wrong. The bottom line is the fact that there's a

> lot of variation in surgeon's outlooks and techniques. I found

> him to be open minded and progressive in his approach to

> jaw/facial surgery. I felt sad that I didn't meet him sooner, but

he

> also supported and reaffirmed my confidence that I had not

> taken a wrong move by getting an implant.

[Guest guest]

That's good to hear, I've only heard negative things in the past

about chin implants. But in your case, they also corrected a skeletal

problem, and I think people need to consider that too, as well as the

risks involved (numbness, etc)

> Hello again,

>

> I've been posting my stories and my woes for a few weeks now

> and want to share some of what I have learned in my quest to

> improve my results from surgery of ten years ago. Quick history:

> I had lower advancement and genioplasty ten years ago. Great

> bite, teeth are straight and strong, downsides are residual

> numbness still remaining, lip incompetence remaining,

> recessive chin remaining. I had a chin implant two weeks ago

> and that helped the chin a lot and it looks pretty good now, I saw

> an oral surgeon this week to discuss the lip incompetence

> issue. That was Dr. Provenzano in Wichita, KS. How I wish I

> would have met him about eleven years ago. Great personality,

> and I was extremely impressed by photos of his work that he

> showed me. This man does not leave you with " subtle " changes

> unless of course that's all you want. His genioplasties are

> awesome, he took a kid with an extremely recessive chin, like

> mine used to be and with just a genioplasty, no jaw

> advancement, turned him from a dork (like I was) to downright

> HOT. His profile was completely perfect. I have seen few if any

> before/after photos of someone who started out that bad and

> looked so good afterwards. And get this..... no wires, or rubber

> bands post op on his jaw surgeries and he allows his patients a

> soft food diet.... not liquid restriction. We decided against

raising

> my upper as it would detract from my smile, and my lip

> incompetence actually has improved after the implant.... due to

> the muscle resectioning. Dr. Provenzano also said he could

> have redone my genioplasty, but thought my implant looked real

> good and although he prefers genioplasties, he does not see

> anything wrong with implants and certainly did not recommend

> taking mine out and doing genioplasty unless of course

> something went wrong. The bottom line is the fact that there's a

> lot of variation in surgeon's outlooks and techniques. I found

> him to be open minded and progressive in his approach to

> jaw/facial surgery. I felt sad that I didn't meet him sooner, but

he

> also supported and reaffirmed my confidence that I had not

> taken a wrong move by getting an implant.