Has anyone had full correction of severe recessive chin?

[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.