Re: Reply to: Sliding drawer 10-12mm genioplasty on Dec 1

[Guest guest]

, wow, you have been through a lot and you are very brave. I

had upper and lower and I just don't think I could do it again. I

really hope you get the results you are looking for this time. Good

luck in your modeling career.

>

> Guess what I'm getting for Christmas this year..... a chin.... a

real

> chin, made out of bone and all the way forward where it's

> supposed to be. I'm having a genioplasty procedure that my

> doctor calls a " sliding drawer " , also sometimes called a " box "

> genioplasty that will allow for the 10-12mm that I need to have a

> normal profile. This will represent my second genioplasty as I

> had a standard sliding genioplasty along with lower jaw

> advancement ten years ago. That surgery gave me a total

> advancement of about 10mm, but that really only halfway

> corrected the profile problem. I had an implant put in this fall

but

> it failed to heal properly so was removed already. I've consulted

> several surgeons on doing a secondary genioplasty and

> although they all agree that it can be done, this option looks the

> best for really delivering the look I want and need. Although I'm

> an engineer by profession, I am also getting into modelling, so

> having a good profile is literally money in the bank in that

> business. My surgeon has a very impressive portfolio of jaw and

> chin advancement cases that are some of the best

> transformations I have ever seen, so I'm certainly hoping that his

> artistic and surgical capabilities will benefit me as well. My

> " before " pictures are already posted in a file called " bad post op

> profile " . That is what my profile is right now which represents

> what I had after jaw advancement and the first genioplasty.

> Obviously, I'll be looking forward to posting the new genio post

> ops.

[Guest guest]

, wow, you have been through a lot and you are very brave. I

had upper and lower and I just don't think I could do it again. I

really hope you get the results you are looking for this time. Good

luck in your modeling career.

>

> Guess what I'm getting for Christmas this year..... a chin.... a

real

> chin, made out of bone and all the way forward where it's

> supposed to be. I'm having a genioplasty procedure that my

> doctor calls a " sliding drawer " , also sometimes called a " box "

> genioplasty that will allow for the 10-12mm that I need to have a

> normal profile. This will represent my second genioplasty as I

> had a standard sliding genioplasty along with lower jaw

> advancement ten years ago. That surgery gave me a total

> advancement of about 10mm, but that really only halfway

> corrected the profile problem. I had an implant put in this fall

but

> it failed to heal properly so was removed already. I've consulted

> several surgeons on doing a secondary genioplasty and

> although they all agree that it can be done, this option looks the

> best for really delivering the look I want and need. Although I'm

> an engineer by profession, I am also getting into modelling, so

> having a good profile is literally money in the bank in that

> business. My surgeon has a very impressive portfolio of jaw and

> chin advancement cases that are some of the best

> transformations I have ever seen, so I'm certainly hoping that his

> artistic and surgical capabilities will benefit me as well. My

> " before " pictures are already posted in a file called " bad post op

> profile " . That is what my profile is right now which represents

> what I had after jaw advancement and the first genioplasty.

> Obviously, I'll be looking forward to posting the new genio post

> ops.