Guest guest Posted August 13, 2004 Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 Hey all, I'm 3 and a half months post surgery for an open bite, and am absolutely impressed with the results. I'd say 95% of swelling and numbness is gone, just a small spot on my lower lip gets tingly now and then. My question is with tightness. I had a genioplasty too and I haven't really noticed any improvements with the tightness in my chin. I do exercises constantly to try and get the muscles working again and whatnot but nothing seems to do any good. Do a lot of you notice long lasting tightness? It's definitely something I can live with, it just gets a little annoying sometimes. Kirstin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2004 Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 Hey all, I'm 3 and a half months post surgery for an open bite, and am absolutely impressed with the results. I'd say 95% of swelling and numbness is gone, just a small spot on my lower lip gets tingly now and then. My question is with tightness. I had a genioplasty too and I haven't really noticed any improvements with the tightness in my chin. I do exercises constantly to try and get the muscles working again and whatnot but nothing seems to do any good. Do a lot of you notice long lasting tightness? It's definitely something I can live with, it just gets a little annoying sometimes. Kirstin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 --- Kirstin, I'm almost 6 weeks postop and my chin is still tight and numb. I was told this could take up to a year to have the area feel normal again. I wasn't told to do any exercises to that area, it would just recover on its own (hopefully). I'll be happy when the numbness goes away. I can never tell when I'm dribbling food all over my face!!! You give me hope that at 3 months the numbness will be better!! Take care, In orthognathicsurgerysupport , " that_girl100 " <kcrabtre@d...> wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm 3 and a half months post surgery for an open bite, and am > absolutely impressed with the results. > > I'd say 95% of swelling and numbness is gone, just a small spot on > my lower lip gets tingly now and then. > > My question is with tightness. I had a genioplasty too and I haven't > really noticed any improvements with the tightness in my chin. I do > exercises constantly to try and get the muscles working again and > whatnot but nothing seems to do any good. > > Do a lot of you notice long lasting tightness? It's definitely > something I can live with, it just gets a little annoying sometimes. > > Kirstin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 --- Kirstin, I'm almost 6 weeks postop and my chin is still tight and numb. I was told this could take up to a year to have the area feel normal again. I wasn't told to do any exercises to that area, it would just recover on its own (hopefully). I'll be happy when the numbness goes away. I can never tell when I'm dribbling food all over my face!!! You give me hope that at 3 months the numbness will be better!! Take care, In orthognathicsurgerysupport , " that_girl100 " <kcrabtre@d...> wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm 3 and a half months post surgery for an open bite, and am > absolutely impressed with the results. > > I'd say 95% of swelling and numbness is gone, just a small spot on > my lower lip gets tingly now and then. > > My question is with tightness. I had a genioplasty too and I haven't > really noticed any improvements with the tightness in my chin. I do > exercises constantly to try and get the muscles working again and > whatnot but nothing seems to do any good. > > Do a lot of you notice long lasting tightness? It's definitely > something I can live with, it just gets a little annoying sometimes. > > Kirstin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 -at 3 months my chin is still about 50% numb. doc told me only abut 1% have long term loss of sensation. I've read up to 10%. really depends on your age and amount of advancement. I still remember when I had and impacted wisdom tooth pulled I had a little spot on my chin that took abut a year to go away. relax cuz time is on your side and everyone heals at their own rate. good luck/eric > > Hey all, > > > > I'm 3 and a half months post surgery for an open bite, and am > > absolutely impressed with the results. > > > > I'd say 95% of swelling and numbness is gone, just a small spot on > > my lower lip gets tingly now and then. > > > > My question is with tightness. I had a genioplasty too and I > haven't > > really noticed any improvements with the tightness in my chin. I > do > > exercises constantly to try and get the muscles working again and > > whatnot but nothing seems to do any good. > > > > Do a lot of you notice long lasting tightness? It's definitely > > something I can live with, it just gets a little annoying > sometimes. > > > > Kirstin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 -at 3 months my chin is still about 50% numb. doc told me only abut 1% have long term loss of sensation. I've read up to 10%. really depends on your age and amount of advancement. I still remember when I had and impacted wisdom tooth pulled I had a little spot on my chin that took abut a year to go away. relax cuz time is on your side and everyone heals at their own rate. good luck/eric > > Hey all, > > > > I'm 3 and a half months post surgery for an open bite, and am > > absolutely impressed with the results. > > > > I'd say 95% of swelling and numbness is gone, just a small spot on > > my lower lip gets tingly now and then. > > > > My question is with tightness. I had a genioplasty too and I > haven't > > really noticed any improvements with the tightness in my chin. I > do > > exercises constantly to try and get the muscles working again and > > whatnot but nothing seems to do any good. > > > > Do a lot of you notice long lasting tightness? It's definitely > > something I can live with, it just gets a little annoying > sometimes. > > > > Kirstin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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