Guest guest Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 Best person to ask about these types of changes is your surgeon. I would bet that with your condition, there will surely be functional change, and that's what I would focus on. Personally I would never do this surgery for cosmetic reasons since there is no guarantees on how it will turn out. We all tend to beat up on ourselves over our looks, and unfortunately surgery is not a magic pill for that. Change comes from within. That's my two cents worth. You will find others here who approach this from a cosmetic perspective, but I'm not one of them. > > Hey guys. I have my heart set on this surgery for cosmetic reasons. > For about 6 years now my smile has bothered me. Thing is, many of > you say you wouldn't do it again if you had to, and that the results > aren't that great. What I think it is(just my opinion), those of you > with a 'gummy' smile that have it corrected are the ones that are > least satisfied, as with my case my upper jaw is incredibly > deficient and my lower jaw sticks out too far, so, I guess you can > say I have the 'short face' look but with a normal/sticks out too > far lower jaw.I would actually be happy with a gummy smile, weird > huh? All I want is a smile where you can actually see my upper > teeth, and I dont want to look 'angry' all the time. Can anyone give > me some insight as to how much this procedure would improve my > appearance? Oh yeah, and I already have assymetry, so would the > surgery make that worse or could it be somewhat helped? Also one > more guys, my nose is kinda 'scrunched' up looking, by 'pulling' my > upper jaw down considerably would it make my nose look better or > worse? Cause I know pushing the maxilla upwards can cause a deviated > septum, but I dont hear much about bringing it down. Thank you all > so much for any help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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