Guest guest Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Hi everyone I'm 3 weeks post op today from upper/lower/genio, and still have my splint in. Before surgery I had about 4 mm of lip incompetence. My surgeon said that the surgery would give my lips the best chance of meeting, but that there was no guarantee that they would. He also gave me exercises to do after the surgery. I do them all the time, but my lips look worse to me than they were before! I used to (before surgery) conciously put them together all the time, but now I find that extremely difficult. My surgeon says that I shouldn't worry about this yet, that a lot will change over the next three months or so, but I'm so worried about not being able to close my mouth to chew when I finally do get the ok to eat again! Plus between that and the residual swelling, I get upset everytime I look in the mirror. Did anyone else have lip incompetence after surgery? Did it resolve itself or just stay the same? Thanks for letting me vent about it, at any rate - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 I've been trying to research on line to find out more about the face exercises that reduce swelling. Could you describe the ones your doctor taught you. I'm eager to get this swelling down. > > Hi everyone > I'm 3 weeks post op today from upper/lower/genio, and still have my > splint in. Before surgery I had about 4 mm of lip incompetence. My > surgeon said that the surgery would give my lips the best chance of > meeting, but that there was no guarantee that they would. He also > gave me exercises to do after the surgery. I do them all the time, > but my lips look worse to me than they were before! I used to > (before surgery) conciously put them together all the time, but now I > find that extremely difficult. My surgeon says that I shouldn't > worry about this yet, that a lot will change over the next three > months or so, but I'm so worried about not being able to close my > mouth to chew when I finally do get the ok to eat again! Plus > between that and the residual swelling, I get upset everytime I look > in the mirror. > Did anyone else have lip incompetence after surgery? Did it resolve > itself or just stay the same? Thanks for letting me vent about it, > at any rate > - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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