Re: Poll: Who had jaw surgery purely for cosmetic reasons?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I find it a little weird that your surgeon would refuse to operate

because your reasons are purely cosmetic. First of all, we all know

that eventually bad bites will give you problems - it's just a matter

of when. I had my surgery partly for cosmetic reasons and partly for

medical. The thing with me is that while I was having symptoms, they

were not life - altering - I had no problems chewing, and my TMJ

symptoms, while quite annoying and sometimes painful, were still

manageable. However, I was concerned about what would happen down the

line - I knew my teeth were slowly deteriorating, who knows how bad it

would get when I'm 45 or so. In my case, my surgeon said I could just

have had lower, and upper was cosmetic and up to me. In my opinion,

since I was already doing it, I might as well go for something that

would give me the optimal result both cosmetically and functionally.

My surgeon agreed. I would advise speaking to another surgeon - they

have to realize that aesthetics is part of the job and reasoning why

people go for these surgeries.

Irene.

> > I was wondering how many of you went through jaw surgery purely for

> > cosmetic reasons and was it worth it? I'm thinking about the

> > surgery but I don't have any pain, problems chewing or any other

> > ailments that need to be corrected, I would be undergoing the

> > surgery for cosmetic reasons only. Thanks in advance for your

> > response.

[Guest guest]

I couldn't agree more with Irene,

I had the exact same incident and reasoning for surgery. Al was said

well and matches my case too.

Jane

> > > I was wondering how many of you went through jaw surgery purely

for

> > > cosmetic reasons and was it worth it? I'm thinking about the

> > > surgery but I don't have any pain, problems chewing or any

other

> > > ailments that need to be corrected, I would be undergoing the

> > > surgery for cosmetic reasons only. Thanks in advance for your

> > > response.

[Guest guest]

ditto.

T.

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> I couldn't agree more with Irene,

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> I had the exact same incident and reasoning for surgery.  Al was said

> well and matches my case too.

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> Jane

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> > > > I was wondering how many of you went through jaw surgery purely

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> > > > cosmetic reasons and was it worth it?  I'm thinking about the

> > > > surgery but I don't have any pain, problems chewing or any

> other

> > > > ailments that need to be corrected, I would be undergoing the

> > > > surgery for cosmetic reasons only.  Thanks in advance for your

> > > > response.

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