Two Month Post op of Upper Jaw Surgery

[Guest guest]

Hello to everyone out there, I'm two months post op and I was

wondering exactly if someone could answer me this question. My

cheek bones seem much more present and " stick out " much more than

before. My question is do the cheek bones move when the upper jaw

bone is moved during surgery or am I noticing my cheek bones much

more because I lost over 10 pounds from the surgery. I figured it

was from losing weight but wanted to hear from those that went

through the surgery and recovery process. I was over 170 and I am

now 158 and expected to lose weight since I couldnt chew food for 8

weeks. I just started to chew food again so hopefully I can get my

weight back. Thanks in advance......and good luck to all those

getting surgery in the near future.

thanks,

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I haven't had the surgery yet myself, but when I had my first

meeting with my OS I'm pretty sure he said something about having

more definition in my cheekbones after the upper surgery. I'll be

having upper and lower in about a year and a half, so I'm thinking

that I won't even recognize myself afterwards (hehe), but I was

curious about that affect, too.

I think I read somewhere that it's not uncommon to have your

cheekbones look different, and even your nose and eyes to a degree,

just because part of the foundation of your face - your upper jaw -

has changed positions and it kind of " opens up " the rest of your

face.

Just out of curiousity, are you happy with the results so far? Is

the cheekbones thing an " added bonus " or something you're thinking

is not what you wanted?

Congrats on your surgery!