Sara/Re: Leforte's - a little pep talk from me

[Guest guest]

Good Morning Sara!

LA LA Planet? You are so so funny and made me laugh on that one..

(haha) Yes, I agree with you in that it sounds a lot scarier than it

really is. As you know, I went into this surgery not knowing really

what procedure was going to be performed, but trusted my OS to make

the best possible decision for my case. I ended up like you in

having the Lefort 3 piece, and agree with you in that I am happy with

the results!

Now, stop making me laugh because my mouth hurts..(haha)

--Caboose

> Ok, I've been gone for 3 days and I get back and people are

..FREAKING

> out about le forte's? People, please. Take a deep breathe, breathe

> in, breathe out and relax. Your doctors are not out to kill you but

> to give you the best possible bite possible. For some of us a le

> forte is necessary. A le forte is no more complicated or more

painful

> than a BSSO is or any of the other treatments one can get done

during

> orthognathic surgery. All involve major surgery but with excellent

> results. I had an upper le forte (3 piece segmentation) along with

> several other procedures at once. I survived. It wasn't half as bad

> as I thought and honestly, had it been a le forte or something else

I

> wouldn't have noticed the difference. You're totall out like a

light

> during surgery. You're actually not there watching when they

perform

> the le forte on you. I guess what freaks people out about le forte

is

> that the description of the procedure does sound very gory but then

> if you were expecting this to be a non-gory surgery then I wish I

> lived on your LA LA Planet. And like I said, why worry about gory

> details that you won't actually see.

>

> If having a le forte is going to give you the perfect result and

not

> having it will give you a less than perfect result...well I would

opt

> for the le forte. You might as well do it right the first time

around

> while you're at it. I'm VERY PLEASED with my results. Check out my

> pre and post-op pics under SARA to see for yourself.

>

> Cheer up people. I promise, the le forte sounds a lot scarier than

it

> is.

>

> Sara