Re: 8 weeks post-op; lips still don't really meet.

[Guest guest]

i have a bit of the same issue although it's miles better than

before the surgery, I really can't complain. my doctors have told me

that the braces still prevent me from closely my lips perfectly

together. not sure how true this is but i get my bottom brackets off

in 10 days so i'll let you know if that makes a difference. I'm 3

months and 2 weeks post op and almost all residual swelling has

gone, minus some puffiness in my cheekbone area.

Sara

> Prior to surgery, I suffered from a class 3 open bite, and lip

> incompetence -- i.e. in a 'resting' state, my lower jaw simply

hung

> open...not by much...maybe a centimeter or so...I could of

> course 'hold' it closed, but when i did that, it always looked a

> little bit like I was clenching my lower chin/jaw (which I was!)

>

> Anyway, that was one of the things my upper LeFort and lower

surgeries

> (Aug. 1) were supposed to fix. While my lip incompetence is a

little

> better, I still have to 'force' my lower lip to come up to meet my

> upper lip. Just wanted to know from other people who may have had

> this condition: how soon (if at all) post-op should I expect my

lips

> to meet comfortably without having to strain? I'm still just a

little

> swollen...maybe 5% remains...and I keep thinking that maybe the

fact

> that I have my braces still has something to do with it, because

> they 'push' your lips out/apart a little bit...any feedback???

[Guest guest]

Me too! My lips were supposed to fit together after the surgery,

but seven weeks after they are still apart, in a different way but

still not close to coming together. I was going to ask my surgeon

why when I see him next week.

> Prior to surgery, I suffered from a class 3 open bite, and lip

> incompetence -- i.e. in a 'resting' state, my lower jaw simply

hung

> open...not by much...maybe a centimeter or so...I could of

> course 'hold' it closed, but when i did that, it always looked a

> little bit like I was clenching my lower chin/jaw (which I was!)

>

> Anyway, that was one of the things my upper LeFort and lower

surgeries

> (Aug. 1) were supposed to fix. While my lip incompetence is a

little

> better, I still have to 'force' my lower lip to come up to meet my

> upper lip. Just wanted to know from other people who may have had

> this condition: how soon (if at all) post-op should I expect my

lips

> to meet comfortably without having to strain? I'm still just a

little

> swollen...maybe 5% remains...and I keep thinking that maybe the

fact

> that I have my braces still has something to do with it, because

> they 'push' your lips out/apart a little bit...any feedback???

[Guest guest]

Sara and I had our surgeries within days of eachother, and I'm still

having the same issue as well. I can close my lips now and make it

look like I'm not forcing them closed, but only when I really

concentrate on it. At rest, my lips are approximately 2 mm apart,

when before they were *alot* more. I have noticed though, that the

more time that goes on, the easier it is getting, even if it is just

a hair at a time. I just saw my surgeon last week and he said that

the braces off should take care of about a mm or so.

I hope this helps.

> > Prior to surgery, I suffered from a class 3 open bite, and lip

> > incompetence -- i.e. in a 'resting' state, my lower jaw simply

> hung

> > open...not by much...maybe a centimeter or so...I could of

> > course 'hold' it closed, but when i did that, it always looked a

> > little bit like I was clenching my lower chin/jaw (which I was!)

> >

> > Anyway, that was one of the things my upper LeFort and lower

> surgeries

> > (Aug. 1) were supposed to fix. While my lip incompetence is a

> little

> > better, I still have to 'force' my lower lip to come up to meet

my

> > upper lip. Just wanted to know from other people who may have

had

> > this condition: how soon (if at all) post-op should I expect my

> lips

> > to meet comfortably without having to strain? I'm still just a

> little

> > swollen...maybe 5% remains...and I keep thinking that maybe the

> fact

> > that I have my braces still has something to do with it, because

> > they 'push' your lips out/apart a little bit...any feedback???