Re: Re: 1 week post-op numbness

[Guest guest]

Hello:

I am 9 months post-op and still have numbness in my lip and chin!

Every day I regain more and more feeling..............My OS says up to one year

for recovery of feeling.........others say it could be two years..........

off_hamm wrote:

Hello! I'm 7 weeks post-op (upper/lower and genio) and I also have a

numb chin and lower lip. Like many other posts here state, it is

completely normal and common. Although frustrating, my Dr. said it

could take months to a year to regain full sensation. I hope

everything works out for you, and good luck with the rest of the

recovery...

> Tomorrow will be 1-week from my upper/lower surgery. I feel I am

> coping o.k. except for the numbness in my lip and chin. Does anyone

> out there have any experience on what I should be feeling in my

lower

> lip at this point? I am freaked out that I may end up with a

> permanently numb lower lip - I expected some permanent numbness but

> not the entire thing.

[Guest guest]

Hello:

I am 9 months post-op and still have numbness in my lip and chin!

Every day I regain more and more feeling..............My OS says up to one year

for recovery of feeling.........others say it could be two years..........

off_hamm wrote:

Hello! I'm 7 weeks post-op (upper/lower and genio) and I also have a

numb chin and lower lip. Like many other posts here state, it is

completely normal and common. Although frustrating, my Dr. said it

could take months to a year to regain full sensation. I hope

everything works out for you, and good luck with the rest of the

recovery...

> Tomorrow will be 1-week from my upper/lower surgery. I feel I am

> coping o.k. except for the numbness in my lip and chin. Does anyone

> out there have any experience on what I should be feeling in my

lower

> lip at this point? I am freaked out that I may end up with a

> permanently numb lower lip - I expected some permanent numbness but

> not the entire thing.