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

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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???