Comments on: Ask me any Jaw Surgery question!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:55:27 +0000

Thanks for all the questions everyone! I love answering them and helping any way I can, but things are starting to get a bit crowded and unorganized in here, so I finished getting the forums up and running. The comments here are now closed, so please ask your questions in the forums. I'll still respond just as quickly, and this will keep things nice and neat, so our exchange can help other people searching for answers too. If you have any problems or questions about logging in or trouble with the forums, just contact me, and I'll be glad to help you help others!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:53:45 +0000

Hi June,

Nope, I don’t notice them at all, except on dental X-ray’s, I look like a Terminator! haha

But I just went through a metal detector for the first time since surgery a few weeks ago, and it didn’t even go off, so that’s a good sign too!

By: June

June — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:24:02 +0000

Hi Brandon. Thanks for all the information you have on your website. It’s been helpful. I am in the pre-surgery phase. Actually, I am just starting and I get my braces on next week. I have a question about the plates and screws they use. Do you feel them or notice them? Are you even aware they are there? It just wondered if it was strange feeling to have something foreign in your face. I will need both upper and lower jaw surgery like you did, only I have a class II bite. Thanks, June

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:07:39 +0000

Hey Karl,

Congrats on a successful surgery!

I didn’t get headaches, but I’ve only had a couple in my entire life, so I’m sure some people are more headache-prone than others. Have you talked to your surgeon about it in your post-op follow-up visits? There may be a connection, or it could be something else entirely.

By: Karl

Karl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:31:17 +0000

I had upper and lower jaw surgery done about 2mons ago. I’ve been getting friekwent headaches since the surgery. I’m wondering if this is common. Thanks karl from las vegas

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:05:00 +0000

There wasn’t anything clear about that to me, Fern! haha

Honestly, I’m not sure what the technical terms for what I had done were, but in layman’s terms:

1. My upper jaw was moved forward and the diagonal/slant was corrected.
2. A piece of my lower jaw was cut out, so it could be moved back, then bolted back together with titanium plates.

By: fern aka DiCK

fern aka DiCK — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:34:45 +0000

Just to be clear, you got the Lefort I surgery and Bilateral saggital split osteotomy, right?

Thanks.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:14:47 +0000

Hey Jaime,

Congrats on a successful surgery!

As for my lips, those took about 3 months to get back to about 75% which was enough to comfortably eat again while being able to feel if something was touching my lip. It took a full six months for my lips to get back to 100%, but again, I didn’t miss that 25% in the meantime much at all.

As for my whole face, that took a bit longer than my lips, but only by a month or two. For me, the feeling seemed to radiate out in a circle starting from my lips, then the skin right around my lips, then down to chin and up to my cheekbones.

Everyone’s healing and recovery rate will obviously be different, but the average times seem to be anywhere from 3 months to over a year to gain 100% feeling back.

By: jaime ramirez

jaime ramirez — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:29:08 +0000

i got the surgery 3 weeks ago on june 3rd 2008 i was wondering how long before i feel my lower lip and chin thanks for the help

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:32:37 +0000

Hey Erika,

I started to get back into some light body-weight work around 2 months after surgery, then I slowly progressed back to full workouts and sprints over the next month.