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1. 

   veralynn
   Member

   It has been 6 months after my overbite/overjet jaw surgery, in which my lower jaw was moved forward 1 cm and my upper moved upward several mm, and I have continually felt incredibly depressed about the whole thing. I have yet to meet an acquaintance who has noticed that my face has changed, and my family maintains that I look uglier now. Sometimes I feel that I look better, but whenever I see new photographs of myself it seems like I don't. Though my teeth and lips fit together much better now, I still have a weak profile, asymmetry, and my nose is strangely upturned. And now that there is no swelling, recently I’ve realized that my jaw line is far from straight on both sides. On my right side, I have a distinct area of concavity, making my jaw line to appear to be a "W". Though my jaw line was recessed, at least it was straight before. I'm almost too embarrassed to post any pictures, because I still feel that same self-consciousness and self-loathing I felt before, and hoped to overcome with jaw surgery. Should I just accept that I will look like this for the rest of my life, because the surgery fulfilled the medical aspect?

   My jawline after:

   

   Posted 4 months ago #
2. 

   Donnataylor
   Member

   Hi Veralynn, I'm really sorry to hear you are not happy with the way you look after your surgery.
   I find it quite sad that family members could say such a thing you to, especially when I can see from your picture you are an attractive person.
   I don't know about you, but I've always tried to rebalance my face all pull my jaw forward to hide my overbite so a lot of my friends were amazed when I told them what I has having done. I don't think the difference with my face will be huge. I'm at 3 weeks so right now I look dreadful.

   I think you need to have a chat with your surgeon if there are aspects you were not expecting or that don't seem to have corrected themselves. Do don't say where your from, whether you choose your surgeon or were allocated one on NHS but eitherway, if this is getting you down so much I think it would be good to talk to them.

   Are you generally happy with the results yourself. Remember that no one of us is going to get a perfect result . When you look at others before and after pics you look at the whole picture, the face as a whole, whereas right now you are probably scrutinizing every part of your face as you know it so well.

   It would be good to see before and after pic if you feel you can put them on so we can see the difference, but I understand if you dont feel you can.

   Please don't listen to others, if you are happy with your face that is all that matters.
   Xx

   Bsso for overbite on 21st December. Lower advanced 8mm upper impacted by 3mm and moved forward 2mm.

   Posted 4 months ago #
3. 

   Donnataylor
   Member

   By the way from the pic you have posted you don't look like you have a week profile, you have a nice chin. And a slightly upturned nose is cute, mine has turned upwards since my op and I like it. I showed my hubby your pic and she said you looked lovely, try not to be so down on yourself xx

   Posted 4 months ago #
4. 

   Lily984
   Member

   Tell your ortho/surgeon if you're not happy. If there's more they can do, they will.

   That's the first question I got asked, how do I feel and I was honest - I still have an overjet after surgery but there's not much they can do. I just have to accept it, it's better than it was.

   I think you look good, and you don't look Ugly.

   Didn't you get told when they move your top jaw your nose often changes? But I think your nose looks fine.

   Posted 4 months ago #
5. 

   HANKYPANKY
   Member

   cant c ur pic

   Posted 4 months ago #
6. 

   Cmonster
   Member

   Hi Veralynn!

   First of all HERE you will get support for whatever decision you make, and you are beautiful REGARDLESS of what your mind and others are telling you. Can you please post direct face photos before and after so we can get a better idea of your changes. Im someone with a huge overbite here so maybe I can offer some insight. Also lots of us here have had the surgery or will have this surgery so we can share our experiences and can compare our outcomes to yours- so you can go to your surgeon or another and get whatever is bothering you fixed. Im sorry you feel this way (big hugs). I dont know what you mean by W, but I'd love to understand your situation better.

   hugs

   http://metalandmascara.blogspot.com/ my blog

   Posted 4 months ago #
7. 

   veralynn
   Member

   Thanks so much for the responses!! It really made me feel a lot better. Donnataylor, most of the time I do feel happy with the results, and you are right that I am probably scrutinizing my face and parts of it that aren’t really noticeable. I think its just that I’ve been home for winter vacation, and some comments from my mother have sort of driven me over the edge. At the moment I feel it would be a bit hard to talk to my surgeon, as my insurance company might be suing him for fraud, for overcharging me several thousand dollars upfront with no explanation. I live in the US, so I can just go to see another surgeon, I think I will, just to talk things over.
   Cmonster, lol the "w" is just the shape I feel my jawline sort of looks like now because it is concave in the middle, and I think I will go post my before and after pictures now...

   Posted 4 months ago #
8. 

   Donnataylor
   Member

   You look fab, I have a mum who's great with insensitive comments too. I'm sure they don't mean the things they the way they come out or don't realise it's hurtful. I can't see anything wrong with your jaw line you look like a very pretty girl. Be proud of yourself for what you have gone through and pleased with the outcome, honestly xxx

   Posted 4 months ago #
9. 

   holski
   Member

   Hi Veralynn,

   If you'd like to contact me via email to chat, I would love to tell you about my experience and send you some pics. My (cosmetic) result back in 2008 was less than stellar, and I had a revision surgery (actually, 2 of them, but long story) to correct the problems that were created. (VERY wide nose, VERY upturned nose, upper jaw so far forward cheekbones disappeared, jaws rotated so far clockwise the angle looked very unnatural).

   I agree with everyone on here that you are a beautiful girl, but I completely understand how you are feeling right now. I know what it is like to go into this surgery with a nose/mid-face that you love, and come out with a nose/midface that you don't like as much. For me, the adjustment to the new face and all of the negative reactions was 100x harder than jaw surgery itself.

   Anyway, if you'd like to hear my story, or if you just want someone to talk to about your experience, please email me at hollydempsey@live.ca . :)

   Take care!

   Holly

   Posted 4 months ago #
10. 

    HANKYPANKY
    Member

    i think this is down to surgeon.... u picked the surgeon right???

    Posted 4 months ago #

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