This video is an excellent visual demonstration of corrective jaw surgery, specifically upper and lower, which is what I had.

Don’t worry, it’s a digital rendering, so there’s nothing gruesome, but it’s amazing to actually see exactly what happens, where the surgeons cut, how they put it back together, and everything, all in about 60 seconds.

Check it out, and let me know if it was as eye-opening for you as it was for me:

They have a few other videos on YouTube too, if you want to browse around on their channel, but this one really stood out, so I wanted to highlight it here.

Corrective Jaw Surgery - Before and After

I know how much people like to fast-forward to the ending, because I was searching for before and after photos before my surgery too!

What kind of results will I get?
Will there be a big difference?
Are my family and friends going to recognize me?
Will I look better or worse?
Is my face going to look “fake” a la Joan Rivers?

These are all questions that were racing through my mind, and they are questions that I still get on a regular basis from future jaw surgery patients.

I just set up a brand new section on the official Jaw Surgery Forums to try and further help people find and see real results from real people.

Wouldn’t it have been nice if you could have clicked a few buttons and seen an entire list of orthognathic surgery patients’ before and after photos, PLUS the ability to leave a comment and/or ask a question right underneath?

So, I need your help, and I’m willing to bribe you to get it.

To everyone who has already gone through the overbite and/or underbite surgery or is in the pre-surgery process, please follow the simple instructions in the video below to post your before and/or after pictures on the forums.

The contest will run from August 1st through August 31st, at which point I will randomly select a winner from the forums to receive a $25 Amazon Gift Certificate.

You can use this massive windfall to stock up on jaw surgery supplies or anything else that Amazon.com has to offer.

Of course the thought of genuinely helping out a fellow jaw surgerista should provide at least some extra value too…

Enter yourself in less than 5 minutes:

1. Watch the video below

2. Follow the instructions

3. Cross your fingers until August 31st

P.S. – The forums are located here, and if you have any trouble signing up or logging in, just leave a comment below to let me know, and I’ll be glad to help:

http://www.jawsurgeryblog.com/forums/

UPDATE: The contest is now closed, and the winner is here, but we can never have enough before and after photos, so please keep them coming!

Hello fellow Jaw Surgeristas!

I just updated the FAQ page, including the juicy “How much does it cost?” question. Click here to check it out.

Also, there’s more information than you’d ever want to know about me, along with before and after pictures from the surgery, here: About Me

Don’t forget to subscribe to the RSS Feed to be updated automatically on the latest jaw surgery news and videos.

The Jaw Surgery Blog is almost ready to go live!

I’ve got all the videos converted, now it’s just a matter of uploading and getting the final tweaks done.

In fact, I’m creating the FAQ (frequently asked questions) page right now, and I need your help.

Ask me absolutely any burning question you have about any part of the jaw surgery process.

Not only will I answer you personally, but I will also include it on the FAQ page, because there are probably a ton of people out there with your exact same question.

Don’t worry, all of the questions will be listed generically and anonymously, and you don’t even have to use your real name in the comments.

To ask a question (or multiple questions), just click here to get your answer.

Hello fellow jaw surgery survivors and potential patients-to-be!

I’ve been meaning to launch this blog for a long time, and I’ve finally gotten it started. I had a pretty major surgery (even by jaw surgery standards) where both my upper and lower jaws were moved about 3 feet each (if you aren’t familiar with sarcasm or exaggeration, I suggest you find a duller jaw surgery blog now…).

I’ve been keeping a video log of the entire process: daily for the initial period right after surgery and weekly/monthly as time went on and changes were less dramatic.

It’s now been a little over a year since the surgery (though it’s been about 3 years since the preparation process began), and I’m now fully healed, braces-free, and have all the feeling back in my face.

I haven’t come across another jaw surgery video log quite as extensive as the one I’m putting together here, and I know I would have loved to see someone else go through this process in so much detail, so I hope that others considering a similar procedure will be able to learn from this blog.

I’m getting all of the videos converted and ready for upload now, so I plan to have the entire blog live and complete by the end of the month (January 2009).

Be sure to subscribe here in the meantime, so you’ll know first about the latest updates.

You can also check out a brief summary and a sneak peak of my “after” pics on my bio page.

Of course, I’ll be here to answer any questions and respond to any comments you may have, so feel free to get the discussion started in the comment section now, and keep on me to make sure I get things finished as soon as possible!