You poor thing. Just hope it wasn't like tygers jaw surgery. You'll be fine though

I'll just stay here and enjoy my perfect teeth, 20/20 vision, and legs that stay built and toned no mater how often I skip leg day.

Git rekt normies.

I'll just stay here and enjoy my perfect teeth, 20/20 vision, and legs that stay built and toned no mater how often I skip leg day.

Git rekt normies.

like any of those will matter when you contract HIV, gayboy

Hey I had orthognathic maxiofacial surgery AMA

whats that? I have to get a compaction or whatever

Quote from: Tyger on August 15, 2016, 05:08:30 PM

Hey I had orthognathic maxiofacial surgery AMA

whats that? I have to get a compaction or whatever

Hold on ill post pictures

Quote from: Tyger on August 15, 2016, 05:20:38 PM

Quote from: Casper on August 15, 2016, 05:18:02 PM

Quote from: Tyger on August 15, 2016, 05:08:30 PM

Hey I had orthognathic maxiofacial surgery AMA

whats that? I have to get a compaction or whatever

Hold on ill post pictures

The way I was shown mine, they have to cut into my upper jaw, and basically move the whole thing up

Sounds painful.

note the pink is all nerves

top jaw

where you see the splits is where they had to cut and move up and forward. It was filled in with cadaver bone but a splint is more common

bottom jaw

you can see 2 cuts here. the chunk missing at the bottom(its not all the way through on the model but is on me) where they separated my bottom jaw and pulled it forward. Also the one directly above the nerve of my bottom jaw where they shifted it a bit

before and after

before
after

I dont get it..

Even if our surgeries are different the recovery period is really similar across all orthognathic surgeries so you have any questions about anything ask me

Quote from: Casper on August 15, 2016, 05:50:16 PM

Quote from: Tyger on August 15, 2016, 05:38:45 PM

note the pink is all nerves

top jaw

where you see the splits is where they had to cut and move up and forward. It was filled in with cadaver bone but a splint is more common

bottom jaw

you can see 2 cuts here. the chunk missing at the bottom(its not all the way through on the model but is on me) where they separated my bottom jaw and pulled it forward. Also the one directly above the nerve of my bottom jaw where they shifted it a bit

before and after

before
after

I dont get it..

His jaw was cutting into his neck and he basically had the whole thing replaced.

basically this. In the before picture it looks like I have a lot off excess skin (turkey neck) and absolutely no visible jawline. They essentially gave me a bigger and wider jaw so I don't have the excess skin(and neckbeard) and you can see my jaw from the side. It also had health benefits of course because the way my jaw sat so shallow in my face it was tearing ligaments in my face and fucking up the joint between my top and bottom jaw

Quote from: Tyger on August 15, 2016, 05:57:07 PM

Quote from: Arkynoid on August 15, 2016, 05:54:33 PM

Quote from: Casper on August 15, 2016, 05:50:16 PM

Quote from: Tyger on August 15, 2016, 05:38:45 PM

note the pink is all nerves

top jaw

where you see the splits is where they had to cut and move up and forward. It was filled in with cadaver bone but a splint is more common

bottom jaw

you can see 2 cuts here. the chunk missing at the bottom(its not all the way through on the model but is on me) where they separated my bottom jaw and pulled it forward. Also the one directly above the nerve of my bottom jaw where they shifted it a bit

before and after

before
after

I dont get it..

His jaw was cutting into his neck and he basically had the whole thing replaced.

basically this. In the before picture it looks like I have a lot off excess skin (turkey neck) and absolutely no visible jawline. They essentially gave me a bigger and wider jaw so I don't have the excess skin(and neckbeard) and you can see my jaw from the side. It also had health benefits of course because the way my jaw sat so shallow in my face it was tearing ligaments in my face and fucking up the joint between my top and bottom jaw

My jaw kinda looks like that, but mostly because my overbite forces it back.  But that sucks, and I'm glad it all went well.  I'm still scared cuz they're cutting into my skull, but I guess it won't be too bad

I'm not going to lie to you. It's going to fucking suck. You WILL be miserable. That's not just me talking that's why my surgeon tells every patient. But it's honestly worth it. Your overbite forcing your jaw back will only get worse over time. Fixing it will make you look and feel better and you'll be much better off down the road.
My surgery had several complications to say the least but I would definitely go back and do it again.

You gonna sue your doc?

We'll see, cuz my mom already has a case with her surgeon