Surgery for Congenital Facial Asymmetry?

Hi Jasmine, I will respectfully disagree with you; you are much too hard on yourself. You are not very ugly, in fact, you not even plain ugly. You have beautiful facial features including your eyes, cheeks, mouth, and jaw line. Your nose is large and it attracts the attention of focus. A rhinoplasty to bring your nose into balance with your other gorgeous features would get your nose out of the way of those features. As for asymmetry elsewhere, I would strongly discourage you from surgery.... more

I TOTALLY disagree with the "ugly"comment. As regards asymmetry - ALL of us have them. I'll bet you that you cannot see 10 people and find one who has perfectly symmetrical eyes or ears as well as other features. Of all the features you mention, I agree your nose could be significantly improved with tip definition, reduction in width and slightly in its length. That by itself will REALLY give you a great result. Good Luck.

You might have a little more asymmetry than some but I would differ from you in saying you are "ugly." You have a pleasing look and a friendly smile and these are what matters most to people who meet you. You might consider a rhinoplasty to narrow your nose and make it fit better into your more delicate facial features. Don't worry about the rest of the asymmetry as fixing it is much more involved than it is worth.

Dear Jasmine I beg to differ with you for it is our asymmetries that make us beatiful and characteisric. I have a mirror in my office that reverses our image. When patients look in it sometimes they ask how the mirror has changed the way they look. The point is everyone has some asymmetry of their face, ears, breasts etc. We are created symmetrically asymmetric. If you really feel that you are ugly and it is due to severe aymmetry there are procedures to re-arrange facial bones and... more

There are mild asymmetries noted with the cheeks in the presenting photo. The flat cheek could actually be augmented with a unilateral single cheek implant to balance to the other side. Chin implants can be custom-carved to help with facial balance in the chin area. Certainly, a rhinoplasty can be performed to narrow the bridge, the mid third of the vault and the tip to reduce the bulbosity and thickness of the nasal bridge.

First of all, you are not ugly! Facial asymmetry is always present, in everybody. However, augmentation procedures can be done to improve the contour of your cheeks or  jawline.  Your nose is large, but could be reduced with rhinoplasty surgery.

 All faces are asymmetrical. Very often patients don't realize that they have these until it is pointed out to them. A rhinoplasty would balance your face more and create more harmony of the parts of your face. You already have the most important part of any face--a wonderful smile!