Chin Implant ** Crooked Smile **
I had read reviews on realself and that is what...
I had read reviews on realself and that is what made me want to post my story.
I was disatisfied with my profile and had a chin implant placed with incision underneath my chin on March 14th. I am currently 6 days post-op. I love the results so far with my profile even though it is still swollen but have developed a complication. I had read several reviews where the chin implant made smiles crooked due to nerve injury so when I noticed this about me I didnt freak out but it really has me worried still. My lip is higher on the right when I smile and it makes it hard to talk or eat. I will post a picture. Initially after surgery my left lip was higher but I apparently bit my lip when I was under anesthesia. I want to keep everyone updated on my progress so others out there experiencing this will also (hopefully) get some comfort from my story. I have had lots of tingling and sensation in my chin and lip but it is mostly numb on the right side of my lip and chin. Has this happened to anyone else? How long did it take you to recover?
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The recovery wasn't too bad. The first three days were the hardest. I would describe it as just a discomfort and not really that bad of pain. I took my pain medicine as needed the first three days and slept a lot, which was also kind of challenging on your back but pretty easy with a pain pill (I am pretty sensitive to narcotics). I definitely ate soft stuff like soup, yogurt, ice cream! The ice cream made me feel a lot better :) I just couldnt open my mouth very wide and kept a napkin in my hand in case it went down my face. By day 4-5 a lot of the swelling went down. I just felt numbness and tingling with some weird sensations in my lip and chin but no pain. Im day 7 right now and I just continue to have the tingling sensations in my lip and chin. No pain at this point at all. I just feel like I am going to bite my lip sometimes on the side that won't go down. And, I return to work Friday so I guess I will see if anyone notices. Good luck with your surgery!
Anyway, I'm very happy with the result, I think I'll might post some pics lateron. Good healing to you, I'm sure your sensation in your lips will come back.
By 4 weeks my smile is completely back to normal....
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It is so soon!!!!!
You won't even know anything about your chin for about 4-8 months!
Read my Review as I had more surgeries with my chin implant and I am not sure if this affected the healing time, process, etc.
Yours looks great!
Is it only doing the right side droop when you smile?
Mine does that and it has been 12 years if I smile hard!!!!
Try smiling softer and practice sticking OUT your lips (especially the bottom) a little bit rather than pushing the bottom lip down so hard on top of then chin implant.
For some reason your mouth shifts to the right.
This is how I 'corrected' mine from doing that.
You have an implant now! It is going to do its thing every time you move your mouth.
I am sure the ladies with breast implants understand what I am saying.
Those things don't move like natural ones do!
You gotta learn how to work your new implant!!!!!
P.s.
Don't you hate it when the doctors don't tell you these things!
It looks great!
For anybody interested, one of our RealSelf doctors is hosting a live chat tomorrow at 5:15 pm (PST)...specifically on Chin Implants as a result of the 71% increase in chin aug procedures this year. If interested, you can sign up here.
Thanks for the update. I'm so glad to hear things are back to normal. Yay!
Welcome to RealSelf!
Your smile looks kind of like the same problem described here, which the doctors said would likely fix itself over time. Have you had any follow-up appointments with your doc yet?