Why is half of my face and jaw looking so weak and causing one side of my face to sag? What do I do to reverse it? (Photo)

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Hi, I’m 19 and one side of my jaw looks completely different from the other; it’s longer, weaker and affects my face, with sagging skin that is even causing one half to develop fine lines and droop down. It’s slightly awkward to close my mouth and my ear pops on that side when I open my jaw too wide. I have pain sometimes, but although I’ve always noticed this about my face it seems to be getting worse.

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD · Answer

The right side of your jaw is longer and more inwardly turned which explains all of what you see and feel. The surgery to address the aesthetic differences between the two sides of your lower jaws known as an inferior border shave. You would need x-rays to determine the differences in the vertical jaw lengths as well as the location of the nerve inside the bone before such surgery.

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Why is half of my face and jaw looking so weak and causing one side of my face to sag? What do I do to reverse it? (Photo)

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