What can be done to my jawline? (Photo)

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I hate my jawline. It makes me feel insecure and anxious because it's just so ugly. It makes my face look long and flat, and it also points down. I don't want a horse face for the rest of my life - or at least my youth. I wanna know if there's something I can do about it. Thank you.

Manolis Manolakakis, DMD, FACS · Answer

Angela,You would benefit from corrective jaw surgery. Making a treatment plan requires that you seek a consultation with an oral maxillofacial surgeon. You will most likely require an orthodontist to help with lining up the teeth. typically orthognathic surgery is combined with braces to get the best result.  Good luck

Robert Kotler, MD, FACS · Answer

Dear Angela0192;

Your
photographs are helpful, but it's best if your entire face were seen so there
could be an evaluation that shows the proportions of the upper and middle third
to the lower jaw.Yes, the lower jaw is
somewhat imperfect. It may well be that
a maxillofacial-DDS specialist may have some recommendations, as well as a
facial cosmetic surgeon. Your evaluation
should be very detailed and should include some computer imaging for you to see
what the best options are.Another super-important element of the best consultations is
Computer Imaging.Here’s how it works: photos are taken
of you as you are and uploaded onto a special computer system
that can
morph your present appearance into an anticipated
after picture (The technology is also known as Computer Morphing.)
Such
imaging is an incomparable learning tool because it provides a forum for doctor-
patient
agreement on an after surgery result
that would satisfy you and is a result the doctor can deliver. After
all, cosmetic surgery is 100% visual. It's about appearance, but without
visuals, everything is left to the imagination.
To anticipate a successful outcome, there must
be a meeting of the minds between surgeon and patient. Why waste your time on a
consultation in which the surgeon can’t demonstrate what he envisions as
the outcome? Would you buy a painting without seeing it? In my opinion, a consultation
without computer imaging is nearly worthless.

Best wishes,
Robert
Kotler, MD, FACS

Gerald Wittenberg, MSc, DMD (retired) · Answer

Your longer face development pattern can be corrected with orthognathic surgery. Alternatively you can have a masking approach whereby the use of a genioplasty and ramal augmentation will enhance the appearance without jaw surgery. Consult a Maxillofacial surgeon.

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