Unhappy with Double Jaw Surgery result...what should I do?

February 23, 2016
Asked By:acbox1 in New York, NY

Hi, I had a protruding and unaligned lower jaw (midlines off, and small underbite -- i.e. only a couple of lower teeth were in front of upper teeth). Anyways, to fix that I had double jaw surgery. Unfortunately, I think I only needed lower jaw surgery. 7 months later, my upper lip got super big and kind of sticks out..one side of it is also fatter. Additionally, my nose got bigger and cheeks fatter. My bite is good(although midlines not perfect), but id really like both jaws moved back/

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