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Hello doctors. My face is misaligned. What should I do ? My jaw also is misaligned. (photo)

September 16, 2014
Asked By:Kyunghira in Philippines, PH

I don't know what happened to me, but when I was a child, my face was perfectly shaped. But now I don't know why please help me I have a lot of major problems on my body The other side of my cheek is bigger than the other (I took a pic of my self)

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