Requested retraction - received abnormal painful bimaxillary protrusion

I'm so sorry. What a nightmare! Hope you were able to find a good solution to your problem. Would love to know how it all ended up.

I'm so sorry you've had to deal with so many incompetent orthodontists. I had a similar experience but the orthodontist wanted me to have a procedure done called an upper maxillary impaction to correct the overbite that the orthodontist had created by shifting my teeth forward. I ended up getting a chin implant to help with the chin recession created by my teeth being moved forward...I miss my face and feel like I look like a completely different person. In my search to find an orthodontist I found your page and I wish I could help, but I did find another girl's blog that went to a dentist and had something similar done, and it turned out perfectly. Please look at MyStory30, the orthodontist's name is Collin Tsai. I'm not sure if this will be helpful to you, but best of luck.

If you haven't already then research ORTHOTROPICS. I am in the UK and we have one here called Mike Mew, look him up on YouTube. Flat cheeks and weakened chins are something he covers a lot. I understand your frustration about communicating with dentists and when I researched Orthotropics I realised I was literally talking a different language. Orthotropics studies faces as part of a whole structure and not just teeth.

Good luck. Many of us are on the same journey.

I hope that in the end you get your desired results. Keep your head up. You are strong and beautiful.

I think those orthodontists are blind. There is definitely a before/after difference. You face has that sunken appearance in the mid-face. My heart hurts for you because I'm actually in the same position as you. I really understand how you feel and it's super depressing most of the time. I have severe mouth protrusion (along with a weak chin and longer than usual facial structure). My cheeks are flat and have no volume/roundness. It gives you an older appearance. But my face grew in that way while I was a teenager, I wasn't born that way though. I still have all teeth. I've been to doctors/ oral surgeons/dentists who told me my face looked fine and that it was "normal". One oral surgeon actually had the nerve to say that a weak chin and mouth protrusion (even severe like your photo) is a typical African-American feature. I was extremely disgusted with that person. When your mouth protrudes way too far out to the point where it's the first thing you notice on someone, and your teeth don't line up properly, then I'd say that's NOT normal. When your chin is pushed back, that's not normal. I feel kinda like I've been robbed of my youth worrying about this problem. I've never been asked out, probably because of that. People treat me like crap based on my looks. I can't wear any makeup like lipstick because it just looks strange, and I can't wear certain hairstyles cause it draws major attention to messed up areas of my face. Sorry to be a downer it's just I've been living like this for years and I'm now 23, I'd really like to get this fixed and I wish some type of miracle would happen. I just wanna feel normal and pretty. It's funny cause I went to dentists all the time in my youth, and never once did any dentist point out my mouth protrusion or pushed back chin, and when I asked if I needed braces for my crooked teeth, was told I don't need it. They are so clueless. I can't speak for orthodontists but I kinda don't trust anyone. I would be cautious and only go to an ortho if they have positive reviews everywhere, and make sure they are credible. I'm really sorry you have to go through this, but just know that despite these "flaws" you have, I can see that you're still an attractive woman through all of that. Please believe it. I hope and pray you find a solution to this there must be one.