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56 and Finally Getting Double Jaw Surgery! - Seattle, WA
UPDATED FROM susancampinggal
8 months post
Pre op appt Monday 3/25/2019
susancampinggalMarch 23, 2019
$15,000
Pre op appt with Bobek Monday. Looking forward to having these screws out around my nose. I can feel hard lumps through my skin. A little concerned about how much swelling I'll experience and how long it will last. I'm almost 9 mos post op and the swelling from the djs last summer is finally down most days unless I eat much salt. I'm going to have Bobek fix the fold behind my last molar in the skin that collects food. It's a pain. Looking forward to having this all done. Date is now April 4th for hardware removal. Also...numbness is still pretty bad. Hasn't gotten better.
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May 19, 2019
You look wonderful and I am glad things are finally turning around for you. I hope the numbness goes away.
June 6, 2019
Beautiful before and after. Hope mine looks this good. Your bruise was intense though haha
August 16, 2019
Great that everything finally turned out well for you! I am so happy for you.
Do you still have numbness?
Do you still have numbness?
UPDATED FROM susancampinggal
7 months post
Having hardware removed in April
susancampinggalFebruary 22, 2019
Saw Dr Bobek Feb 5th and decided to have the hardware removed. He will take it out April 3rd. I'll have Spring Break to recover. He is still concerned about the nerve damage and we will have a pre-op appt before surgery to discuss what to do about that. I still have a little skin fold back by last molar in far back of my mouth where food gets stuck..he said he can close that. Dr Bobek wrote a referral for speech therapy for me and I'll start that next week as well. So things are coming along. Swelling is about gone finally. Things look so much better. Haha..now to shake things up by having hardware removed. Hopefully the swelling won't be too bad.
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February 23, 2019
Wow more surgery!! What will removing the hardware do?
February 28, 2019
The hardware is really bothersome around my nose. It feels awkward and just doesn't feel right...like there is something in there that doesn't belong. I'm looking forward to having it out.
March 2, 2019
Im having problems with the screws next to and under my nose. I can feel them through the skin and they are really uncomfortable.
April 15, 2019
My surgery was almost 1 year ago. my lower lip and chin are still close to completely numb, when I touch my lower lip I can feel some electricity, quite an uncomfortable feeling. I guess I have to accept that nerve is permanently damaged.
Also the result is not that great, I did have an underbite and now the final result is that I have a edge to edge bite..
Like you I still have a very large lower jaw and chin and I don't like it at all, but I guess I have to accept it, I won't do a revision. I will accept the mess they left me with. I'll just grow a beard to camouflage my massive chin. Also my lips look really awkward due to the edge to edge bite.
So I give up , however my aesthetics did improve but not as dramaticly if everything went right during surgery.
Also the result is not that great, I did have an underbite and now the final result is that I have a edge to edge bite..
Like you I still have a very large lower jaw and chin and I don't like it at all, but I guess I have to accept it, I won't do a revision. I will accept the mess they left me with. I'll just grow a beard to camouflage my massive chin. Also my lips look really awkward due to the edge to edge bite.
So I give up , however my aesthetics did improve but not as dramaticly if everything went right during surgery.
UPDATED FROM susancampinggal
7 months post
Appt with Bobek tomorrow
susancampinggalFebruary 4, 2019
It's Feb 3rd. I'm 7 mos and 1 week post op. Tomorrow I see Dr Bobek and discuss my numbness. Hos plan is to do a CT scan and See if he can find the problem with the nerve. I know he was hoping things would have resolved themselves by this time...but truthfully I don't think things have gotten any better with the chin and tooth numbness since I saw him in November. Im curious to see what his ideas are.
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February 18, 2021
Hi there! Thank you so much for updating; I noticed that you said that you will need a neck lift because if extra skin from the orthognathic procedure. I want to reassure you that you were definitely a candidate for a face and neck lift prior . I don’t mean this to sound mean at all; at 56 you are at the point were a facelift with necklift is more than appropriate. You look wonderful and those procedures will showcase the bone work you had .
I already had a long face and now my face became even longer which was shocking.
I will provide you a picture: http://i67.tinypic.com/a4252x.jpg
I'm really not happy with it. As you can see I have a large chin like you but at least you have a wide face so it suit you pretty well, I have a very long narrow face with a huge chin. My jaws cannot shape itself because of the edge to edge bite.