When I was young, my chin didn't stick out, but as I passed puberty, my jaw began to twist to the right and my front jaw began to protrude. At first, it was stress that only I knew, but from high school, more and more people recognized me. At first, I thought it would be solved by orthodontics, so I went to all the famous jaw dentists here and there. The he told me that I need "double jaw surgery" so I asked my acquaintances who had experience in double jaw surgery. She did surgery at EU and she really liked it! People say that it's not too bad to worry about teeth, but those who haven't been teased won't know how I felt until I decided to do it.
Post
OP Day
I was worried about waking up the
anesthesia, but fortunately, my vomiting and nausea were not severe and I was out
of mind. I think I fell asleep, but I don't even remember falling asleep. I
felt like dying because I couldn't breathe and I had to hold a straw in my
mouth to barely breathe with my mouth. I heard that it will be much better
after a day, but I hope this hellish time ends soon.
Post
op 4 days
My face is still swelling until today. I
think I am the person who have a lot of swelling. I am trying not to be upset
looking in the mirror. I believe I'll be look much better. And I'm getting
tired of hunger and tiredness. There are so many foods I want to eat. Today, I
ate ice cream, yogurt, and soup. I hope time goes by quickly.
Post
op 7 days
I went to see the doctor today to disinfect
it. I thought time would never pass, but it's already been a week since the
surgery. If I look back for a week, I've had a hard time adjusting to food,
pain, and breathing. I feel like another day is passing by comforting myself
thinking that tomorrow will be better than today. I had an appointment today,
so I wore a little make-up and went around wearing a mask. Everyone who sees it
tells me that my swelling has gone down. I feel so good. I want time to pass
quickly and go back to my daily life.
Post
op 13 days
As the second week approaches, the tingling
and tickling are getting bigger! As I recover and feel my senses come back, the
stitches feel pricklier. I still have a bit sensation from my philtrum and
lower lip to my chin. As time goes by, I can see that the swelling goes down
little by little, so I enjoy looking in the mirror. Today, I cut the seaweed
soup ramen into small pieces and swallowed it with the soup. Whether the wafer
is well adapted or not, it is a little hard to pronounce, but now I speak well.
Post
op 18 days
Now, as the sense of the inner cheek of the
gums gradually returns. Until the second week, my upper gums had no sensation
at all, and it bothers me that it stings, but on the other hand, I'm glad. When
I read other people's reviews, they say that there is a stagnant period of
swelling. I think I'm in a state of stagnation. I feel like I'm stopping for a
while after losing weight every day. So I eat two pumpkin juices a day and walk
around steadily. And now I feel like wafer is part of my body already.
Post
op 21 days
Every time I open my mouth, I feel my
muscles stiff, so I force myself to do opening exercises these days. I am
practicing smiling steadily except that I feel a little foreign when brushing
my teeth because I can't feel my upper jaw.
Post
op 24 days
As the sense of gums gradually returns, the
braces and the screws are also uncomfortable. Also, sensation from chin start
to coming back slowly!
Post
op 27 days
Now that the month has come closer, there
is no problem with my daily life except eating. My friend told me that my
profile changed a lot that she cannot recognized me! And everyone who sees it
is amazed that my face has become too small. Before surgery, if I put down my
bangs, my lower jaw would look prominent and my side would look more like a lantern
chin, so I always had my bangs long and handed over. I love it. It feels so
different from before the surgery. It's amazing!
Post OP 30 days
My face shape gets much smoother than last
time when I reach post op 1 month. The bumpy ones have decreased a lot, and the
nose and philtrum have also decreased a lot, so I think it's becoming similar as
my previous nose and philtrum. My friends told me that I look so natural like I
never done any surgery in my life. Also, right after surgery my skin gets
ruined a lot but it gets better in these days.
Post
OP 38 days
A little over a month after the surgery,
the apparent swelling seems to be subsiding! I'm taking a break from the
opening mouth experience. I thought my upper gums sense would come back, but I
don't have much sense yet. Fortunately, my lips and jaw feel are almost back!
These days, I'm staying at home and slowly chewing on soft things after a
month's treatment, and I'm gaining a lot of weight. So I'm walking for about
two hours a day, but I lost a lot of muscles after surgery, so my stamina isn't
as strong as before. Even if I walk a little, my whole body aches. I should start
a light muscle workout soon.
Post
OP 42 days
I've been take out the wafer for a long
time. Now I feel less like my muscles are going to tear up even when I do open
exercises and I can chew on food more and more. I feel much comfortable! After
a week, I will start braces! I still have a swollen nose and square face, but
people say that I feel less chubby now! In fact, when I was more swollen than
now, I regretted the surgery because the recovery period was too long and the
numbness was so uncomfortable and difficult to adjust it. L but now I think it's a good
thing that I did the surgery whenever I looked in the mirror!
Post OP 51 Days
I feel like I'm chewing something better
now that I've started post-braces! It's only been two months, but I still have
a lot of swelling left in my gums, so I still get swept away by braces or
screws. I'm getting less swollen, but I can't help it if I get swollen in the
morning and get reduce of it in the evening! Maybe it's because the swelling
goes down or my jaw is still swollen, but my nose feels a little smaller. When
I touched it, it was tight and hard, but now my nose is soft.
Post
OP 68 Days
The sensation of the upper gums was
partially returned. At first, when I swallowed water, brushing my teeth, and
swallowing saliva, I was worried that sense would never come back, but I didn't
feel uncomfortable when I got used to it. When I pressed my gums with my
fingernails, I could feel that something was touching my gums. I'm living my
daily life without any major inconvenience, and I'm doing well while staying
bloated in the morning and falling surprisingly at night.
Post
OP 80 Days
The roof of my mouth is sour when I brush teeth, and if I press it with tongue, I can feel it. The roof of my mouth, which I had no sense at all, is coming back! As the three months pass by, I can eat food with front teeth and eat almost everything except hard foods like pickled radish! The face shapes that changes as the swelling goes down is amazing. Maybe because the right jaw is bigger before the surgery, the swelling goes on for a long time. The procedure and recovery of the right side were too difficult. Through the surgery more beneficial to me even though I was suffering this time. I love to see myself from the mirror.
Post OP 3 Months
I heard that post op 3 months, I could
start chewing meat. I was so curious about how the swelling would change after
3 months. Now, everyone says they don't even notice that I did double jaw
surgery. Before the surgery, I was often told that I looked like a cat, but now
I'm getting swollen, or if my face has changed as my chin went in, I hear a lot
about cute awards and dog looks. The swelling in my mouth, which was my biggest
concern, is almost gone, so if I put my finger in my cheek, I can even feel my
molars in the back!
Post
OP 4 Months
I feel every time I visited to the hospital
for orthodontics. The doctor said I can
eat any food that what I want to eat (but my facial bone did not recover 100%
that try my best to avid chew hard food!).
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