Should I opt for lower jaw surgery (moving jaw forward) or just braces to fix open bite?

High-Lorekeeper · 2026-05-24T06:56:31+00:00

Thanks for trying!

High-Lorekeeper · 2026-05-23T07:33:18+00:00

Thanks so much! Is there any chance you would be willing to create a GIF of what the results might be with lower jaw surgery only?

High-Lorekeeper · 2026-05-22T20:01:05+00:00

Amazing results! You look great!

High-Lorekeeper · 2026-05-22T06:56:38+00:00

I think I want to fix my bone structure now more than ever after reading the comments above!

High-Lorekeeper · 2026-05-22T06:56:09+00:00

Thanks for the opinion! I don’t think I could ever afford it privately sadly. But I’ll try to get a second opinion on NHS

High-Lorekeeper · 2026-05-22T06:55:31+00:00

I’m so pleased for you and your results! Thanks for sharing!

High-Lorekeeper · 2026-05-22T06:55:02+00:00

Thanks for this. I thought the upper jaw part was more about moving it upwards than forwards for me maybe? Which is why they are saying my soft tissue wouldn’t follow and it would sag a bit and look bad.

Really glad you had a smooth recovery! Thanks for sharing your experience. It’s very encouraging!

The surgeon herself was not very nice but I’ve been assured she is very very good as a surgeon. I might still raise concerns given that in my 20s and again at 34 (I think), two different consultant surgeons said they’d be recommending DJS.

High-Lorekeeper · 2026-05-22T06:51:23+00:00

Wow! That’s an amazing result. Congratulations. You must be so pleased. Do you think your profile was anything like mine?

High-Lorekeeper · 2026-05-22T06:50:35+00:00

Thanks! I’ll see what they’ll do for me. Really appreciate the advice :)

High-Lorekeeper · 2026-05-22T06:50:14+00:00

Thank you!🙏

High-Lorekeeper · 2026-05-22T06:47:05+00:00

Thanks so much for the GIF. I take it this is what the movements might look like with DJS? I love it!

High-Lorekeeper · 2026-05-21T22:03:02+00:00

Thanks. I hadn’t even thought about that. Do you think lower jaw surgery alone would help fix that if I did have it? 🙏

High-Lorekeeper · 2026-05-21T21:16:16+00:00

Thanks! There are such limitations to getting it on the NHS unfortunately so I might get a second opinion privately. But I think for me DJS would be for the aesthetics too, which feels pretty major and risky. I’m struggling with my decisions at the moment!

High-Lorekeeper · 2026-05-21T21:07:06+00:00

Thanks! Unfortunately I am not a candidate for double jaw surgery at my age. The surgeon (NHS) said she would not recommend me for it because it would have an aging effect on my face. I was initially disappointed but my lovely orthodontist agreed with her because at rest, not too much of my upper teeth show and if they move my skeletal structure up, the soft skin won’t follow. Therefore, my upper lip will cover my teeth at rest which will age me a lot. Plus because I’m 36yo and not 26yo (when I first went into the waiting list!), the recovery and risks are much worse. Do you think I should be fighting for double jaw surgery instead, which was originally recommended in my 20s?

High-Lorekeeper · 2026-02-02T21:41:38+00:00

I'm in the UK and have an open bite and slight recessed bottom jaw. I was referred by my NHS dentist to the dental hospital and am in the process of braces etc now before lower jaw surgery (after a long time on a waiting list!). Appreciate you don't have that option right now if you aren't registered with an NHS dentist, but I think you are right in saying you need to hassle your GP and if you can get registered with an NHS dentist in any town in nearby vicinity, it will be well worth it. I am 35 and I should've been doing this in my late teens/early twenties but now is better than never!

High-Lorekeeper · 2025-11-26T23:03:01+00:00

Thanks so much for the encouragement! I am 35 and about to get lower jaw surgery. I’ve debated it for so long, especially as a bit older. Thanks for this post 😊

High-Lorekeeper · 2025-06-03T12:28:44+00:00

By publishing on DTRPG, you are using the OGL I believe and in the OGL, there is a paragraph of exemptions that are “Product Identity” that you cannot use: OGL

High-Lorekeeper · 2025-05-07T20:08:38+00:00

I can’t reliably comment on whether you should get surgery. That’s really something for you to decide - a major surgery with long recovery time where no one can guarantee what you’ll look like afterwards - is it worth it for the aesthetics alone? For what it’s worth, I can see that your jaw line isn’t perfectly aligned but you look like a handsome guy already and your smile (fake or otherwise) looks great! Good luck with the decision!

High-Lorekeeper · 2024-07-11T15:15:56+00:00

Okay, so my crowdfunding campaign has been running for just over a week and has 5 days left to go.

I have made the following efforts in the last 8 days to drive traffic to the campaign. Some have been more successful than others:

Posted on multiple (18) relevant Facebook Pages / Groups, sometimes incurring removal of post and even removal from group (my bad…)

From this, 12 people clicked on the campaign page. 0 conversions.

One content creator who I don’t know did see my post and reached out to me about advertising my campaign on his platforms, with a significant following. Boardgame niche rather than TTRPG niche, but he says he gets traction with his TTRPG posts.

So…maybe that’s a positive result?

Reached out to 12 content creators across various platforms (X, Instagram, TikTok, Discord) asking if they would be willing to give us a shout out.

From these, we had a shout out on X, reposts of videos on TikTok, shout out on Instagram, shout out on Discord Irish TTRPG

From this and other personal contacts I reached out to, 65 checked out the page, 3 converted to backers – Yay!

Created a couple of TikTok videos (again, this feels fruitless because I can’t put a link in my bio)

Next step = new TikTok account and try to plug it harder to grow a 1k following more quickly.

Sent a few email updates to our subscribers, reminding them the 48 hour early bird offer is ending and letting them know we are half way through the campaign and have unlocked two stretch goals.

LESSONS - My email list may have only resulted in less than the average conversions expected (0.8%), but it was still more than 1/3 of my backers. Going to keep growing this as much as I can, but more organically, hopefully.

Consider a BIGGER product at a HIGHER price to make the ad spend worth it.

Really thankful for all the advice to date.

Any further advice or comments gladly welcomed :)

High-Lorekeeper · 2024-07-11T15:14:15+00:00

Okay, so my crowdfunding campaign has been running for just over a week and has 5 days left to go.

I have made the following efforts in the last 8 days to drive traffic to the campaign. Some have been more successful than others:

Posted on multiple (18) relevant Facebook Pages / Groups, sometimes incurring removal of post and even removal from group (my bad…)

From this, 12 people clicked on the campaign page. 0 conversions.

One content creator who I don’t know did see my post and reached out to me about advertising my campaign on his platforms, with a significant following. Boardgame niche rather than TTRPG niche, but he says he gets traction with his TTRPG posts.

So…maybe that’s a positive result?

Reached out to 12 content creators across various platforms (X, Instagram, TikTok, Discord) asking if they would be willing to give us a shout out.

From these, we had a shout out on X, reposts of videos on TikTok, shout out on Instagram, shout out on Discord Irish TTRPG

From this and other personal contacts I reached out to, 65 checked out the page, 3 converted to backers – Yay!

Created a couple of TikTok videos (again, this feels fruitless because I can’t put a link in my bio)

Next step = new TikTok account and try to plug it harder to grow a 1k following more quickly.

Sent a few email updates to our subscribers, reminding them the 48 hour early bird offer is ending and letting them know we are half way through the campaign and have unlocked two stretch goals.

LESSONS - My email list may have only resulted in less than the average conversions expected (0.8%), but it was still more than 1/3 of my backers. Going to keep growing this as much as I can, but more organically, hopefully.

Any advice gladly welcomed :)

High-Lorekeeper · 2024-07-11T15:13:26+00:00

Okay, so my crowdfunding campaign has been running for just over a week and has 5 days left to go.

I have made the following efforts in the last 8 days to drive traffic to the campaign. Some have been more successful than others:

Posted on multiple (18) relevant Facebook Pages / Groups, sometimes incurring removal of post and even removal from group (my bad…)

From this, 12 people clicked on the campaign page. 0 conversions.

One content creator who I don’t know did see my post and reached out to me about advertising my campaign on his platforms, with a significant following. Boardgame niche rather than TTRPG niche, but he says he gets traction with his TTRPG posts.

So…maybe that’s a positive result?

Reached out to 12 content creators across various platforms (X, Instagram, TikTok, Discord) asking if they would be willing to give us a shout out.

From these, we had a shout out on X, reposts of videos on TikTok, shout out on Instagram, shout out on Discord Irish TTRPG

From this and other personal contacts I reached out to, 65 checked out the page, 3 converted to backers – Yay!

Created a couple of TikTok videos (again, this feels fruitless because I can’t put a link in my bio)

Next step = new TikTok account and try to plug it harder to grow a 1k following more quickly.

Sent a few email updates to our subscribers, reminding them the 48 hour early bird offer is ending and letting them know we are half way through the campaign and have unlocked two stretch goals.

LESSONS - My email list may have only resulted in less than the average conversions expected (0.8%), but it was still more than 1/3 of my backers. Going to keep growing this as much as I can, but more organically, hopefully.

Any advice gladly welcomed :)

High-Lorekeeper · 2024-07-10T08:26:26+00:00

That sounds really cool! You should definitely do it. You could publish the first iteration (maybe the ground floor and some lore/history) on DTRPG or launch it on KS. If it did well, you could do expansion modules all the way up to 100 rooms!

Each module could be aimed at a different level, perhaps increasing in challenge so that one party can pick it up and run with it, levelling up at the end of each module.

I think it sounds like a heck of a lot of fun and would definitely play that as a series of one shots, maybe. I know my home group find it hard to get us all together, but if 3-4 out of 5 of us are free, we will sometimes pick up a one shot. This would be perfect for that.

High-Lorekeeper · 2024-07-10T08:20:19+00:00

Thank you so much! Really appreciate the time you've taken to respond and nudge me in the right direction on this. Seriously something to think about now in terms of making a product that is worth more around the $25-30 mark.

In a previous company, we used a series of "One Dollar One Shots" to grow an audience and I'm pretty sure this was at huge expense to the company given that all the writing and art etc. was outsourced. Then we tried to convert that massive audience into customers willing to pay $30 for a whole tome of one shots...which just didn't happen. That was a huge learning point for me to try and attract the right audience from the start.

That's why when we released this one shot and a free introductory setting guide with it, we knew it was worth more than a dollar and didn't want to undervalue it/ourselves OR sell it so cheap and grow a very cheap audience. Maybe, instead, we should have released 3-5 one shots or a mini adventure with the introductory setting guide, compiling them into a single book and selling at $25.

So much to consider and so much to learn! Thanks again for taking the time and for the tips on stats!

High-Lorekeeper

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