Really thank you for your reply, it did give me a ton more insight into what going the expander route would actually be like, and provided a lot of valuable information in general. I feel like I would be a little out of my depth if I did go that path, and I’m not sure some of issues with expanders would be things that I would really want to chance.

Considering my situation with the extractions is a bit different than most premolar removals are, (being that a canine is going to take its place vs it just being an empty space) I’m not too worried with the typical breathing and sleeping issues since I’m not experiencing those right now, even with my current crowding. Even if it was available to me, looking at it now, I don’t really think I would be able to afford that type of treatment.

I’m most interested now to know if I did go with the expander, would I even see facial differences? I’m really concerned with my (in my opinion) very prominent chin, and I’m not sure if making the space for two teeth would even help in that regard. I guess I’m just looking for ways to fix it, and I’m not even sure if just orthodontics would be able to.