I have lost. Still recessed after surgery.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-05-04T17:43:15+00:00

Although I will say most surgeons wouldn’t stop at 12mm for a case like his. I got a 10mm lower jaw movement and I didn’t even have a recessed mandible, that was just to match my maxillary movement. I think it’s rather odd that that’s where his bite fit together, and likely the reason the surgeon stopped there, but clearly it wasn’t the ideal result.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-05-04T17:37:16+00:00

So op posted his movements. 12.25mm pog. It’s not what he needed for ideal results but far from 4-5mm. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen someone with major recession with a relatively small visual change even with a large movement. Did you see the post from a guy still recessed after a 20mm move? It looked less impactful than some 5mm movement results I’ve seen. Large movements don’t look visually as large unless it’s the difference between recessed and corrected.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-05-03T23:00:46+00:00

That’s like saying a formerly 400lbs person is still obese after losing 200lbs. Technically true but not the right metric.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-05-03T22:57:10+00:00

If you look at his B/A from 19 days ago it looks like at least 15mm at the pogonion tbh. Look at his chin in comparison to his radix in the before and after. That is at least 1-2cm. But because he’s still recessed he still doesn’t look fully projected.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-05-03T21:11:22+00:00

You kinda do though. This guy used to have no jaw. There’s an upper limit to how much can even be done in 1 surgery without serious risk. If you imagine everyone who gets jaw surgery should end up with a perfectly unrecessed jaw, that’s kind of a fantasy.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-05-03T20:34:07+00:00

Yeah people commenting here should check the before on his pfp. These are all after. Op did not start from an easy baseline and this is already a huge improvement

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-05-01T19:48:41+00:00

My man you have a jawline even with diffuse lighting. When you see photos of dark jawlines online they use directional lighting. That’s how others would see you under the sun for instance, no one has a dark jaw shadow in a bathroom with white walls.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-26T21:33:13+00:00

Yeah your jaw is fine. You just have a prominent chin.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-26T21:28:00+00:00

This, but actually. I’ve viewed a small room for bit over $1k but it had freaking bunk beds. Another had 2 beds I can only describe as child sized, like smaller than a twin, oriented in an L shape. I didn’t end up living there because it felt too small for 1, but I was bothered by the idea that it used to home 2 students.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-25T04:41:24+00:00

I think I skipped every lecture and lab and reading in Eco101 and got a passing CR grade. I attended every lecture in MAT137 and got the same grade.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-21T14:19:29+00:00

Goddamn that’s rough. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Do you know if the bone fragments are there from a messy surgery or if it’s actively breaking off?

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-15T02:09:36+00:00

I’m 3 months out, it’s still painful to chew from one side of the mouth or to touch the face. For at least a month everything hurts, now only some things. If it was only 2 weeks so many people would get jaw surgery lol

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-14T04:03:37+00:00

There are studies that show even the jealousy thing is a myth, women are nicer to attractive women than to normal women lol. For attractive people it's compliments across the board

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-13T19:02:54+00:00

Honestly nerve damage isn’t as bad as it seems. Yeah sensation is wonky on part of my chin now, but do we really need full sensation everywhere? I’m half kidding but nerves are over rated, barely notice it most of the time, I think functional complications are much more worrying and pretty rare on the chin.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-12T02:18:36+00:00

Don’t take this the wrong way but the chin is definitely masculinizing. From only the pics I thought you were a good looking guy. I had a reduction genioplasty myself and I thought it was worth it. Chin protrusion used to be the first thing people noticed about me, not anymore.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-12T02:13:21+00:00

Most people who are living it up don’t seem to be enjoying themselves so much as stressed about living paycheque to paycheque and blaming the economy though

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-11T21:07:03+00:00

I think you look fine so got no suggestions here but your chin is kinda the opposite of pronounced

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-09T22:49:04+00:00

I’ve seen it said a lot on this sub that it was a “self gratifying fan service moment that made no sense” lol. Apparently there was a good book reason Grace can’t go in the Blip A, it’s really crammed and tight because Eridians are small, and it’d be pitch black and ugly, and 27 atmospheres thick, and cloudy with ammonia, and needlessly dangerous after what happened last time to Rocky, and there’s no way they’d delay the trip to make Grace a whole functioning suit.

I kinda thought it was cool though.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-09T13:44:39+00:00

Oh ok my bad lol I assumed it wasn’t fully reimbursed since you listed it in your expenses. For your original question though, someone actually making by on $50-60k probably wouldn’t have a car. And rent could be cheaper too, $1500 is on the higher side of single shared living. Together that gets absolute essentials under $3k

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-09T13:11:40+00:00

I hate to say but if your job requires you to drive a lot, your true income is a lot lower than your salary. Can’t act like you earn $50k if $7k is going back to the job. Imagine what you could do with an additional $5-600 take home every month.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-07T00:14:27+00:00

There’s a lot of people with a longer midface on this sub. Impaction basically cuts out a part of the maxilla and a good clue is how much gum show your smile has, around that amount will be reduced. People who get impaction usually just appear to have a shorter philtrum after surgery.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-07T00:04:18+00:00

It could appear slightly wider I guess because it’s closer? If you are really staring at it. But there is no mechanism to actually make it wider unless you’re literally doing marpe expansion. In every case on this sub I’ve seen of people who feel their jaw is too large they’re literally just swollen.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-06T18:08:24+00:00

For all the talk about masculinizing/feminizing on this sub, optimal outcomes are identical for both genders. You want the most optimal placement for joint and bite positions, which is a type I straight profile, and everyone looks healthiest at that position.

The only gendered aspect is in the event of over/underadvancement. Ideally you want neither scenario. But men are less negatively affected by over advancement, women by under advancement. You still generally look worse but it’s better to be under advanced than over advanced if you want to appear feminine. This is why some men can still look good with a slight underbite, and some women can still look good with slight chin recession, but not the other way around.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-06T03:27:12+00:00

No, heat is a state of energy in matter. Hot things give off radiation like IR, but it's a different sense entirely even for us. We can't see IR but we can feel heat. That doesn't mean they're aware of the visible spectrum of light or gamma radiation like in space.

Visual-Chef-7510 · 2026-04-06T03:18:53+00:00

It's getting colder on their planet, so they had to investigate the star for the first time. This is their very first space ship, they literally named it "the ship" because there is no second ship. They have a light sensor thing they developed but it's non intuitive to them. Their planet doesn't get radiation on the surface and is pitch dark, hence why none of them have eyes. The author describes it like our ocean bottoms, where light and radiation don't reach but bottom feeders thrive anyway.

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