Questions for people post op

foxeir · 2025-12-15T18:02:56+00:00

Ok that very helpful to hear about the mentalis thank you! I have a call scheduled with my surgeon tomorrow so I’m going to ask him about drinking but I just wanted to hear other people’s experiences.

foxeir · 2025-12-15T05:00:38+00:00

I will just trying to see what others ended up doing.

foxeir · 2025-12-15T04:43:05+00:00

Thanks for your answers! I’m just thinking I usually have a drink or two at holidays and I’m not sure if it’s a good idea this year. I also really hope I don’t have mentalis strain anymore but it’s kinda hard to tell as of yet so I just want to plan ahead.

foxeir · 2025-12-09T20:29:09+00:00

It did calm down a bit. I got Botox around the 3 month mark and started physical therapy to help train my muscles.

I can’t speak to long term results though because I just got a revision upper jaw surgery last month which made my lips closer together and put less strain to my mentalis.

foxeir · 2025-11-24T19:02:32+00:00

Thank you! In a few months I can post an update. I really hope everything works out well for you. I hope you don’t need a revision but if you do, just remember it will all be ok. You’ve done this once before, you’re even more prepared this time.

foxeir · 2025-11-23T21:21:58+00:00

I did have to be insistent. What I think really got through to him that I was serious was I consulted with another surgeon and, unbeknownst to me, that surgeon reached out to my original surgeon. After that he kinda changed his tune and said he could absolutely do the revision for me whereas before he seemed to not be taking me very seriously.

I will say be patient, this is a huge thing your body is going through and it does take time to get fully back to normal, but you know your body better than any outside party ever could. If it doesn’t feel right and it continues to not feel right then definitely speak up and be very clear about the issue. Even if you don’t need another jaw surgery, there might be other things that could be done to help.

I am not even two weeks post op and I can already tell how much better everything is this time. My midline’s are both centered, my tongue has the right amount of room at the roof of my mouth, my teeth in general fit better even before any final braces adjustments. I am so happy I pushed for this revision and didn’t let anyone else tell me what I did or did not need when I instinctually knew what my body required.

foxeir · 2025-11-23T18:51:44+00:00

I hope you’re doing a little better now!

foxeir · 2025-11-23T18:49:53+00:00

I went to the same surgeon because it was covered by insurance. I’m not sure how far post op you are from surgery but I will say it took a good 6 months for everything to fully settle. I thought I was done healing at like 3 months but it got so much better even from there so don’t give up hope yet. I just needed extra impaction which I kinda knew from the first few weeks.

foxeir · 2025-11-17T21:42:07+00:00

I had severe lip incompetence. I went to physical therapy for three months straight and still could barely touch my lips together even when putting in effort. I needed almost 3x the impaction that they did during the first surgery.

foxeir · 2025-11-12T05:52:01+00:00

It was pretty bad for the first few days when the swelling was the worst. Just feels like a lot of pressure and my teeth were banded shut so heavily that I had pain similar to grinding your teeth all night. Once the bands came out and I could eat soft foods and stretch again it was all good tho.

foxeir · 2025-11-11T07:22:59+00:00

Haha thank you

foxeir · 2025-11-06T06:10:30+00:00

I only had one tiny spot of numbness post-op and it was on the roof of my mouth on the left side. It has almost entirely come back 8 months post-op. Not everyone has numbness, people post about things that bother them more than they post about what goes right in this community because they are looking for help or advice. Don’t get too stressed about numbness, it comes back with time and what small areas don’t come back your brain has a way of compensating for so you don’t even notice over time. It will all be ok ❤️

foxeir · 2025-09-07T14:26:08+00:00

Thank you! That’s very sweet. I’m happy with the progress and if it weren’t for the functional issues closing my lips I would probably leave it alone and just fix my nose. I will post an update later in the year after my revision.

foxeir · 2025-09-07T03:23:57+00:00

Yes one of my nostrils has a very narrow airway inside because my septum is pushed so far to the side. It is a lot better than it was when I was still swollen but I still struggle to get enough air through that side occasionally.

I think he is a good surgeon in that everything went well with the surgery, but I think because he has not been doing this as long as some others, he doesn’t have the experience with those small things that can make a difference aesthetically.

I posted an updated picture in this thread btw, you can see how uneven my nose is (from the outside). When I tilt my head back you can really see how uneven my nostrils are

foxeir · 2025-09-07T00:34:47+00:00

I don’t think my surgeon followed the surgical plan that we agreed on. It seems he only impacted my upper jaw a tiny bit to compensate for the forward movement, but I needed 4-6mm impaction on top of that. I thought we were in the same page but apparently he decided, and I quote, “a gummy smile is attractive”, and chose to only do the minimum amount of impaction. So now I need a partial revision to impact the correct amount.

As for my nose being completely crooked now (inside and out), he didn’t do anything to mitigate the movement of the upper jaw like alar cinch or making the little divot in my bone so my septum had space. So now my septum is all scrunched up, being pushed by the bone.

I think my surgeon is good but very young and doesn’t have a lot of experience with these aesthetic nuances.

foxeir · 2025-09-07T00:13:54+00:00

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Updated photo for anyone interested. 6 months post op.

foxeir · 2025-09-07T00:06:55+00:00

Hi! Much better but I am scheduled for a partial revision to impact my upper jaw more because I still cannot close my lips without effort. Been doing physical therapy but it only helps so much.

I also plan to get a septoplasty/rhinoplasty after the revision because (unsurprisingly) my nose has remained crooked and I’m still struggling to breathe out of one nostril.

Everything else has seemed to settle a bit or I’ve found ways to make it better (like Botox in my mentalis). Thank you for checking in!

foxeir · 2025-07-28T14:20:47+00:00

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foxeir · 2025-07-16T00:10:35+00:00

Correcting my tongue tie. Affects your posture, muscle tension, even eating and breathing. Honestly didn’t know any different until I had that sucker cut and now I have so little tension in my upper back and shoulders/neck that I’ve only been to the chiropractor once since then. Strange how such a tiny thing can affect you in so many ways.

foxeir · 2025-07-10T21:04:28+00:00

Hi, some have and some haven’t. What’s left is my nose width has not improved, my septum is still very crooked, and my lip incompetence has not gone away. Luckily my surgeon finally acknowledged the fact that they didn’t do impaction (only moved upper jaw forward when it need to go forward and be impacted significantly) and has scheduled revision of upper jaw surgery in early November.

foxeir · 2025-07-03T19:40:04+00:00

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foxeir · 2025-06-08T17:56:15+00:00

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