So confused on Genioplasty vs Double Jaw surgery...

[hmatt330]

Hello, I have been doing tons of research on both surgeries, having met up with a couple max fax docs as well.

I am basically deciding between just doing a sliding genioplasty to mask my recessed jaw or doing full-on Double Jaw surgery to completely fix the problem.

Now, I know that Ortho surgery is usually preferred, but here is my predicament:

starting school Sept 6th. Have a month off in December (ideal time for jaw surgery), and then have school, followed by summer internship, followed by going abroad, followed by finally another month off (December 2017). I would like to have SOMETHING done before then, as going abroad would be a great time to reap the rewards of these surgeries.

HOWEVER I most likely cannot do the double jaw surgery this December (perfect time), as I had already started orthodontics last December and I need to reverse some of this which would take me to at least January to do the surgery, which is already too late as the semester starts mid-Jan *SoClose*.

I can, however, do a genioplasty next week (Con- $5000), which allows me to reap the rewards this semester coming up, and then next year, as well as when I go abroad. If I ever want to do Ortho surgery, I can just reverse the genio, right?

Also, My PS wants to advance 8mm, anyone know if that's too much? Because a maxfax told me anything more than 6 can look weird.

Well, what do you think guys?


PICS

http://imgur.com/a/wzI5n (Last pic is just a hopeful morph)
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ThANK YOU!!

[hmatt330]

Ouch, just noticed some grammatical mistakes/some things might be unclear; sorry, not sure how to edit. Let me know if this is the case and I will clarify!

[LyraM45]

I'm not big in to the whole masking thing if you in fact really do need the jaw surgery to fix what is the true functional issue. If you're being held up because of school, perhaps wait until the time is right when you're out of school? I waited until I was out of college to get all of my work done.

[hmatt330]

[quote="LyraM45"]I'm not big in to the whole masking thing if you in fact really do need the jaw surgery to fix what is the true functional issue. If you're being held up because of school, perhaps wait until the time is right when you're out of school? I waited until I was out of college to get all of my work done.[/quote]


Yeah, neither am I to be honest, but there are a couple things that make this somewhat of an exception to me.

1) There are no actual functional issues for me.

2) I want to get the most out of college, and I think that genioplasty might do that for me

3) If I do opt for Ortho surgery in the future, I can just reverse this at the same time, right?

[snapdresser]

going abroad would be a great time to reap the rewards of these surgeries.

Hahaha that sounds awesome

I think your plan to do a genio now cuz it's all you can do, and then possibly get it reversed when you go in for jaw surgery is a solid plan.

[glennstanzalone]

Just get a rhinoplasty and genioplasty.

[hmatt330]

Anymore opinions??? Need to decide asap.

And thank you to all who have shared

[LyraM45]

I'm not big in to the whole masking thing if you in fact really do need the jaw surgery to fix what is the true functional issue. If you're being held up because of school, perhaps wait until the time is right when you're out of school? I waited until I was out of college to get all of my work done.

Yeah, neither am I to be honest, but there are a couple things that make this somewhat of an exception to me.

1) There are no actual functional issues for me.

2) I want to get the most out of college, and I think that genioplasty might do that for me

3) If I do opt for Ortho surgery in the future, I can just reverse this at the same time, right?

RE: reversing the genio. I wouldn't count on that. Same with jaw surgery. It's almost like the saying you can't unring a bell that has been rung. Once it's done, then consider it done in most surgical cases like this. They can TRY to reverse it, but you're rolling the dice. Chance they can't get it quite back to what you started with.

[uneunsae]

Genio is not something that is usually reversed. Chin implant is reversible.

What do you mean by "getting the most out of college?"

[glennstanzalone]

Genio is not something that is usually reversed. Chin implant is reversible.

What do you mean by "getting the most out of college?"

I got the vibe that him "reaping the rewards" of jaw surgery meant becoming more sexually appealing and getting to interact with more sexual partners. I didn't want to have to be the one to tell him that if you don't have game when you're supposedly "ugly", you can't surgically acquire it. Lmao

[uneunsae]

That's what I was afraid of.

We might have bad self esteem and think we are hideous because of our weak chins but no one else thinks that way. We aren't even looking through the same lens as everyone else is.

[snapdresser]

Genio is not something that is usually reversed. Chin implant is reversible.

What do you mean by "getting the most out of college?"

I got the vibe that him "reaping the rewards" of jaw surgery meant becoming more sexually appealing and getting to interact with more sexual partners. I didn't want to have to be the one to tell him that if you don't have game when you're supposedly "ugly", you can't surgically acquire it. Lmao

And an ugly person with game can turn into a supervillain post-op Only half-kidding about that lol. You gotta stay grounded and try not to turn into a different person.

[glennstanzalone]

That's what I was afraid of.

We might have bad self esteem and think we are hideous because of our weak chins but no one else thinks that way. We aren't even looking through the same lens as everyone else is.

So true! We are our own worst critics. A woman who I consider a true beauty confided in me today that she's felt hideous her whole life because her jaw is canted. I was like "SAME!". Perception and beauty are very tricky things.

[hmatt330]

Lol I agree about the whole game/personality part..... but I think this is also holding me back.



What do y'all think???

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[hmatt330]

not sure why I can't edit that^^ this should be embedded

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