Metal Mouth Message Board

It's been 7 months since my upper and lower jaw surgery and 5 1/2 since my septoplasty, from where my septum shifted out of the groove created during surgery (think the nurse put too big of a tube up my teeny tiny nostrils). I still feel like my nose looks big. I know a lot of the time the tip of th...

how did it go? my doc made it sound like it would be no big deal

I had my surgery in Feb and then had to be opened again in April to have my septum put back in place, since it shifted. Everything is fine now and I am nearly healed. I almost feel like I never even had surgery. My braces will be coming off next month. However, there is a screw near my nose that my ...

also, did you become numb in places again? I am asking not because I am planning having my metal removed right now( I am only 8 wks post op), but my septum got moved during the surgery and now my surgeon want to open me up again and correct the septum and then close me again. He said this is similar...

ok thanks you all. good to know. I guess I will just keep it simple and be gentle on my skin. Eventually all will go back to normal, i hope.

when they opened your face up again, how much swelling occurred? How was it? and the recovery?

Hi. I am 8 weeks post op and normally have good skin. The last couple weeks I have noticed that my skin around my nose/chin/mouth to be super dry/flaky, like it hardly can be washed. My usual cleanser hardly ever made me flaky and it has been lately. Also, I notice some tiny pin head pimple around m...

well update. saw the plastic surgeon yesterday and he said it will be easy to fix, and it is a fairly simple and easy to recover from procedure. But he wants to wait 6 months ( well he's going to evaluate me in 12 wks and we will have to have the surgery by the end of july, which will be 5 months, s...

about the 5th week

yes just talk to your surgeon. thats what I did. He may be like mine and just want to wait until some of the swelling subsides. But I am sure he will rec you to someone who can help. you may have something like I have. but I think it is fixable. I will let you all know how it all goes.

i am about 6 wks post op. Yes I am hoping things will relax with more time. I am already seeing improvements weekly.

well I guess most people don't have really short upper lip. I am hoping maybe the muscle just hasn't adapted yet, and maybe it is just my muscle memory going on. And perhaps there are some muscle exercises I can do.

great, more surgery. Well it probably will be nothing compared to all the jaw stuff I had. I am trying to be positive. hehe. We all noticed right away that my nose was crooked. However, I remember from my first surgery (a few years ago) that this happened b/c of the swelling. Upon closer examination...

I am bored and don't see my surgeon for a few more weeks so I thought I would post my thoughts and compare them you you all's answers. lol! Anyway, I am healing well. I had quite a lot of lip/chin strain pre-surgery. I was made aware that I may always have to strain slightly to shut my lips all the ...

did anyone have loose skin, a slight sag under their chin or neck after their surgery? did this tighten up on its own? It makes sense that if the muscles/bones had grown long/downward and then they were shortened or rotated that it might leave some excess skin.