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I am more than one year post op. to underbite double jaw surgery , my lower lip feels really strange , i think i got numb patches or but if i touch i feel the area though it really gets hard and stiff time to time . to everybody who been through this surgery please explain how did your recovery go ...

yes sure thing let me know if there is any improvment and anything that would help to recover , we are kinda in the same boat

Divelizard , i did not have had genioplasty though my chin and lower lip was stiff and felt like frozen , it is better than before but not completely , which kind of oil you use for massaging and any improvements with it ? all the best

Hello , after having double jaw surgery for my underbite i still have numb patches which i am confused with numbness or scar tissue or anything like that because when i touch my lower lip or chin i can feel it , but there is always some heaviness or stiffness in that area which i think most of pati...

@leon .already done that. my surgeon does not have any clue about the tightness that is bothering me . i am trying to reach out another surgeon for my concerns which still i am not able to find

Hey everybody i have major concern after having a double jaw surgery for my underbite . the numbness seems to go away but there is lot of tightness that i could feel in my lower lip and chin which bothers me time to time .i can feel it more when it is cold weather .does anybody have clue how to deal...

Hey guys, i am almost close to the one year mark since my double jaw surgery for underbite,i am having some concerns and i seek for your help if any one of you been through these hurdles of jaw surgery that i am going through right now or just know a good alternative/any sort of sugesstion would rea...

i am on 7 months post op. now and i could feel the screws through my gums? i had asked about this to my surgeon last time but he said it's nothing to worry about.but i do think it could lead to complications later,does any of you have experienced this or have a proper answer to what should i do next...

than maybe i am just worrying too much,but when i felt my upper jaw was little more forward,it was just not me but even few of my friends felt that,maybe its just 'coz of this HUGE difference..so the last thing i thought to do was posting here as people here actually know's and been through with the...

@survenant thanks for the reply,yes my upper incisors are in front my lower incisors,i guess by 1-2mm but what i feel is my whole bite has came forward(top and bottom),but i am still not able to judge it. @alicia thanks for your compliments are reply,yes what i feel is the whole bite has shifted for...

Thanks a lot for reply @Mylovedtheeth .yes definatly getting used to the new look been kind of hard .but i also feel i have this slight overbite which always makes me doubt on this surgery,about the teeth not all of them touch,mostly the frontal for teeth of upper jaw

how are you doing now? sort of same issue here...check http://www.archwired.com/phpbb2/viewtop ... 15&t=46206

[b]So here's my before and after.the surgery was performed in july .the only thing that i feel is my upper jaw has came too forward ,but according to my surgeon its a perfect bite.and he did move the upper jaw a little forward because of some functional reasons..what do you guys feel and you have an...