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I was braced at 34 and jaw surgery at 36. The best thing I could have ever spent my money and time on!!!!!!! I am finally at the end of the road and will be getting my braces off in a couple weeks.

OMG :D :D :D :D I am hapy to say that I am in the Jan debanding club also!!!! This has been a long time coming. At first just the thought of having the braces on for two years but noooooo. I had to have jaw surgery which made me have to be in braces a little longer but I must say it was worth the pa...

OMG :shock: Does anyone else wonder if they are alone when things happen to them.....come to find out that there are others in the same exact boat. I thought I was going crazy when my nose started flaking after washing it and the little pimples on my chin. I just wonder how long it will last....unti...

I am a 5 weeks post op and I am still going for weekly visits (next week is the last week for that :D ) and my surgeon makes a point of telling me that it maybe 6 months to a year of numbness or chance of permanent numbness. I have feeling on the sides of my chin but the middle and bottom lip is sti...

I am a May buddy also.....I am 4 weeks post op. I am recovering well with no surprises. I am just waiting on my surgeon to inform my ortho that it is safe to change the wires on my braces (which will be horrible because they will be heavier wires). Other than that just waiting on the clearance to pl...

I have only been wearing my bands for a couple weeks. My surgeon told me to wear them all the time. I take them off to brush my teeth but that is all. He said that they are helping strengthening my jaw and pulling my jaw down to help with the orthodontics. If I were you I would try to wear them all ...

I am only 4 weeks post op and I would like to feel my chin and lower lip too!!! I thought I was a patient person but this is crazy.....but hey I elected to have this procedure I hope and pray that it comes back in 6 months or at least by time my braces come off

Even though I am not kissing anyone at the moment.....I still would like the feeling back in my lower lip also. Even though my lip has returned to normal size it still feels like it is bigger than my face It is going to be a long 6 months to a year!

In the hospital I lost 4 pounds and I was only in overnight. Right now I am three weeks post op and I have lost a total of 13 pounds. The first couple weeks I was only able to have chicken broth and ensure. Now I am up to scrambled eggs and very overcooked noodles. I still have three weeks until I c...

Your lucky. I am 9 days post-op and the swelling in my lips has not gone anywhere. I think that they are huge and getting in the way of my braces and cutting the inside of my lips. My friends that have seen me since the surgery think that my whole face has changed instead of just one part. You will ...

That is a nice 10 day post op picture. Hope mine looks as good.

I had surgery on both upper and lower jaws. At first it was going to be the upper but when he lined them up they were still off. Now I could have left it alone and just did the upper and finish my braces treatment but I just decided to do both since I was knocked out anyway and it was submitted to t...

I am trying to keep liquids in but it is hard using this syringe.

I actually don't feel that bad. I just don't like the feeling on only one side of my tongue. It is sooooo numb and it hurts to move it. For some reason it is keeping my mouth open and making my mouth extremlly dry. I think I only have the punctures on each side of my cheeks. At first he was going to...

I am officially on the other side. I had my surgery on Tuesday. Of course the day did not start off great. The hospitial call me and said that my surgery was moved up from 3pm to 11am. Of course I had no phone call to let me know. So that made me cry. I had to call around to find a ride to the hospi...