Change of face shape noticeable or not?

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#1 Post by **danz23** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:21 am

I keep noticing in pics how long and narrow my face is and I have issues with the way I look partly because of this (not to mention my crooked/crowded teeth!). I'm just wondering how much of an impact orthodontics has on face shape? I know it'd vary depending on the case, but was just interested to here what you guys have to say about this. I am currently wearing an expander and am not having any extractions as far as I know before I get braces. Thanks

#2 Post by **bracedintx** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:35 am

Hi Danz23

I have a very narrow face too. I was starting to wonder if my jaw looked wider. The other day I had sent a new picture of myself to my mother (who lives in a different country). She told me that she felt my jaw looked much wider than before--an unsolicited comment

I still look like me, it's just a subtle change that I definitely like

btw, I have had no surgery, expanders or extractions...just good old-fashioned braces (with powerchains and elastics from time to time). I've been in braces for almost 2 years.

#3 Post by **joney** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:27 pm

I think this has been debated here before.

My face still looks the same but my teeth look 100 times better.

#4 Post by **Pepper** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:28 am

The shape of my face has never changed.

#5 Post by **lelerz** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:31 pm

The shape itself didn't change, but I definitely do look different because my smile is no longer crooked/misaligned. So facial expression-wise, yes.

#6 Post by **platinum** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:03 pm

I have round face, and now it is getting longer. My bite has been opened by extruding teeth. So my teeth are longer and causing thin face. My friend commented that I am so skinny. Well, I am not thin, on the chubby side actually.

#7 Post by **lionfish** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:11 pm

I've had a couple of friends comment that my face has changed, but quite frankly I don't notice anything different about it. But like joney says, my teeth look 100 times better than they used to.

#8 Post by **fx4** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:07 pm

I know my face has certainly changed since I got my braces last monday! Now I walk around with my lips pulled into the biggest smile imaginable so that my poor raw lips don't touch the metal. AAAAARG are the ever sore!!

#9 Post by **Nancy51** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:08 pm

My ortho mentioned in passing that the procedure would change the shape of my face. I did not ask how, but I assume that my face would widen, because my arch will be rounder. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I suppose I could get a jazzy, new hairdo for distraction if I don't like my end-result face shape! Good excuse, anyway.

#10 Post by **RakudaErin** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:16 pm

I have to have surgery AND braces, so I'm kind of stuck with a shape-change. Which is a bit of a pity, as I quite like my face...

#11 Post by **Genie** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:36 pm

I noticed that my cheekbone had sunk in ever since I wore braces. My friend's cheekbones also sank in while she was wearing hers but her face goes back to her normal chubby look after she took it off. I was sad because my boyfriend, friends and family have been commenting that I look thin and unhealthy and I should eat more. I eat as normal but the "sallow" look just don't go away! I guess it'll have to be like this for the 2 years that I'll b e wearing them!

#12 Post by **ghostmyimag3** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:44 pm

My face has thinned but i've lost 15 lbs in 9 months. I think that is the reason my face looks thinner.

#13 Post by **overseasmel** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:36 am

My face shape has definitely changed, but I had surgery (SARPE/SARME) as well, so that was a big factor. It takes a while to get used to your "new face" but you do- and having an awesome smile for me makes it totally worth it.

Good luck

#14 Post by **SnowSara** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:43 pm

My face looks thinner and my cheekbones more pronounced, but I've also lost a little weight, so I think it's a bit of both. I'm also just getting a bit older and am losing that chubby cheeked face of my youth!

#15 Post by **danz23** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:18 am

Hmmm, interesting. I'm guessing (and hoping) narrowing would be partly a result of having had extractions, cause it seems like a lot of people on here have had teeth out? So maybe this wont happen to me seeing as I'm not having extractions.