Still regretting surgery - 13 months later

[davinci7]

I had surgery over a year ago. My procedure was complicated (2 surgeries and 2.5 years of braces). I'd also had similar surgery when I was a child.
I am now extremely unhappy with the results.
After the first surgery (2 years ago) my upper jaw was widened. They straightened my teeth and I really loved my smile. I was ecstatic with the results. The second surgery was to bring my lower jaw forward to correct the overbite. The surgeon told me that he had to also bring my upper jaw forward as well (I don't know why).
After the final surgery, my upper jaw looks too far forward (I have a "horse" smile), my face is longer (I already had an elongated face), my smile is extremely narrow with my front teeth sticking out, my upper jaw is too long so my front teeth completely show and it's hard to close my lips (eating is really hard), my chin still looks like it's too far back (he didn't do the genioplasty) and I look awful!

The psychological effect is even worse. I feel like it was all a total failure. I don't like to leave my house to meet people. I am avoiding visiting family and friends because I don't want them to see my face. Next weekend I was supposed to fly up and see my daughter and meet her partner for the first time, but I'm too ashamed to meet him and embarrass my daughter.
I cry a lot about it. The surgeon just tells me to "give it more time" and everything is perfect (although I have noticed the orthodontist staring at my face at times with a rather blank look on his face).
I am considering cosmetic surgery to try and minimize the negative aspects (chin implant, cheek implants, filler to widen face etc) however, it's horrendously expensive and I'm afraid that it may make no difference in the long run.
It is true that the surgery got my expectations up (probably too much), and I managed to get through the whole ideal believing that it would all be worth it. Nobody has said anything negative since the surgery and nobody has told me that I look good either (my husband tells me that I look" fine" - what else can he say).
I really don't know what to do now.
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[sarpevictim]

While it's difficult to tell without seeing pictures, my guess was that when they moved your upper jaw forward, they should have also shortened it to prevent the a long face look. I'm also willing to bet that your SARPE relapsed some caused your upper teeth to be set a little more forward than originally planned for.

That's what they did with me. I have kind of a narrow face with not a lot of facial fat. I came in with a narrow jaw and an overjet. They widened my upper jaw (loved how my face looked), and then did a double jaw surgery after some orthodontic treatment. But during the jaw surgery my surgeon was very careful to make sure to prevent the long face look so she shortened my upper jaw and even added implants to create a balanced look.

I would say, if you are that unhappy with how your face looks, get a second opinion. I wouldn't go the cosmetic route; that can go bad quickly. Stick with oral surgeons. Find a good one, and express exactly what your complaints are with your face. Corrections for previous jaw surgery do exist, as are oral surgeons willing to do it. No one should have to go through that just to hate the end result. You deserve better.

[patcharee]

Sorry to hear your story...

I am on the same boat. I am extremely unhappy with my result. My upper jaw is way too forward left me with mouth protruding look. I am now waiting till it is 6 months so the surgeon will talk to me and probably plan a revision surgery. But all these 6 months it feels like living in hell... i still have to wait for 3.5 months and it is really killing.

Did you find any solution?

[zaynab5]

Hello i had souble jaw surgery for minor underbite 11 months ago i really really hate my result i look worse i just want my face back so badly. I regret it so much that my mum even told me not to go with it and i didnt listen. Anyway, is doing rivision surgery complicated to do. Because i have seen a wnd opinion surgeon and he has not been mych of a help. And do you know any surgeon who is an expert in doing complex rivision in UK
Thanks