I'm post op of my 3rd surgery, yes 3rd. i had 2 other surgerys.. one when i was like 14, the other i was about 19 and now my most recent one at 29. i have idiopathic condular resorption, they didn't discover this until i was in my mid 20's. 1st surgery i had an overbite, they just did lower jaw surgery and everything was great for a few years until i developed a bad open bite. thier solution... another jaw surgery, moved my upperjaw downwards and my lower jaw moved forward some more. then the resorption in my condyle shifted my bite again and i had an open bite and overbite again. i always had a slight cant(slant to my right) since my second surgery, i was very symmetical before they messed with my upper jaw. Now on surgery number 3 i was reassured they would straighten the cant out my right side is lower, well i'm 4 months post op and i am even more crooked... before it was just my upper jaw that had a slight cant, now my chin has a cant and they reassured me they'd fix my midline, it was slightly off to the left... well now it's even more crooked and further to the left. i delyaed my surgery by a year by waiting for more consults to reassure all my concerns because i wasnt going through all this again,i even saw another surgeon for a second opinion, now i'm worse off. i wish i would have never let them mess with my upper jaw ever, there was nothing wrong it, and i was hoping this 3rd surgery would fix it all and now i'm even more crooked, the lower crooked side of my face has a stiff feeling still and the lip looks like its being pulled downwards,i tryed to take photos of it, but when i saw it i cried and had to delete them, i'm devestated.sorry about the long post, but these surgerys have made me look worse, i was happy with my first surgery and didnt mind a bit of an open bite, the second surgery is when i began to get a ton of issues, no idea why they would lower my top jaw to fix an open bite, it made my face longer and gave me gummy smile i was 14 and 19 though so i was dumb and just believed everything they said and put my trust in them and i was hoping this 3rd surgery would fix it all and help the joint pain... i was reassured it would, i'm going to wait a few more months and hope it all settles better, i use to have a nice small feminine nose, now thats also ruined and bigger, i work up with a space between my teeth so they must have cut the bone under my nose? i feel so ugly, its hurt my self esteem so bad,i feel depressed.
Quite frankly, I'm surprised they were willing to operate on a 14 year old, as they haven't finished growing yet. Nonetheless, I'm sorry to hear that you're not happy with your results. Since 4 months post-op, the changes for me were pretty slight and really only had to do with a little residual swelling going down. I wouldn't expect big changes after the 4 month mark. Good luck though, and keep up posted on your next move, I'm interested to hear!