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Hi, I got upper jaw surgery to correct my underbite on the 6th last week. My swelling has went down allot since then but I still I don’t look like myself. I am scared these are the permanent results. I seen my surgeon a few days ago for post op appointment he was going on with how good I look and how everything is going well, but now I am scared my face won’t ever look normal again. How long does it usually take for swelling to go down after jaw surgery?

I am about 7 weeks postop and pretty much have no swelling remaining that will cause a noticeable change in appearance, I am in a state of regret as I absolutely hate the aesthetic outcome

I am about 12 weeks post op and still have visible swelling. I have heard it will take up to a year for all of the swelling to go down. I look completely different at 12 weeks then I did at 1 week. Don’t worry, it takes time for the swelling to go down, and for your final results to appear. Just be patient

Bokang wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:11 pm I am about 7 weeks postop and pretty much have no swelling remaining that will cause a noticeable change in appearance, I am in a state of regret as I absolutely hate the aesthetic outcome

I’m sorry the outcome didn’t come out as you expected ): I thi I there might still be time allot of people said there swelling DIDNT go down until around month 3-4.

Kristen wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:59 pm I am about 12 weeks post op and still have visible swelling. I have heard it will take up to a year for all of the swelling to go down. I look completely different at 12 weeks then I did at 1 week. Don’t worry, it takes time for the swelling to go down, and for your final results to appear. Just be patient

Thank you. I’ve heard from allot of people swelling doenst go down until month 3-4.

Most of my swelling went down after 2 months. There is some residual swelling around the cheekbone/nose area that takes a LONG time to go. Like 6 months+. But that isn't very noticeable.

I'm 11 months post op for upper and lower and swelling was mainly gone at 3-4 months but I still noti ex residual swelling several months along. However even with most of it gone I see the significant changes that you may be experiencing as well and I'm displeased to say the least. I'm hoping for a revision surgery.