Regretting getting genioplasty

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#1 Post by **ceanna** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 3:27 pm

I had upper, lower, and genio 5 months ago. I really wish I hadn't gotten the genio. I hate my chin now - I think it sticks out too much and makes my jawline look weird in profile. It's also off-center so that when I smile my chin juts to one side. My face was asymmetrical before the surgery - one jaw was longer than the other, and now post-op, although the jaws are the same length, the off-center chin makes my face still look asymmetrical.

I never had a problem with the way my chin looked before. I didn't have a recessed chin. I wished I had known that I probably would have been able to achieve a satisfactory aesthetic result without the genio.

Has anyone had a genio reversed? How long after the initial surgery did you have it? Did it work and is it worth it to risk more numbness?

#2 Post by **ceanna** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 3:32 pm

Also, I can't close my mouth completely now without my chin wrinkling and dimpling. There is wrinkling under my chin too. It doesn't look natural. My chin feels huge and I can feel where the bone was cut and moved into place. It just feels and looks out of place on my face. Now that my swelling has gone done, the chin is very noticeable.

#3 Post by **hellooperator** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 4:37 pm

Sorry, I cannot answer your questions. I just wanted to say I find it quite surprising that the genioplasty was done in the first place if you didn't have any aesthetic problems, that is, a recessed chin.

#4 Post by **Kirish** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 4:22 am

hellooperator wrote:Sorry, I cannot answer your questions. I just wanted to say I find it quite surprising that the genioplasty was done in the first place if you didn't have any aesthetic problems, that is, a recessed chin.

On the contrary, the fact that she didn't have aesthetic problems with her chin could be the very reason genioplastry was done.

Assuming she had an underbite, they had to take her bottom jaw backwards, and hence the chin went backwards too. Assuming it was in correct position prior surgery (as she say), genioplasty needed to be done in order to compensate.

#5 Post by **ceanna** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 12:59 pm

Kirish wrote:
hellooperator wrote:Sorry, I cannot answer your questions. I just wanted to say I find it quite surprising that the genioplasty was done in the first place if you didn't have any aesthetic problems, that is, a recessed chin.
On the contrary, the fact that she didn't have aesthetic problems with her chin could be the very reason genioplastry was done.

Assuming she had an underbite, they had to take her bottom jaw backwards, and hence the chin went backwards too. Assuming it was in correct position prior surgery (as she say), genioplasty needed to be done in order to compensate.

Thanks for your responses. I posted this when emotions were running a little high. I've had some time to think it over, and I realize that it's probably just that I'm not used to my new profile yet. You know, you live your life so familiar with the way you look, and then all of a sudden, your face changes (however subtly) and it takes some time to get used to.

Kirish, I believe you are right. The surgery set my lower jaw back quite a bit, so the genioplasty and moving the chin was to compensate for the set-back. Maybe if I hadn't gotten the genioplasty, my chin would have looked recessed after the surgery. Who knows.

I did realize that it's in still photographs and in the mirror, that I don't like the appearance of my chin, but in real life, people don't see me as a still image. I think in real life, my chin isn't that noticeable. I do think it's a case of just not being used to my new look. I'm feeling better about it now, and I'll try not to worry about it too much.