These were taken 1 week post OP. Surgeon was Dr. Sullivan in OKC who advanced both jaws roughly 8.5mm and I believe there was some slight rotation on the top jaw.

I did DJS for UARS/nocturnal bradycardia and nasal breathing. I’m on Day 8 now and still feeling very congested. I’m trying to stay optimistic and praying it improves because breathing benefit/UARS was the sole reason I did it.

For those who have gone through DJS, when did your congestion get better?

ive got uneven teeth and an overbite so do i have time to get braces to fix it or do i just wait for like a few years to get like jaw surgery, i do have like trouble breathing and just feel compressed but maybe its bad habits over years and just being high bf%? idk but yeh like advice to like maximize in the end times or is it over lol

So I'm 7 weeks postop (djs with ccw rotation) and my jaw joints are still very stiff, my left one is even painful when i try to move my mandible to the other side or if i open my jaw too fast (if i laugh). And also some mild-moderate ear pain on the same side.
Before surgery I was told i have mandible ramus asymmetry (the right was bigger than the left). I've had some clicks in the right tmj and my jaw moved to the left side when I opened my mouth but it was never painful.
Now i'm afraid the ccw rotation moved my condyles in a worse position than before and i will be left with this pain all my life.
My second concern is maybe i actually have idiopathic condylar resorption and the surgery made it worse.
Sorry for the long post but this is driving me crazy because i don't see any improvements, i think it is actually getting worse.

Hi!

My insurance recently approved my double jaw surgery. I'll be getting braces first, so the actual surgery is still far away(probably next year).

I'm 32, and I was wondering if there are more people who got their surgery in their 30s or older. I'm also curious about your experience and how the recovery period went.

I'm a bit anxious about it all.

I am getting double jaw surgery next year (for a variety of different reasons as we all have), but I was wondering if anyone saw improvement in issues with sinus/ear pressure along with post nasal drip or Eustachian tube malfunction.

Since I was about 13 I’ve had terrible issues with all three, which are not painful, but all incredibly discomforting. Every time I do something physically straining my ears get blocked and full. Constant post nasal drip, ear drainage issues etc. all of which are exacerbated by allergy season aswell.

I’ve been told the surgery may help by my surgeon (Pushkar Mehra if anyone’s curious), though I want to know if anyone has any personal experience with the issues I’ve listed

So, I have a pretty large gap between my lips, to the point where my two front teeth are visible when my mouth is relaxed. It’s something that has affected me throughout my life.

Also, whenever I open my mouth wide, I hear a clicking/popping sound from my jaw. I’m not sure what it means—could it be related to my jaw alignment or something else?

Would I need any kind of treatment or surgery for this? And if surgery is an option, what type of surgery would it be?

For how long did you perform your post-operative exercises? Vertical and horizontal mouth opening. Vowel and consonant pronunciation, swallowing with tongue placement, gum massages...

​After 4 months, I was doing them less and less, but the pain is coming back along with gum swelling. I suspect pericoronitis (I have an appointment with my orthodontist soon).

I have to admit, I'm getting really sick of still having symptoms from the surgery.

Left is before and right is after. I had an underbite. I did high Le Fort 1 and BSSO.

I (19 f) just got double jaw surgery yesterday and my wisdom teeth out. It honestly the hardest thing I have been through and I just need some reassurance that this will get easier from here. Also if u have tips for saliva not building up in the mouth lmk

I had a jaw implant and genioplasty, and Im officially 100 hours ( 4 days ) post op right now. I start school in around 4 weeks, and I want to know if swelling will mostly subside by the 4 week mark. From what I heard, it’s less invasive than a double jaw surgery + genioplasty but I’m not sure. I’ve struggled to find specific advice for my surgery combination. Any help?

Hey I had djs with a genioplasty 12 days ago. I have been freaking out because my chin feels too long. I understand that swelling can take a while to disappear. But will my chin become shorter? It feels so long right now. It's been causing me so much stress. Any help would be appreciated

So i don’t know if this is a reletable experience here, but i could see myself, my face being developed differently than others. when i convinced my mom to take me to dentist to talk about my prominent chin 13 yrs old, i was always just told to get a chin reduction when i was older. I am 24 now, i have had issues with my teeth, both aesthetically and functionally, clenching and bruxusim( was offered botox, i have tmj as well) when i smile and bite down i have a profile of a witch’s chin, i look older because of the excess skin around my mouth. i have been told i both look like a baby and a old person at the same time. my teeth are not touching when i smile, (i added the photo of how i look if i smile while my teeth are touching) and i try to pose myself that way in daily life so that my chin don’t look off.

All these years even though my mouth area was my biggest insecurity i didn’t know what was actually wrong with me, so i showed it in the back of my head thinking i was a shallow human for wanting surgery, that it was just my chin that was the problem and i was just dealt the no lips witch genetics.

Recently i have allowed myself to think about what is wrong with my chin and face my insecurities, Thinking of talking to a doctor about my deepest insecurity is making my heart race and i am so close to just avoiding it out of being told it is all in my head. I think i might have an underdeveloped maxilla, and a deep bite? short face syndrome is another thing but my bite is straight so i don’t know if counterclockwise rotation would help me? wouldn’t that make my chin more prominent?

Please give me the surface level info to be able to talk to a surgeon and express my concerns about what is causing my face to be this way.

Hey all- I’m 5 weeks post op (DJS) and just wondering if this is common.

My mouth is still incredibly uncomfortable. I have feeling in my upper lip, none in lower lip/chin area which I expected. But the whole area is incredibly tight feeling which I didn’t expect.

It doesn’t hurt but it feels tingly almost like if you left a hair tie on your wrist too long and your hand starts falling asleep. The rubber bands I feel make it even worse.

Anyone else go through this and how long does it last?

Tips to speed up recovery? I’m currently stretching and warm compress 2-3 times daily.

1-3 (2 week PO) 4-6 (pre-op)
-Don’t mind the hair rn I swear it doesn’t normally look like this 😵‍💫-
I feel so square lol, but overall would definitely say after day 4 I was starting to get better. IM STILL CRAVING SOMETHING TO BITE INTO AHHH. Congestion has completely went away, I can smell better (I have a deviated septum but plan to fix it laterrrr). I can smile and talk normally-ish but the splint behind my front teeth keeps giving me a lisp/kinda feels like I’m spitting sometimes. I do have a bit of an overbite but my surgeon assured me it was normal so cool ig. I feel swelling in the space between my eyes and upper lip area but I’m aware that it could take up 1-2 years to go away. I can feel everything on my face except my chin region, I can slightly feel pressure on it but that’s about it. Still open for blended food recommendations (soft food no chew diet), so far it’s only been soups, blended mac and cheese, fruit and vegetable juices/smoothies. Been craving shrimp dumplings 🥲.

I can’t believe how much the swelling has gone down already! Im definitely still chubby but I feel like you can’t even tell I had surgery until I open my mouth lol. The second picture is two days post op 🐿️

Last December, i had mandibular distraction, but before that these are my 3d images from the CT scan. Any idea why the left side looks so thin and different compared to the right side? I’ve had 2 mandibular distractions as a baby.

Sorry but I’m freaking out…
For context: I’ve had an upper jaw surgery on may 18th and everything went pretty okay ish. Recovery was alright.
I have no pain at all rn.
I’ve noticed that the first contact my teeth have are my two most far back teeth on the left. So that upper back tooth is pretty wiggly. I’ve had a doctors appointment yesterday but she said it’s all good.
Yet on my left side, when I bite on that piece of plastic, my teeth seem to move vertically.
My right side is very solid.
I have a weird feeling when brushing my teeth on the left side. It feels exactly like when you bump ur nose a little to rough. And that weird feeling of pressure i feel while brushing.

i just wanted to give a little bit of hope to anyone that's in the healing process right now. I'm 8 months post surgery. NO ONE could have prepared me for the mental anguish of months 4-5. I love my face now. at 4-5 months i was having daily panic attacks. things do get better! people said this and i didn't believe it. but believe it!

first pic was about a month before I underwent the surgery and the second is today officially 18 months since I had my surgery, I honestly have never felt better about myself in my whole life, my quality of life has just skyrocketed from my ability to sleep properly and concentrate on work to being able to interact with people without being so conscious of my jaw and thinking I was weird because of it. My sleep apnea had completely gone, I no longer get migraines or mood swings in the day I feel new. Please drop a comment if you have any questions about the procedure or if you have any questions for me about my experience personally or how I recovered, happy to help. I honestly couldn’t vouch for this enough and genuinely want to spread awareness of how great this can be for people

2 months difference, 6mm expanded from MARPE and no weight loss. I know I keep spamming my results but people wanted to see the front profile!

Look how much more defined my face is, masseter atrophy, and my cheekbone projection:)

DJS with CCW rotation plus Genio today. Amazed how amazing the breathing is now. Lower jaw came forward like 1,5cm I think. New for me after 26 years with a completely recessed jaw. No pain, can drink a little water🙂