Before and after photos (bimaxillary plus genioplasty)

[jesterofmalice]

nice result. How much did it cost?

[Langpam]

Can't put a price on health. Yesterday, after a two night sleep study, it became official that I know longer suffer from sleep apnoea. Before CPAP and then jaw surgery I had 67 apnoeas an hour with an average length of 25 seconds, in other words very severe obstructive sleep apnoea. Now zero apnoeas.
I converted sterling to euros. Do you want we to tell you how much I paid in sterling?

[Langpam]

Typo in last post
Should read
I NO longer suffer from sleep apnoea

[molestrip]

Dr Alfaro makes smaller incisions than other surgeons so he doesn't have to cut through as much muscle. Hence, less inflammation and quicker recovery of nerve sensation. Looking at your 4 week picture now, it's a great result. Prices are comparable to other top surgeons.

[Langpam]

UPDATE 8 weeks post op

I am very happy to know that my bones have fused ( had a scan at my 8 week post op appointment.
Thought I'd post some more pre and post op photos

1.two hours before the op http://imgur.com/xAHsyb2

2. 8 weeks post op           http://imgur.com/b0vgRvf

3.two hours pre op profile http://imgur.com/6fzp8BM

4. 8 weeks post op profile http://imgur.com/nZJ08gQ

Remember I am much older than the rest of you. Hope this has worked!!

[Lazlo]

wow you look like a different, more attractive person!

[Langpam]

Thank you, Lazio

[Balanced]

The following ceph was taken in Zürich.

http://imgur.com/hos74Zf.    The blue indicates a new profile plus you can see how narrow my airways were.

Dr Hernández Alfaro uses 3D cone beam technology. He intends to do the "after" scan at my two month appointment on 8th January.

Amazing result.

The xray is impressive too. You got alot of rotation there which was of great benefit. If its ok, can i ask was the ramus lengthened? Or where along the mandible was the cut made?

[MrFox]

Amazing result.

The xray is impressive too. You got alot of rotation there which was of great benefit. If its ok, can i ask was the ramus lengthened? Or where along the mandible was the cut made?

No that's her before x Ray with a drawing of her proposed new profile.

[Langpam]

Reply to Balanced:
I am not aware of any lengthening of the ramus.
As Mr Fox said, that was a ceph from a different surgeon, with proposals annotated on it.

My surgery was
1. Bilateral Sagittarius counter-clockwise rotation and mandibular advancement
2. Maxillary osteotomy Le Forte 1 with counter- clockwise rotation
3. Genioplasty

[Balanced]

Ok thanks Fox and Langpam

[Langpam]

Typo
Bilateral sagittal........NOT Sagittarius!!!!

[PloskoPlus]

Typo
Bilateral sagittal........NOT Sagittarius!!!!

You should be able to edit your posts.

[notrain]

Langpam, do you remember if you were a mouthbreather when you were a child ?

[Langpam]

As far as I can remember I have mainly used my nose to compensate for the narrow airways. So, probably I was not a mouth breather.
I snored badly when I was a child, (so I'm told) and continued to snore as an adult ( my poor husband). Now I don't make a sound when I sleep, but he occasionally snores!!
(I had my tonsils removed when I was nine and I remembered the surgeon asking my mum whether I snored.....)