If I were to read this forums front page on any given day, I'd get the impression that it's 100% likely you will be numb for the rest of your life in a crippling way from a Bimax proceedure.
However I've spoken to people (including a member from this forum who has had 3 jaw surgeries) that they have very little discomfort and would recommend the procedure to anyone wanting it, and that it's the best decision they ever made. I don't know whom to trust. I certainly don't trust any surgeons, regardless of their reputations, but let's get this out in the open: -
1. What is the rate of pain / burning sensations in double jaw surgery patients from what you know and have heard?
2. What is the rate of permanent numbness? (I have heard an absurdly, frustratingly wide variety of responses about this, it really makes me angry that barely anyone can agree)
3. What is the rate of relapse - in terms of what you have heard / seen / experienced?
^^ All of these questions are ASSUMING that the surgeon in question does many jaw surgeries and is considered to be able and respected, not some back-alley surgeon in deepest darkest Turkey for example.
This is one response I had:
You think thats optimistic and misleading?