Hello everyone,
This is my first post on the forum. I decided to join and post my situation because i see there are people that are well educated about this topic. I will try to keep this as short as possible.
I don't know exactly what my diagnosis is, but I will try to explain. Although my guess is that my lower jaw is recessed. I think that mouth breathing as a child affected my facial development. I am just not certain to what degree. I didn't mouthbreath all the time, but what I did have since I can remember is lip incompetence. This has caused me to have open mouth posture during most of my life. This might have been caused by inherited deviated septum, but I can't guarantee.
Also, my teeth were never alligned properly when I was a kid. They were all separaed and had huge spaces between. My gums were also ugly (for the lack of a better term). I got fixed braces at age 15 and my teeth is now alligned quite well. I also got laser gum correction so the gums follow the shape of my teeth. Also, my bite is good with very small overbite and overjet. I do have a slightly gummy smile which doesn't concern me really.
My main concern is my profile, since I have big protruding lips and a small chin. Also, I have a slight chin deformity since birth, as one side of my chin hangs lower than the other. When I have some facial hair, I am satisfied with my look, but I want to have the option to go for a shaven look if needed.
I had a short consultation with one of the best max fax surgeons in my country a week ago. He said that since I have a severly crooked nose and broken septum inside, that should be my top one priority. Regarding the jaw stuff, he said that my bite is good and definitely don't need a surgery just to correct my bite. For the chin deformity and lip incompetence he said that I need to come see him clean shaven, and with x rays of my jaw. But, from what he can see, he thinks that the lower part of my face is slightly too long, and that bringing the chin up and forward might fix my lip incompetence. I haven't done that yet. I am obbsessing about all the options for weeks now, and researching google almost all day. I want to get my chin fixed, but I am scared that I should do bimax surgery. I can't stand the idea of that, and what is bugging me the most is the big amount of metal screws and plates that I should live with for the rest of my life. I am hoping that genioplasty might be the option for me, after which I would request my surgeon to take out the metal when the bone is healed. Anyway I have to have a surgery on my chin to fix the annoying asymmetry that I have, so why not just advance it a bit.
I would like to hear your opinions about my issues.
Cliffs:
- Had lip incompetence and some degree of mouth breathing since I was a child
- Inherited asymmetric chin, deviated septum and crooked nose
- My chin is weak, not sure which surgery I should get
- Surgeon said to fix my nose, that my bite is good and to do x rays to give better advice on the recommended procedure
- Hoping that genioplasty would be the option since I don't want to do a full jaw surgery and have so much metal in my body
- Feeling extremely depressed finding out that I may have looked much better with correct mouth posture and orthotropics
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gl18rppqgo0mc7q/IMG_4676.PNG?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/dlzkiyx89nvde1h/IMG_4690.PNG?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/ecv3go587ov64l9/IMG_4689.PNG?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/eu3nj2lppn6cyhg/IMG_4687.PNG?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/b8qlf74c5lqk15y/IMG_4691.PNG?dl=0P.s. My chin looks way less recessed with the chin hair I have. Since I have not been clean shaven for 4 years, I can't show you what it looks like without the facial hair.
Kind Regards.
