Hi guys,
Been a while since I’ve posted. Some background, I got the full jaw/chin implant combo about 3 years ago with Dr. Y. While it’s been an improvement, I’m still not exactly where I’d like to be. Profile is admittedly much better than before but front still leaves room to be desired. Dr. Y tends to be conservative to avoid an “overdone” look, but believe it or not it’s still a 10mm difference on each side, something BSSO wouldn’t have been able to do.
I try not to look at photos of myself as I admittedly have major BDD, but of course was on vacation last weekend and got really triggered based on how I looked on a lot of photos.
I’m trying to decide whether to take the implants out and do the full BSSO (have a recessed jaw, overbite and asymmetry of the midline) or possibly even just skip that and do a revision implant. Or, just do nothing (the more you dig in there, the more you risk running into big issues). Even Gunson, whom I’ve visited many times, said after all is said and done, it’s a 50/50 shot on whether surgery will be able to match the aesthetic look of the implant. Obviously if I could do it all over again, I’d do proper jaw surgery and then decide whether to do the implants 6 months after. I kind of cut corners with this one just to get the aesthetic look (which alone had a MASSIVE recovery).
What bothers me the most is first, I wish the angles were a bit wider and sharper (sharper might not be possible as the overlying tissue plays a lot into account), and also, and this is where I get really confused, on some photos my chin looks very wide and very fat and I want to race to trim it down.....but then I’ll take a selfie and it looks small and narrow. Very weird....I don’t know which one is the “real” me. You can see what I mean in the photos.
Anyway, I’ve already consulted with Dr. Relle in LA who rejected me and said to leave well enough alone but interested to hear what you guys think. What changes would you recommend?
Photos:
https://imgur.com/a/LFkIPv0First 4 are now, second 4 are before
