I had double jaw surgery just about 2 months ago. I feel as if I wasn't advanced enough, especially for my lower jaw. Things still look recessed at my mouth area. I think I could use further advancement, and I'm trying to sort through my options there. In addition to that, there are a number of other things that I am finding I don't like. My front profile looks worse, my eyes appear too setback and my face looks too wide for my lower third and it seems to still cast short. I also thought I would get much more upper lip curvature, but that seems to be hit or miss on the photos I've taken.
I will say, the side profile looks better than pre-op, I didn't have any complications (well, so far), and my breathing has improved a lot. I'm just looking to find out what would be beneficial for me aesthetically now. I plan to discuss this in my upcoming post-op check in, but wanted some advice beforehand.
In order to get more projection, I've been looking at either a genioplasty or a chin wing. I managed to get a hold of one of the chin wing docs, and they said it could be possible (hinges on nerve location and cuts made now) to still have a chin wing, but I'd need hardware removal during the operation. My concern with this is that it it'll elongate my face too much, but I could get the added benefits of a bit more width and projection. For the genioplasty, I'm unsure if an isolated chin movement will actually help me, but I've been looking into this since I could just see if my surgeon would be able to do this or at least ask him what he thinks. Is my line of thinking correct?
Both of those options do nothing for the upper lip, but I believe I read on here that one of the chin wing docs does some grafting in that area. Aside from that, would there be any other option to get a bit more lip curvature? In regards to the sunken eyes, I believe my option there is fillers, and I've been reading into that.
I'm well aware I would benefit from a rhinoplasty, especially as my nose widened on front view, and I plan to have a septo-rhinoplasty but, right now my desire is to have more projection of my jaw. If measurements of what was done/xrays would help, I can ask my surgeon, but it may be a bit of time until I see them again for that.
Short version:
- I had double jaw surgery
- I would like to still achieve more projection and want to know my options
- I would also like to get more upper lip curvature - unsure how to achieve this
(removing pics for now)