Upper jaw was advanced 6mm with significant counterclockwise rotation. Surgery mostly turned out fine except: The soft tissue in my medial cheeks bunched up and are now bulging outward. I look like I gained 50 pounds in my midface. I look like a muppet. My nasolabial folds are worse, not better. (Note: This is not the problem where the cheekbones look hollow because the midface came forward. The problem is that the fat pads right next to the nose are bulging out.)
I'm almost a year out from surgery, so I'm not optimistic things will improve at this point. Hypothesis is that I had too much soft tissue and the advancement pushed it out. Worried I'll need a facelift to solve the issue.
Before going down that rabbit hole, is anybody familiar with this risk of jaw surgery? Why does it happen? Why doesn't it happen more often? Would less advancement and/or CCW rotation have prevented it? Should I consider jaw surgery revision instead of cosmetic interventions like a facelift?
