Forgive me for reposting this but I'm still struggling:
I had a septorhinoplasty with a UK based surgeon in 2015. The recovery was laborious, painful and far more difficult than I expected. .....I now have a significantly shorter middle and lower face since the surgery. Could this be due to the muscles surrounding where he made incisions? ...... The surgeon had made an incision in my gums (which is now covered over by raw scar tissue) and the roof of my mouth was in agony......He told me he made the incision in the mouth to 'lower the floor of the nose', ......My entire lower face looks shorter, and my facial harmony has been disrupted.
Any ideas on what has caused a shorter face from a septorhinoplasty? And no, I'm not imagining it. I can PM other pics if needs be.
Before:
(http://i.imgur.com/6ObhKXx.jpg) (http://imgur.com/6ObhKXx)
After
(http://i.imgur.com/7SfRi76.jpg) (http://imgur.com/7SfRi76)
An incision at the gum line, pain at roof of mouth, lowering the floor of the nose!!!
It looks like you're mystified as to what type of surgery you got and why you would see more changes to your face than just your nose. It also doesn't look like anyone pointed out how the type of surgery you got would differ vastly from what is usualy associated with 'rhinoplasty'.
The septorhino you got is also a type of maxfax surgery directed at a specific part of the maxilla; palate, roof of the mouth. (Incision at the gum line and pain at roof of mouth.)
Look at any ceph diagram where that part of the maxilla is marked out; ANS-PNS= Anterior nasal spine to posterior nasal spine. So basically, the FLOOR of your nose is the ROOF of the maxilla (palate).
They open the intermaxillary suture at the palate to lower the roof of the mouth which is basically the same thing as lowering the floor of the nose in that type of surgery aimed at straightening the septum.
Lowering the 'floor of nose' via an incision inside mouth at gumline= lowering the roof of the maxilla. That's the basic explanation as to why you would see more changes to your face than just a change to the nose. The soft tissue remodels subsequent to the manipulation to lower the roof of the maxilla.
An incision at the gum line, pain at roof of mouth, lowering the floor of the nose!!!
It looks like you're mystified as to what type of surgery you got and why you would see more changes to your face than just your nose. It also doesn't look like anyone pointed out how the type of surgery you got would differ vastly from what is usualy associated with 'rhinoplasty'.
The septorhino you got is also a type of maxfax surgery directed at a specific part of the maxilla; palate, roof of the mouth. (Incision at the gum line and pain at roof of mouth.)
Look at any ceph diagram where that part of the maxilla is marked out; ANS-PNS= Anterior nasal spine to posterior nasal spine. So basically, the FLOOR of your nose is the ROOF of the maxilla (palate).
They open the intermaxillary suture at the palate to lower the roof of the mouth which is basically the same thing as lowering the floor of the nose in that type of surgery aimed at straightening the septum.
Lowering the 'floor of nose' via an incision inside mouth at gumline= lowering the roof of the maxilla. That's the basic explanation as to why you would see more changes to your face than just a change to the nose. The soft tissue remodels subsequent to the manipulation to lower the roof of the maxilla.
^^^^ this dude nailed it. he's a pro.