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General Category => Aesthetics => Topic started by: improvedchin on September 21, 2016, 09:58:42 PM

Title: Step off / bump along jaw line?
Post by: improvedchin on September 21, 2016, 09:58:42 PM
Anyone have a step off / bump along their jaw line after sliding genioplasty? I'm now two years post op but I still have a step off / bump along my jawline. Plus my chin area feels a little tight still. I've had two sliding genioplasties.

Could the tightness and bumps / step off be a sign of nonunion?

Anyone else have step offs / bumps along their jaw line this long after sliding genioplasty?
Title: Re: Step off / bump along jaw line?
Post by: trojans101 on September 23, 2016, 05:44:50 PM
Post a pic!
Title: Re: Step off / bump along jaw line?
Post by: improvedchin on September 28, 2016, 11:28:36 PM
It's not noticeable via photos. It could only be felt by touch.

Does anyone else here have a step off that could be felt along their jawlines even years after surgery? or know if something like this is normal?
Title: Re: Step off / bump along jaw line?
Post by: ditterbo on September 29, 2016, 03:07:43 PM
Sounds like exactly what happens when you get a SG... your doctors didn't give you a heads up about that?
Title: Re: Step off / bump along jaw line?
Post by: needadvancement on September 30, 2016, 01:58:59 PM
I can feel it too 4 months later. I don't think this is gonna resolve by itself. Since I'm looking to get a second SG I will ask them if they can shave the bumps away during surgery but does anybody know if there are any risks if they do that?
Title: Re: Step off / bump along jaw line?
Post by: improvedchin on October 01, 2016, 08:43:28 AM
I don't really think the bumps take away from the aesthetics. My main concern is, does having the bumps mean there is a nonunion or the chin is more susceptible to relapse? Does anyone know?

Who else has bumps along their jawline after sliding genioplasty?
Title: Re: Step off / bump along jaw line?
Post by: ptc on October 01, 2016, 10:33:47 AM
I had a double sliding genio, where they make two cuts at the same time. My surgeon said he was going to advance my chin about a centimetre. I don't know whether I got that much advancement though. I can't feel any bumps but I can feel the screws. It doesn't bother me really. How much was your chin advanced after two genios?