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- oscargonewilde
so I just had maxilofacial surgery a few days ago - I got my jaw realigned/underbite removed. Anybody else had anything similar done? I want to hear surgery stories. thanks!
- emokid0
wow. was it painful?
have you fully recovered?
- oscargonewilde0
it wasn't too bad...took 6 hours but I was out the whole time. I'm not going to be entirely recovered for quite a while, can't eat anything solid for about 6 weeks. besides the eating thing though, I'm pretty much better. They put me on oxycodone for the pain for the next 2 weeks, which is fun.
- mg330
- foreign0
so I just had maxilofacial surgery a few days ago - I got my jaw realigned/underbite removed. Anybody else had anything similar done? I want to hear surgery stories. thanks!
oscargonewilde
(Jul 5 05, 17:03)no surgery stories here...
was it required or cosmetic?
- oscargonewilde0
yeah that's about what I probably looked like... gross.
well, luckily I never looked at any pictures like that or maybe I wouldn't have gone through with it. I guess maybe it's kind of amplified cause they're dismantling your face, as opposed to some other part of your body.
- oscargonewilde0
it was pretty much required, kind of not...before the surgery I could pretty much only use one side of my mouth cause the other didn't line up. I also had my nasal passages worked on/wisdom teeth out.
I wouldn't have done it if it were just cosmetic.
- foreign0
ah, right. i had similar problems but it was sorted out when i was a kid. luckily no surgery required.