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Dear members in the UK, I was denied my upper and lower surgery. I have been in braces for 2 1/2 years. Please help me. I want to fly to the UK for surgery. My health insurance company here denied me after all this time. They said pay from $20,000-$30,000 cash. I am a 54 year old woman and so need ...

Hiya, im also in the UK. I went to my GP first where he examined me and then referred me to a specialist once he agreed something wasnt right,that should be your first step. Good luck

I had genioplasty two years ago, and as Helen -I should have had an upper and lower jaw surgery (open bite). But my surgeon thought that my face was harmonic and that we should drop it and just go for a genio (to "hide" the bite). and that it would help for my lip incompetence. But it has...

Good luck to all those having ops in March!

Thanks Helen and Esoteric, its reassuring to hear there isnt a lot of pain involved with chin surgery. My chin will actually be moved 6mm to the left rather than forwards like most genios

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I would love to hear from those who had genioplasty and how your recovery was, i dont really know what to expect in terms of pain, swelling etc will i be able to smile, talk, eat? How did you feel right after surgery? Did you notice results straight away? Any kind of information would be great Thanks

Great thread, really useful

Hi everyone, I went to see a surgeon about my asymmetric face, basically my chin is off centred (6mm to the right) due to my left upper jaw being over developed.He said to do it in stages would be better, so genioplasty would be first and then he will decide what to do after. I've only heard of peop...