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Hello everyone so recently I had double jaw surgery and for the most part everything is going well. The first week was not bad but shortly after 1 week I had the worst nose bleed of my life. I had blood pouring out of my nose and down my throat and coughed up blood clots. I talked to my surgeon and ...

Ah okay. Well I see my surgeon tomorrow I think I'm doing pretty well besides the crazy nose bleeds I started having.

You seem to take this surgery pretty easy. Some people say its the hardest 3 weeks of their life post-op do you agree? Is it hard to breath? How is your numbness? To be honest the hardest part is the whole diet and keeping busy. The first few days were rough but as for breathing while in the hospit...

Can't say im enjoying my time with braces, ha ha, but im on my last stretch now! I like you got braces when i was 27, (last year) My whole process included 2 surgerys, SARPE and double jaw, and aprox 24 months of braces. I'm recovering from my double jaw surgery now! Cant wait to see the final result!

Ah I was under the impression that the bone would kinda grow around it all and it would just become part of you :s

I'm due to have upper and lower jaw surgery on 13th June. Starting to feel very nervous! Hey don't be nervous, it's not too bad! honestly. I was super nervous too but seriously it's pretty much painless, Just makesure you eat all the hard crunchy food you desire first, because the worst part is eat...

Hello, I'm not as far along as you with recovery, i'm almost 2 weeks, anyway i have all kinds of cracking and popping going on and my surgeon told me its completely normal. I would still ask to double check of corse but i wouldn't worry about it.

Maybe I'm wrong but from what I understand after 7 years you could go get an xray and no one would ever know you had jaw surgery so the bone would just grow over the plates? I'm only 10 days post op from lefort 1 and bsso. My surgeon has said there is no need to remove plates but I have a "thro...

Having no feeling in the lower jaw including chin and lower lip is normal I'm 10days post op swelling is much better. The blood clots is normal I cough a couple up each day unfortunately it's not very pleasant. I'm starting to get some feeling back already. I had my 1 week post op yesterday and the ...

I think everyone is self conscious about it especially being an adult. I find that nobody really judges or says anything and I pretty much live everyday not even knowing I have them lol lots of people get braces now and many are adults. That's my experience anyway.

Yes infact I have asthma and a slightly deviated nose. It's a little too early to tell you how much better it is but it is better, my surgeon helped clean it up a bit. The breathing is pretty much what justified me going through this to begin with. The worst symptom I'm having is the crazy nose blee...

Hey there, I got my braces put on last year, 27 at the time, 15 months and 2 surgeries later here i am! you will get use to the braces, at first it was ripping the inside of my mouth apart, and ofcorse it was sore. I find everytime they change the wires my teeth are sore for the next day or two :( B...

Had my braces 1 month before my SARPE surgery and 15 months before the double jaw. Im expected to have them for 24 months.

I had my double jaw surgery last week, so not quite June. I had a serious underbite that pointed to the left. the plan that worked for me was to keep my lower jaw where its at instead of moving it back, i suffer from mild sleep apnea and apparently in some cases moving the lower jaw back can worsen ...

Hello everyone. I'm 9 days post op of my double jaw surgery (lefort 1 6mm advancement) and a bsso asymmetrical (lower jaw pointed to the left) My surgery was 18 may 2016. I had also the SARPE surgery last year, 25 march 2015, and started my ortho treatment with braces plus expander 17th feb 2015. So...