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Its been 74 days since my upper jaw revision and the swelling on the right side of my face has not seemed to have gone down much. In comparison to the left side if my face, its MUCH more swollen and when I smile its VERY lopsided. It also feels very tight on this side and tender. Any advice as to wh...

I know this is an old post but whatever happened with your nose? Did it go back to normal or did you have it corrected? Asking because I experienced the same thing. I'm one month post op and wondering if once the swelling goes down it will get better but I probably have no choice but to wait and see.

Thank you for sharing your experience. This really is a journey and seems like such a long recovery period. I know I still have a ways to go but I hope the worst of it is over. Did you have trouble breathing through your crooked nose up until you saw that it straightened out and more swelling went d...

[quote=Jfullflow10 post_id=505950 time=1544104346 user_id=31581] I didn't experience everything you did but like you, 6 weeks after my double jaw surgery, I had to go back in and have my upper jaw corrected due to collapse. I still have some swelling 10+ weeks post op. It's not super noticeable but ...

[quote=Jfullflow10 post_id=505950 time=1544104346 user_id=31581] I didn't experience everything you did but like you, 6 weeks after my double jaw surgery, I had to go back in and have my upper jaw corrected due to collapse. I still have some swelling 10+ weeks post op. It's not super noticeable but ...

So I'm trying to find and connect with people who have gone through an experience similar to mine because it's been so hard and it would be nice to know that I'm not alone in this. Two months ago I had double jaw surgery to correct my underbite/open bite. My jaw joints were too smooth so that made i...