Numbness Probability

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#1 Post by **ZmaN277** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:38 pm

The surgeon I spoke to today told me chance of prolonged numbness post-OP in the bottom lip/chin area (prolonger meaning greater than 3 months or so I presume) Is about 1/4 patients, and permanent numbness: a lower percentage of that.

Have any of you heard differently/know differently, or think this statement is about accurate?

Just curious.

Thanks,

#2 Post by **ctoler1920** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:05 pm

I am a 5 weeks post op and I am still going for weekly visits (next week is the last week for that

) and my surgeon makes a point of telling me that it maybe 6 months to a year of numbness or chance of permanent numbness. I have feeling on the sides of my chin but the middle and bottom lip is still very numb.

#3 Post by **Thathrill** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:47 pm

I hope I do not scare anyone but to my understanding the level of numbness depends on how much was done and the type of procedure. In my case I had BSSO. My bottom lip/chin were completely numb after surgery. This included the inside of my bottom lip and even the gums of my bottom jaw as well as my bottom molars. I welcomed the numbness in the beginning cuz I bit the inside of my lip pretty bad a few times and it looked really bad but I could not feel it so I was ok. as early as 2 weeks post, I noticed feeling very slowly returning. I am almost a year post op and I still have some numbness. The numbness is very slowly going away. Now it just feels like everything is asleep (like the tingling you get when your foot "falls asleep") I can feel everything but its dull in some spots. some spots are better than others like I have near 100% feeling on the left side of my bottom lip

#4 Post by **zoeandnimo** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:20 pm

It really is different for everyone. I had a BSSO in March and all my feeling is already back at 3 months post op. My OS told me 3 - 6 months for the feeling to return, since nothing was damaged during the surgery.

#5 Post by **OneGuy** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:46 pm

zoeandnimo wrote:It really is different for everyone. I had a BSSO in March and all my feeling is already back at 3 months post op. My OS told me 3 - 6 months for the feeling to return, since nothing was damaged during the surgery.

How many mm were your lower jaws moved forward? I believe the amount of numbness has a lot to do with the amount of advancement your jaws had.

#6 Post by **brendan** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:23 pm

i am 3 months EXACTLY today and i still have a lot of numbness in my lower lip and the chin around it

#7 Post by **zoeandnimo** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:19 am

My jaw was moved forward 8 mm.