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Recovery time for Upper & Lower Jaw Surgery

Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:37 pm
by amandapanda
Hi everyone,

I'll be having surgery on both my jaws (and a possible genioplasty) on the 21st of January. How long is the average recovery time for this type of surgery? Would 4 weeks be adequate? I return back to uni exactly a month from my surgery so I'm hoping I will be able to recover in time for that. :P

Thanks for your help :)

Re: Recovery time for Upper & Lower Jaw Surgery

Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:18 pm
by ColoradoGirl
Yeah, 4 weeks should be enough. You'll still probably tire easily, and you won't be able to eat normally, but you should be able to function at something like 70% of normal capacity.