How long was it for you before lower lip returned?

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#1 Post by **brendan** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:11 am

Figure id make an official no BS thread and then average the results after a few pages.

Simply respond

1-2 Months
2-4 Months
4-6 Months
6-9 Months
9-12 Months
12-24 Months
Never fully returned

#2 Post by PJ » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:29 pm

You forgot this option: Immediately! I never had a numb lower lip. The upper is still not fully back though--at 7weeks now.

#3 Post by **anaxthema** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:28 pm

Same here immediately.

#4 Post by **brendan** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:42 pm

damn i think im fu cked!!

2.5 mo and still cant feel most of it

#5 Post by **anaxthema** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:38 am

Bahah. Don't panic... yet. Nerves are finicky little buggers.

#6 Post by PJ » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:41 am

Don't freak! Me and Anaxthema were very lucky. Most people have numbness in the lower lip for many months. It can be permanent, but that is rare.

#7 Post by **teylix** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:57 am

haha of course pj had to come in here and brag about not having a numb lower lip!

although mine wasnt really numb either... it was numb in the lower right corner though.. it still is a bit after 5 weeks

#8 Post by PJ » Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:09 pm

Sorry Teylix--not trying to brag. I fully appreciate how lucky I am compared to a lot of people who seem to be telling horror stories. If anything, I am bragging on my great surgeon! Btw--I also have a little numbness in the right corner of my lower lip--not enough to be a big deal, but it is still there. And my upper lip--still not right, but getting there; 7 weeks post op.

#9 Post by **mannab271** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:10 am

Umm. August will be a year since my BBSO and Lefort I..and my bottom lip and chin are still partially numb. Everyone is different.

#10 Post by **~danielle~** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:48 pm

June 23rd will be 1 year for me and I my lower lip still a tiny bit numb but i only notice when I'm looking for it. I'd say it was mostly gone within 4-6 months though and from there it has been just small changes. My chin still pretty numb though and i dont know if i will get that feeling back

Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:24 pm

I have started to gain feeling back in my chin on the right side, but its still pretty numb on the left side. my lower lip feels kinda numb still but i'm starting to gain some feeling back in that department however the upper lip is still feeling pretty numb.

#12 Post by **brendan** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:16 am

thanks guys

i am at 3 months and still pretty stiff/not a lot of feeling.

Guess there is still hope however!

#13 Post by **fromjersey** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:11 am

12 months and I only had sliding genioplasty.
Helen

#14 Post by **Graceful58** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:03 pm

Six months here and I still have numbness on my chin and lower lip and lower jaw. I'm concerned when I had my screws put that the severed the nerve, I had the screws out the end of May because they were poking through under my tongue. He said that they didn't severe the nerve but I'm wondering if it could have happened when he put the screws in...I'm investigating now.

#15 Post by **moth** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:05 am

i still have quite a bit of numbness, mostly lower lip and chin. my upper and lower gums are still very numb as well. i am just over 3 months.. so i feel your pain, brendan. i notice very small improvements over time... so let's keep hoping!