Hmm i think it is just the swelling it should go down soon

Hey, Well Ive decided to put some new pics up as asked for by Chris! My Camera seems to be playing up at the moment and the flash keeps going off making the photos blurry, so ive just taken the photo

in black and white instead.

The top photo is my new side profile and jaw line.

Heres me from the front, notice how thin my top lip is (although it does appear even thinner in this photo because im slightly smilling!) But my mouth never seems to close now so that could be do to with the top lip being so small, hopefully its just to do with swelling and my lip will go back to normal size!

5 weeks and 6 days post op now! I had my bands taken off competly a few days ago and my wires changed so finally my teeth are begining to get back to normal and straghten up again. Feels wierd not having the bands, my mouths opening more now, i can now fit 1 finger in my mouth! My jaw seems to be moving backwards abit though.. So i wouldnt be suprised if next time i see the authodontist hel tell me to put the bands on again at night.

Ive been having a few down days the last few days considering if this operation has been worth it all heres my pro's and con's to the operation...


Pro's:

*I can smile
*I have a 'normal' bite
*Will be able to eat food better
*Not so self consious about profile

Con's:

*Face(jaw line) Has become unsymmetrical
*Worried feeling wont come back in lip and chin
*I dont think the operation has actualy made me any better looking!!
*I have a lisp
*My top lip seems to have disapeared! Its got really thin!

I seem to have more con's at the moment but im hoping within the next few months most of those should be fixed

Week 4:

I went back to my authodontists today, i thought id be getting my bands taken off.. It turns out when i had taken my bands of before to give my mouth a clean id put them back on the wrong way! Which has ment it has been forcing my bottom jaw backwards ahh exactly what i didnt want.. i new it didnt feel right. Anyway so he put some new ones on which feel much better, although it means ill have 2 wear these for an extra 2 weeks. He did say however that i can take them off during the day and just put them on during the night. Im now allowed 2 eat soft food, and ive just had a go at eating some scrumbbled egg and lemon cake! Its so nice to be able to eat real food and not soup through a siringe. It felt very wierd though and i still cant really chew, but im sure each day it will become easier.

The swelling seems to have gone down alot the last few days so i think i look almost normal, im beggining to feel alot happier with my face and my profile now and im constantly smiling!!

Yay i can smile!! Heres me 3 weeks and 5 days after the op, im still a bit swollen in the cheeks, but atleast i can smile! Its so wierd ive never been able to smile properly before or fake smile! lol

Well this is me about 4 days after the operation when i was back at home. Probably the worst day for me, the swelling had peaked, i was sick and my lips were sooooo chapped!

This is me from the front a few months before the operation. I didnt mind photos from the front. but ive noticed since the op my jaw has become much wider - it used to be very narrow. I think its changed in a good way though.