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midfacedeficient
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My entire face is ruined by a completely undeveloped maxilla. When i was a baby my tongue couldnt fit in my mouth, all my baby pictures have it hanging out. They told my mom they could lower my palate and fix it all with surgery, but she thought it would hurt. So here we are, ugly af and unable to carry on the family name 25 years later.
I've got a meeting with an orthodontist coming up in a week. I think I can get double jaw surgery covered by insurance because i have breathing problems, tmj, and misaligned bite. Going to talk with them to see if they can deem it medically necessary. Any tips on approaching the meeting? Havent met the ortho yet so i dont know how they'll be if they want to hook me up or not. Ive seen on a lot of posts here leforte 1 and cheek implants are typically good enough for aesthetics.
My future plan is to also get rhinoplasty and a lip lift as i cant smile with my teeth, theyre too recessed. But I'm waiting for the maxilla surgery first as I hear it may upturn my downturned nose (I dont want to have them do that via rhinoplasty and then have double upturned nose). And also if the maxillary expansion shows more of my teeth, I'll need less of a lip lift, so if I do that too soon I could end up showing a bunch of gums in addition.
Any advice appreciated. Really dont think a basic palate expander will do the trick at this stage. I've attached a bunch of face pics, some selfies, where i naturally try to hide the smushed in midface, and some pics by other people where i cant cheat using angles. i just put a bunch so you'll see what im saying. the mid face needs some serious rework. already got a hair transplant 6 weeks ago, so no need for the hairline comments
itll be there eventually. I'll happily answer any gymmaxxing questions people have as those may come
I've got a meeting with an orthodontist coming up in a week. I think I can get double jaw surgery covered by insurance because i have breathing problems, tmj, and misaligned bite. Going to talk with them to see if they can deem it medically necessary. Any tips on approaching the meeting? Havent met the ortho yet so i dont know how they'll be if they want to hook me up or not. Ive seen on a lot of posts here leforte 1 and cheek implants are typically good enough for aesthetics.
My future plan is to also get rhinoplasty and a lip lift as i cant smile with my teeth, theyre too recessed. But I'm waiting for the maxilla surgery first as I hear it may upturn my downturned nose (I dont want to have them do that via rhinoplasty and then have double upturned nose). And also if the maxillary expansion shows more of my teeth, I'll need less of a lip lift, so if I do that too soon I could end up showing a bunch of gums in addition.
Any advice appreciated. Really dont think a basic palate expander will do the trick at this stage. I've attached a bunch of face pics, some selfies, where i naturally try to hide the smushed in midface, and some pics by other people where i cant cheat using angles. i just put a bunch so you'll see what im saying. the mid face needs some serious rework. already got a hair transplant 6 weeks ago, so no need for the hairline comments
itll be there eventually. I'll happily answer any gymmaxxing questions people have as those may come
