They won’t do genioplasty as it’s purely cosmetic although they’re happy to advance my maxilla despite it only being cosmetic. I’ll ask about the others at my next consultation
If you want a superior cosmetic outcome, you’ll have to go private - no question.
Well if that was the case with my surgeon then I wouldn’t be getting the LF1, I’d only get the BSSO. For me the LF1 is purely for cosmetics as my consultant told me
I phrased it badly. I’m aware a private will have a better outcome aesthetically but if I can get it free and still get a good outcome then I’m happy.
I had a quick search for NHS BIMAX botches and couldn’t see any.
Yep, it’s quite a common surgery in the UKnhs has bimax?
Is it really? I assume it’s very hard to get though no?
Maybe your surgeon is one of the good ones then. I don't know NHS surgeons in particular but it is highly variable on the surgeon you get from what I know. Foreverbrad's questions are good ones. Simply having LeFort or not may not cut it. Do you need rotation, do you need impaction or downgraft, do you need ramus widening, do you need genioplasty etc? If you get a 3D plan feel free to dm and I can give some very general thoughts.
There are a lot more on reddit. Things like a guy who needs a 4mm maxilla and some rotation ends up getting like 10mm linear advancement on both jaws and looks like a chimp.
and its free? wtf. UK has welfare for ugly niggas?
Yes. 25% of the population is on disability benefits.
theres no way thats actually true LOOOL
Technically 24%.
wow what a shithole
You can’t get it on the NHS unless you have maloclussion. I’m getting it to fix my malocclusion but it will also enhance me aesthetically as my maxilla and mandible will be brought forwards. If you’re genuinely abnormally recessed I’d ask your orthodontist about it
Yep, it’s to fix maloclussion. You can’t just ask for it you need to be eligible, a bit like how insurance covers it in the US.
I’m recessed but have normal bite it’s brutal I have no hope
There’s no way that’s true
Just get it done privately, worth asking your orthodontist about it.
They used to do cosmetic boob jobs for people whose mental health was too bad because of small boobs.
I need to research my surgeon but he dies private orthodontists too. Not sure if he does surgery privately as well though.
Could you tell me what these abbreviations mean so I could ask my consultant about it next time I see him please?
My nigga my orthodontist is an Indian woman there’s no hope
Mine was an Indian man who barely spoke English, there’s always hope.
When I was 15 I went to her told her one side of my upper row of teeth literally is shorter than the other one and I can’t touch my molars for that one, and she said no ur fine, now I’m 18 and I want to kill myself befause I have insane jaw asymmetryMine was an Indian man who barely spoke English, there’s always hope.
Courtesy of the UK tax payer.
You can probably get corrective jaw surgery for that on the NHS. Trouble is the waiting time is ages, I’m lucky I got referred for a bimax at 16 years old and they can’t begin treatment until 18 anyways. I should get braces at 18.5 and then surgery at 20.5-21 years old. If you were eligible for double jaw you’d probably not be done with treatment for ages. If it bothers you that much start saving and go private
Oh ye 24% are disabled which includes elderly, autistic etc but there’s only 5 million people who get disability welfare. 3.5 million on PIP, 1.3 on DLA.
Do they not stand for anything or is a CW/CWW the actual name for it? Will my ortho understand what I’m saying basically
They don’t do boob jobs anymore though.
True, more like 10% of the working population but there's no way 1 in 4 people in the UK are actually disabled.
That's outrageous!
Thanks, ye they do do that because I remember my surgeon mentioning something to do with a clock before I had any understanding of the surgery at all.
they do rhino plasttheres defo people Frauding it and there’s lots of young men (18-25) who are just to lazy to work. 1 million of benefit claimants are young unemployed dosser men. you can get it for being autistic and stuff also there’s carer grants for those who look after disabled
Phew.
Yeah, they need to get much tougher. It's total BS and an insult to actual hard working people.
I’m not sure when 3D planning is done but I haven’t even got braces yet. I won’t get the bimax for another 2-3 years, I’m seeing my consultant in 2 months though so I’ll ask about it all then.
No but I hope I'm wrong.
I agree, I never really felt a functional hinderence because of my bite but it affects me visually and I’d 100% go private if NHS wasn’t an option but perhaps that’s because I don’t know how a good bite should actually feel so hard to tell if it’s worth it functionally. I was also offered just brace treatment and no bimax but obviously going to leach of the tax payer and go all out.
He won’t get in power
I think normally you have to pay for the braces but tbh it will save you a lot of hassle even if you do decide to switch surgeon later on
Probably not. He'll need to get 30% of the vote with a 10 point lead on the second party to win a majority.
