Would elastics help or hurt me

[xstro]

My orthodontist wants me to wear class 2 elastics 24/7, would the pulling forward of my lower jaw which is fucking terrible be worth the recession of the maxilla ? Or does elastics not actually recess the maxilla at all?

 

[chadpreetinthemakin]

It’ll help you bro, as long as you don’t need to get extractions to create space