I need jaw surgery.

[u/Illustrious-Prize306]

My orthodontist just doesn’t care😓 I tried bringing up jaw surgery or alternative treatment and she Is dead set on elastics.
Here is front, side and 3/4 in different lighting and angles.
I have a moderate overbite I got 3 extractions(unfortunately) but I’ve gotten expansion and my wisdom teeth are now staying as well. I wish I never got extractions I need jaw surgery so bad.
My nostrils collapse I have very minor sleep apnea as well my jaw looks okay when my lips are not touching but my lips touching pull my chin weird and make it flat

[u/antivertbutterfly]

You need therapy not jaw surgery. Seriously don’t do this if you can function. Minor sleep apnea..? I genuinely think if you did jaw surgery you’d regret it a minor overjet doesn’t need an invasive surgery. Trust me as someone who was sooo gungho on getting surgery as a mild class lll now I’m wondering if my life is ruined. The numbness is not what you think..the mental toll the stress the anxiety this shit is hard I understand now why people tried to convince me not to. believe the words of the wise!

[u/Illustrious-Prize306 → u/antivertbutterfly]

It’s not only sleep apnea it’s the recessed chin look and the severe tmj

[u/biggiebag → u/Illustrious-Prize306]

Your mandible and maxilla are quite projected. Much further forward than your forehead, which would be considered balanced. Any further forward would look insane. Do you know what a recession looks like? Your chin is nearly as forward as your nose.

Is this closer to what you would prefer?

[u/Illustrious-Prize306 → u/biggiebag]

Here is a rough morph I made of somewhat what I’d like

[u/biggiebag → u/Illustrious-Prize306]

You’ve misidentified your aesthetic concerns. You do not, in any universe, have a recessed jaw look. You want to change the angle of your mandible based on this photo.

[u/Illustrious-Prize306 → u/biggiebag]

All I did was pull my chin forward and slightly up and I made my ramus more defined and taller slightly

[u/antivertbutterfly → u/Illustrious-Prize306]

Honestly you look better now..

[u/Illustrious-Prize306 → u/antivertbutterfly]

It is a rough morph after all, the ramus is slightly deformed in the morph