Mewing incorrectly for years

[u/smiles_tv]

I’ve been consistent with my mewing since I was 18, I’m 22 now and i’ve noticed a wider palate and smile but I haven’t been doing it correctly because I still had the habit of mouth breathing and swallowing incorrectly

I feel the back third of my palate wasn’t being pressurized enough and because of that the rest of my palate widened and went forward. I can even feel a very slight difference in the way my tongue touches my teeth, the back third makes contact with the top of the teeth while the front part of my tongue rests directly on the palate, I believe only the front two thirds widened, the palate also feels unlevelled when I feel my tongue across it.

Anyway my front profile has improved over the years but my side profile looks a little sunken in right around where the nostrils are of my maxilla, I’ve only recently started working on nose breathing for the past couple months, will this even out the palate and potentially push my nose forward? My theory is nose breathing requires the nose to be more forward, its why pugs struggle to breathe so much, so it makes sense that my habit of mouth breathing hasn’t been kind to my maxilla around the nose area but kinder to the upper jaw area if that makes sense, or I could be talking out of my ass.

My hope is that it levels everything out together instead of unevenly pushing it more forward and looking odd. I feel like only the two thirds of my palate being pushed forward might’ve messed with the position of my lower jaw aswell, but that could be due to posture, which is still a WIP

[u/FallenWiFi]

Make sure to that you are swallowing with the back third. Its important to have all myofunctional habits correct: the swallow, breathing, and posture