double jaw surgery recovery

My journey from pre double jaw surgery to 4 weeks post surgery (plus a haircut) | Jaw surgery, Double jaw surgery, BeautyRecovery tips, deadlines and questions about jaw surgery Show menu Hide the menu About this siteMy name is Graham and I'm from Canada. In 2010, I had a double jaw surgery to correct my class-3 malocclusion (also known as a "severe subbite"). You can follow my way day by day for recovery in this blog. It took me only 90 days to return to normal and the changes were worthwhile. If your bite has been bothering you for a while, I highly recommend this operation to correct it. Recovery TimeNext is a short timeline of important events in relation to recovery of double jaw surgery. If you had only operated a jaw, your recovery will be much faster than this. Note that each person recovers at a different rate, and also that each surgeon has his/her own schedule during the recovery process. This is simply the sequence of important events that took place during my personal recovery. Day 0 (Insurgency)Day 1Día 3Día 5Day 7 (1 week)Day 14 (2 weeks)Día 15Día 18Día 21 (3 weeks)Day 22Día 28 (4 weeks)Day 29 Day 31 (1 month)Día 32Día 38Día 42 (6 weeks)Día 45Día 49 (7 weeks)Day 56 (8 weeks)Day 70 (10 weeks) You want to connect with other heroes in the jaw? Recovering from jaw surgery can be lonely. That's why so many of us stayed in a Facebook group where we support each other until surgery and during recovery. There are hundreds of people from all over the world chatting right now and it's free to join. (example of a recent conversation) 6 Comments Hello Graham! I just got through your blog while I was looking for google for some remedies and tips for my pain of double jaw surgery (to correct my subbite). Now I'm 9th since surgery. The day 1-3 was the worst for me, I was alone in the hospital (due to covid-19 I couldn't have any visitors) I had horrible nasal bleeding when I stood or sat down, I was vomiting a lot of blood during the first few days. I couldn't open my mouth big enough to swallow pain pills so my nurses were crushing them and putting them in juice that I would drink through the syringe. But my lips began to rinse (hear blisters inside my lip) after about 5 days after the pain medication that was put on the lips. The day 4 I started to win a little more motivation to move and to watch a movie (for some reason the first days had me with a lot of pain to even look at my phone or listen to the TV in). Now day 9, I am experiencing tearful pain when I laugh or smile feels that the sutures are being stretched or torn, and the pain is sharpened a few minutes later as an oppression + acute pain (it attracts me to tears). I also experiment a nose with blood. Talking is a little mission, people are beginning to understand me now. But when the points start to hurt and chop the ability to speak begins to fade. I had an allergic reaction to bacitracin that doctors provided for my lips that caused a lumpy rash in the corners of my mouth. So I've changed to Vaseline, but if you have any recommendations for products to use on my lips and corners of mouth that would be so useful! I'm losing weight as crazy and I don't know what to do to keep the weight in which I've been drinking Secure, Secure the vanilla, mixed soups, ice cream shakes, water and juice. On the day of surgery he weighed 136 pounds and now weighs 125 pounds. I can't think of anything else to eat while on the liquid diet, there's only so much I can have. If you have any recommendations on food options or ideas (also liquid) please let me know! Also what motivated you to stay strong while you know you can't eat real food for a couple of months. I'm just on the 9th and it's getting tough. I see videos of food in repetition and I long for so much food. Any advice you have for pain, sleep, discomfort in your mouth, smiling, laughing, meals, anything that will help you please send them in my way! Thank you so much for your blog that I read every and every post and it has helped me feel less alone as nobody around me really gets what I'm going on. Have a great day! I didn't have so many problems when I had my surgery on September 24, 2020. When I got out of surgery the day, I threw up blood once and after that I didn't. I had a spongy nose with a little blood, and it wasn't much either. After the surgery and I went home, he didn't let me go. It hasn't been 2 weeks yet, but it's going to be 2 weeks on October 7, 2020. I've stopped taking pain medicine, because I haven't been hurting, and I'm already drinking from a cup, but I haven't progressed in a straw yet. I'm so ready to start eating regular food, because I can't lose any more weight, and I was already too thin before it operated on me. The first 3 days will be the worst, but after that it must be smooth navigation. My doctor told me that after 2 weeks of branding you should be almost back to yourself, but still take it easy. You can experience so you can change on your face, like the shape and size of your nose. But I'm very excited to see the final result! I had a double jaw surgery the same day you were so good to connect. I'm still on pain medications, but I can eat a lot of soft foods (no chewing). I am erased in such a way – I think that being 53 makes the difference. My airway was restricted in a great way and the improvement of the breathing I have experienced is a miracle. I also had a bone graft for an implant. I had my procedure in office because of the sad denial of the insurance company. Attending at the hospital on day 3 due to infection with 104 fever. The upper cheeks are painful and harsh. The upper lip is still very fat. Most of the inflammation of the jaw is done. The chest bruise is in the final stage of yellow color. All sorts of things going on, but in most part I'm heading to the right direction. I'm out of gas pretty fast. Good luck to you, this is a good forum. Thank you. MarkI's in the week two of my recovery. I can relate to the hospital's stay and the restraints of covet. It's not fun. I was in the hospital for five days and it was the worst five days of my life, no joke. This group is encouraging and cannot wait to join it and learn more. The inflammation continued to worsen. I was taking a mixture of Ibuprofen and Vicodin for pain. The dream was hard to get, as it was so uncomfortable. My jaw swollen when I slept and my head rolled uncomfortable from side to side, or up and down. I was up every two hours while I was drooling and bleeding and dealing with the shot pains under my right nose where one of the incisions was made. I also had a low-grade fever that the Doctor wasn't worried and fortunately went pretty fast. I started taking Miralax since I hadn't fucked since before the surgery at this point. They gave me a laxative recipe, but I read that it was super strong and overkill for many people (thankfully the Miralax came in and worked in 24 hours). Since it's been a while since surgery, when did you start eating regular food? Maybe as fish, or soft tacos Reply "During the last few years, I have done my best to respond to every comment on this blog, but unfortunately I don't have time to do it anymore. If you have questions about jaw surgery and want to connect with others on this trip, please. Don't worry, it's free!" Send me an email when someone responds to my comment Author *Email *Internet Recent comments © 2021 Silence

Double jaw surgery Recovery: Everything you need to knowBefore I get into what you should expect post jaw surgery, you need to know one thing. You'll get over it even though it sucks a lot of time as soon as you wake up in your recovery room. You have this thing and don't forget it! 🙂What you will need during recoveryThe surgery recovery process of the mail jaw The first week your jaw is closed, so you won't have much mobility when it comes to talking or opening your mouth (you probably won't want to open it anyway). Moreover, since it will literally not be able to open the mouth, there is a risk of death by vomit. That, my friend, is why you'll get a new pair of brilliant scissors in case of emergency. When I think about it, the time that is probably more likely to vomit is right after surgery. That's when you're still overcoming the effects of anesthesia that tends to cause nausea. First eight to twelve days, you'll be on the liquid diet. A fair warning, it might get a little crazy. Especially when others around you are enjoying some good juicy hotdogs. To tell you the truth, I'm not even a big hotdog person, but I had wanted it so badly. How sad. Once your jaw is no longer closed, you can change to the diet of soft foods and celebrate with a little apple puré (preferably the children you can tighten). Don't expect to be immediately able to eat something like chili or even toasted pasta because you won't have much strength when it comes to opening your mouth. The takeoff will happen. There's no blows around her, so you could accept it now. I had many moments when I didn't even notice that I was drooling because I couldn't feel it exactly as my chin and lips were both numb. Prepare some of your favorite movies or a show to tie up because you're not going to sleep much for a few reasons: As I've touched before, breathing is optional during the first eight days or so. When I say this was one of the worst parts for me, I'm not kidding. After the surgery, there was a lot of blood that dried up and stuck around my nostrils. Adding to misery, I couldn't open my mouth, making it even worse. I ended up pulling the blood out of my nose that helped a lot. I have to say that the feeling of dry blood that tears your nose is a little strange. It's both satisfying and horrifying to see how much blood escaped through his nose. Depending on what you do before surgery, you can end up with a swollen face. I know I did. However, I remember people telling me that I could end up with some black and blue and maybe even a black eye, but none of that happened, so it varies from person to person. Your lips will especially be quite swollen and numb. In fact, it could look like a Placidochromis Phenochilus Mdoka fish. Constipation happens, so get ready for that and make sure you try to include plum juice in your diet. I didn't have any plum juice and ended up having some problems, but it gets better. Nut is an important factor in jaw surgery. It's been almost 6 months and half of my chin and the lower lip are still numb. There are no rounds around. For most people, the feeling returns around the one-year mark, so you have to wait. If you want to read about my stay in the hospital + my thoughts entering it, read about... Pre-Surgery I never thought I'd need surgery, but only double jaw surgery. When two out of every three orthododontists told me I would need it during the consultations, I didn't think much about it. In fact, the strange orthodontist said everything he needed was invisalign. I wish. Now, the surgery didn't happen right away. In October 2016 I had my devices and operated in July 2018 (the term differs for all). Before deciding on surgery, my orthodontist gave me the option to do a higher jaw surgery, lower or double. She showed me 3D images of how my face would look at each one, but said the double would have the best results. She said I had the option not to go through with him at all, but then I would still have my nephew and my lower jaw would still be judging me. How did I choose? Well, strangely, I jumped into the surgery car. Once I decided that, I thought of how I would experience discomfort no matter what, so why not go for the double jaw. Pretty solid reasoning if I can say it myself. Honestly, I don't know why I was so confident at the time I considered how low my pain tolerance is. Of course, there were times when I had second thoughts, but I had to think about the final result. They also helped read and see others' experiences. A disadvantage of surgery is the recovery period. You have to schedule a time block and for double jaw surgery, a minimum of two weeks is required. I ended up setting the date for July 21 that gave me enough time (about 5-6 weeks) before the semester began. I would say it was a good time frame, though 7 weeks would have been much better. The day before the surgery felt like surreal and I stayed very late reading. That was one of my ideas not so big since I had to get up at 5:30. Lesson from that, get a good night's rest the day before surgery if you don't want to be a mood patient (not that I was a mood patient, nerves kill the mood). Day of Surgery of the Mandible It was 6:30-7:00 when I got to the hospital. Maybe half an hour later they took me to an "office" that was really just curtains (the pre-operation room I guess). At this point, I had no idea what I got into and say that I was having second thoughts would have been putting it slightly. I was ready to get her out of there. In fact, I remember saying something on the lines of "Why do I allow someone to break my face?" to my mom in that room while we waited for staff to come in. After a few minutes there were a few people who came in and gave me the move. I just spooked my head and went with what they said. I also asked (probably for the twenties) if I would be in pain after surgery. The nurse (I think) said she wouldn't be in a tremendous amount of pain after and would be numb more than anything. Did that help my nerves? Not really. Now, the reason behind the numb face after surgery is because they're playing with the nerves when they move the jaw around. So listen, at least you won't feel like your face has been hit by a 4×4. Even though you might feel like crap (I know I did). They asked me a few questions after that and they made me put in the hospital robe. Those scruples. I hated those scruples. I thought I could at least keep my underwear, so I did it at first. Then I asked a nurse and said they had to leave. He was sad when he told me. It feels weird to go to the command, but you do. When the anesthesiologist came in... my stomach was a disaster. I knew what it meant and I wasn't happy. He asked if I had her before and said no. Then I told him I have a low pain tolerance and I'm not a big fan of needles. In retrospect, I don't know why I felt the need to mention that since the IV would go one way or another. The anesthesiologist ended up letting me choose between having the IV set before or after entering the O.R. Since I'm great in making decisions, I asked what I should do to what I advised to wait. I waited. I'm not sure if that made the nerves worse or not; well, he probably did. Anyway, the IV was terrible. I hate needles with passion, so it wasn't exceptions. One was placed on the arm and the other was my wrist/hand area. While the anesthesiologist did this, someone offered his hand to become my tight stress / pain ball and the boy was holding his hand with an iron grip. Honestly, his hand was probably in more pain than my veins. Then again, that anesthesia flowing through your veins, such a strange feeling. It's like something alien that slides through you that both itch and chills. Maybe seconds after that, all I remember is a nurse telling me I should be relaxed. I did. In fact, it was almost this strange blurry feeling. I was pretty excited. Then the nurse said I'd probably feel asleep. A few seconds later, I left. Everything after that is a big scobilla. If I woke up during the surgery or was awake and couldn't move, yikes. That was one of my fears getting into this. The O.R. itself was a fridge and those scruples are not meant to keep the heat. Makes sense it would be cold. You can't have pesky bacteria growing near the operating table or sabotage the equipment. Sanitation is all, but I'd be happy not to be in one of those sterile rooms again. My StayFirst Night/DayWaking up Hospital was a mess. I don't remember much except I was in my room with my family. My sister could barely look at me without breaking my face led her to cry. Who would have known? But it was honestly because of how bad I was seeing. Don't expect it to look good later. I was out of her that first night. The nurses had me up to go to the bathroom a few times and then the unthinkable happened: I fainted in the bathroom. If I was forced to return to that moment, I would do everything in my power so that it wouldn't happen. Next thing happens, I'm back in bed and they say I'm gonna have to use a catheter or a catheter. Easy choice when she got to her. But unfortunately for me, nothing came out when I tried the saucepan. It was like there was a mental lock in my bladder. That leads to the catheter and it was the nightmare thing. If you ever stay overnight after surgery, take that piss off the toilet. After the catheter, things calmed down, but I never fell asleep. I could barely breathe, even when I was given the oxygen mask (which was so cold, oxygen is not the ambient temperature). Your throat also feels scratched by the tube that was down your throat and your nose is not in the best shape. The perfect recipe for breathing problems. Second day/night The second day still sucked. I had a tube in my mouth pulling extra blood, my nose was not functional and I was using an app to talk for me. I'm not gonna lie, the first days are absolutely brutal. I didn't sleep the first night and my mom was probably not very excited about me after she woke up continuously. Besides, when they managed things through the IVs, it burned like hell. I'm not sure if it was because the needles weren't right or whatever, but I could have lived without it. They made me take a walk down the halls to prove that I was strong enough or something. Then they took me to do an X-ray that was terrible. Keeping your head still for a minute (or so) as this machine moved around was hard so once it's over, hallelujah. I ended up staying another night that was nice. The longer I stayed, the longer I had before I put on real clothes and got in a car. I didn't expect the record. Nothing happened, but I felt very dizzy and weak that made sense. There was no food in me. Week 1 Being home was pleasant and depressing. I was trapped in the house with nothing to do except watch TV or have conversations with myself. The first 7-10 days will make you feel quite isolated and lonely because you can't talk to anyone. Yeah, you can use an app, but it got old. So if you're in a depressed state and you're wondering why you've ever thought jaw surgery was a good idea, think about how short this period of time is compared to your entire life. If that doesn't help, then do something that makes you happy or just accepts your emotions and passionate about misery. I tried to get out of the house on day 5 or something that was a bad idea. I thought it would be nice to go to my father's for a few hours. Well, I was wrong. Turns out that car rides can make you feel head-of-light and sick, so when I got to my father's house, I wanted him back to bed. Lesson from this, don't get over it. Take it easy and stay inside. Your nose will thank you for breathing is incredibly difficult when your nose is constantly obstructed and your mouth is no longer open to command. Week 2It was around the day 9 or 11 when I saw the surgeon again. Everything looked good, but one of the nurses started taking this bandage/splint off the chin area and it was the worst. I don't know what was used to attach it, but ugh. It was really stuck. After that, he began to remove most of the bands in my mouth and, for some reason, my left ear/handle area jumped. It was so painful. I honestly thought that the nail that had my jaw was loosed or something. For probably 15 minutes, I sat there holding my ear, too scared to let go in the fear that it would explode again. However, the doctor said it's normal for that to happen since there's no more pressure that holds everything together. 90-day mark Half of my lower lip and chin were still numbing what was normal. It can take up to a year for the feeling to come back. Sadly that meant that when I put on the chapstick, I would have the weirdest feeling because there's no feeling. And it can make it hard when you're eating. I always check. Now I also have a slight deviant sept that may occur during this surgery as they are moving the jaw around. You can always fix it after having trouble breathing and, for the most part, it must be covered by insurance. I'm not sure what I plan to do, but for now I don't notice much. However, the surgeon said it is not very intense surgery and the recovery period is much simpler than after jaw surgery. For more fun surgery, click . Community: Survivors of jaw surgery It's good to know that you're not the only one who's been through this, so definitely take a look at some of these stories from others who have survived. He helped me a lot. Especially when I was in a particularly bad mood and wanted to complain, but I couldn't because my mouth wasn't working. Then I'd find some places where people just ran or talked about how horrible it was that made me feel a little better. The only blog I followed religiously was who wrote a post almost every day during his recovery. It was amazing to read that every day because you feel it and you understand it. I've raised all the posts the first time, although since I wanted to know when the puffice would come down among other things. Also, Graham's humor makes you feel much better, so definitely take a look at your recovery experience. At first, I watched vlogs and read all their messages. Reading his story was inspiring and made me much more confident to go through with everything. The videos were especially useful because you really saw how the swelling collapsed and how long it took him to talk. In addition, videos are sometimes more enjoyable than a post because you're actually seeing the results and getting a better idea of how it will be. He is the creator of The Skinny Confidential and wrote about his dual jaw surgery experience. I read your messages sometimes. They were very relatable, especially one in which he talked about being so desperate that he actually mixed a cheeseburger. Update: 10 months Post Cirugia of the jaw So... Actually, I went to the surgeon's office a few days ago since I removed the appliances a few months ago (probably I should have gone before) and everything was fine. A problem I've had lately is a narrow feeling in my jaw/chin area when I smile. I asked him if that was normal and he said it was and there was nothing to worry about. Apparently, the reason for the feelings of oppression is due to the scar tissue that is still healing. Once that heals completely, that feeling must disappear what I cannot expect. Every time I smile, my chin area feels like the botox was injected into it (at least, what I think would feel like the botox was injected into my chin). Along with that, there is still numbness on the right side of my chin and the lower lip. That's normal too, and it must disappear, even though there's always a chance that the feeling can't come back. However, whenever I touch that area, the vegetables run along it, so that the nerves can wake up (I think). However, it doesn't impact me in any way, so I'm fine with how it is right now. The only part of that visit that I didn't feel too hot was when the surgeon told me that I had a slight depression on one side of my nose along with a deviant sept. I've heard of my last visit about the deviated sept that is actually the result of the surgery, so that didn't surprise me. Of course, now there's a possibility that you have to do surgery to fix that, so it doesn't create problems on the road. The day I don't have to get any more surgeries will be my day of victory. I don't like to go under the knife or have a IV placed on my arm. It's not fun. 9 Comments saranot safe when this was updated but does stiffness improve?? And it affects you when you talk? Thank you. Samantha Hey Sara, it's been 11 months since surgery and there's still strength around my lower right jaw/chin area. I don't notice much, but when I do, I'm beginning to worry that something went wrong. However, I recently saw the surgeon and asked him about it. He said it's the scar tissue that's causing that narrow feeling. Once everything is healed, it must disappear (I'm pretty sure). Besides, it doesn't affect me at all when I talk. There are times when I can feel that it hardens while I talk (once in a while), but it doesn't impact my speech. The only irritating thing is numbness. There's a small patch in my lower right chin area that still doesn't feel like it. It's no big deal, but I can't wait for the nerves to wake up again. I hope this has helped and good luck in everything ! Have a good day! Dianne 5 and a half weeks. My face is still swollen on my cheeks to my chin. My jaws are still hurting and turning off, and it looks like I have an earache. My nose is still standing. You wonder if anyone else still had these problems right now? Samantha Hey Dianne, everything sounds normal (at least for my experience). My face was very swollen during the first few weeks and started to look more normal around week 6 or 7. The ear pain is also a unfortunate side effect of jaw surgery as it has to do with the jaw movement that is connected to your ears (I am not sure of the logistics, but the surgeon said something along those lines). I remember this one day, (a couple of weeks after surgery) I made a cup of coffee and was excited to drink it... Next thing you know, intense pain swells in my ear. I must have moved my jaw rarely, but at that time, I honestly thought something terrible had happened because of how bad my audition was. However, everyone has a different recovery experience, so if you're worried about anything, I'd just run it by the surgeon. I hope you're okay and if you have any other questions, you just have to do 🙂 the recovery process sucks and I know I would have liked to "talk" (more like writing) to someone who went through it. Once you spend the first 2 months, you should definitely start feeling more like yourself. Sam Hey, any updates on stiffness and numbness? All the best, SamSamantha Hey Sam, there's still some numbness in the same area (on the right of my chin and on the right side of my lower lip). However, I've become accustomed to never notice. The only time I care about it is when crumbs/food fall in that area that is not bad or nothing (just upset when you don't realize they're sitting there). It would be nice if the feeling came back, but I'm fine with numbness at this point. And stiffness is gone completely. The only time I feel that hardening is in the lower jaw when I'm actively thinking about it. I hope this helps and if you have any other questions, feel free to ask! Good luck with everything (:Kimberly AvisMy daughter just had the same surgery... It's week six! My husband is a dentist and helped investigate the process. My daughter had surgery to improve her airway. His respiratory problems caused all kinds of health problems. My husband and daughter considered this to be such an important message to leave, so (together with 2 Emmy winners) decided to make a documentary. We hope that education on this issue can help many people! Kristen Mori Hello, my daughter just had double jaw surgery week 3 post op and is drooling tons. Is this normal? I know the drool for me was particularly bad for those first few weeks. By reference, I got it in the beginning of the summer and by the time I went back to school, I was still a little worried about the bib (and/or get food on my lips/chin) and not notice the numbness. However, at that time, I think he had the bib under control. However, if you are concerned, you can always call the surgeon's office for entry. I hope your daughter is fine! Have a good day 🙂Leave a comment Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website Hello, everyone! Name E-mail: Subscribe for the latest updates! Name E-mail:

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