What is the difference between two jaw surgery and facial contouring surgery? What’s suitable for my condition?
When you look at some before and after
photos from plastic surgery clinics, you can see many people who had amazing
transformation of their faces becoming smaller and prettier.
When you look at their surgery information,
it always says that they have had two jaw surgery.
Isn’t this amazing that people with jutting
chin, long face, big face or mouth protrusion can be very pretty?
However, it’s not like anyone can get two
jaw surgery for aesthetic purpose.
In contrast, there are some cases where
patients require two jaw surgery when they were thinking of getting facial
contouring surgeries.
So today, I will introduce the difference
between two jaw surgery and facial contouring surgery, and the post-operative
care of them for people who are considering two jaw/facial contouring surgery.
Firstly, one of the differences between two
jaw surgery and facial contouring surgery is that occlusion is one of important
factors regarding two jaw surgery. Thus if you have malocclusion, under bite,
over bite, asymmetry or protruding gum, you might be more suitable to two jaw
surgery.
On the contrary, if a patient has no
functional problem or malocclusion, it is possible to make the patient’s face
smaller by facial contouring surgery.
(Rotation of bone during two jaw surgery)
(X-ray scan of facial contouring surgery
patient)
Two jaw surgery can improve on the location
of jaw and facial asymmetry as it relocates upper jaw and lower jaw.
However if the patient want to improve on
their protruding square jaw or cheekbone, they require facial contouring
surgery.
Thus most of two jaw surgery patients get
facial contouring surgeries at the same time.
Another difference is that two jaw surgery
requires pre-operative orthodontic and/or post-operative orthodontic
treatments, and this is decided after thorough consultation with the specialist.
Pre-operative and post-operative
orthodontic treatments are very important as the two jaw surgery improve on the
function of jaw and the occlusion.
Are you aware about the difference between
two jaw surgery and facial contouring surgeries now?
The next is post-operative care.
Facial contouring doesn’t require
orthodontic treatments before or after surgery and can be discharged from the
hospital after one day of hospitalization.
Two jaw surgery mostly requires orthodontic
treatment, and 3~4 days of hospitalization has to take place as well.
Below are the common post-care for two jaw
surgery and facial contouring surgery:
- Take the prescribed medication well.
- Have liquid diet for 2 weeks after the
surgery. (Stitch inside the mouth is removed after 2 weeks.)
- You can just rinse your mouth with gargle
until the stitch removal. (Brushing teeth is possible after stitch removal.)
- Try to eat soft foods until 3 months after the
surgery.
- You can use straw 2 months after the
surgery.
- It is ideal to go for walk often 1~2
weeks after the surgery.
There are some other tips as well.
Firstly it is possible to go to dentists
after a month of facial contouring surgery as you would be able to open your
mouth wide enough (Proceed with dental treatment after checking your condition
as this could be different according to individual).
Also it is ideal for you to use small tooth
brush or children’s tooth brush when you can start brushing your teeth.
You may find finely chopped noodles are
easy to eat, but it is better for you to have foods that are digested easily as
continuous consumption of chunked food can make your stomach condition worse.
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