I really want a jaw reduction as I feel my jawline is abit long and want it higher. I spoke to dr Z he said he can burr it and mentioned cutting masseter and buccal fat removal too but I get a feeling that doing that might make my face look longer from the front. Wheras I just want the midbody of jaw vetween chin and back angle reduced so face looks shorter. Has anyone had jaw contiuring done for a long kid of jaw drop?
If I am understanding you correct... I believe what you want is impossible unless you are willing to totally reconstruct your face... If you shorten the mid body of your jaw it will affect your bite/ teeth alignment, mouth closure/ chewing etc. then everything would have to be adjusted ...if you really want it I believe Korea is the best place to do that extensive surgery....
No I meant just the lower border shaved about 2mm of bone. The bone that directly is parallel with your 3 molar teeth between chin and jaw angle if that makes sense.my bite is fine I dont need 2 jaw or anything.
Hi Malinda,
I had chin contouring and buccal fat removal done by Dr. Zukowski. It "shortened" my face considerably. I had posted before and after pictures in another thread, but I can post them again for you.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FDL6k1CP.jpg&hash=6c12eb9fc7deeedfac00c124e614b093cc02bd11)(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FXHDK2NH.jpg&hash=412a78fc1a1ca2eefec2445eed027791d752f612)
Dr. Zukowski does very good work in my opinion. You can see how much rounder and softer my jawline is now, although please bear in mind I am still quite swollen under my jaw. I am two months post-op.
Hope this helps.
~Terri
Terri, it's beautiful I must say!!!
Terri,
Congratulations on your results. You look really good.
Malinda,
I want a jaw reduction too but feel like I have the same problem as you, where just having jaw reduction would create wierd results as I do have a long jawline line too. Have you thought about double jaw surgery along with jaw width reduction surgery. I know it's more extreme and therefore confused if I should get both or not but also want the most feminine and natural looking result.
Thanks
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