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  • You is inspired me.^^ 

  • Oh my gad man your so beautiful.

  • Whoooooaaaa what? I have an identical cabinet wtf trippy.

  • @iriji1 its a glitch in the matrix :O

  • @iriji1 Uuuh...so do I! I'm not even joking! I'm scared...

  • This is the video that made me decided to have Jaw Surgery 2.5 years ago. Thanks Ben to Upload this After Surgery video on Youtube, My surgery Result is as perfect as yours ;)

  • wow. I know this is an old video but just wanted to say your smile is fantastic now! I'm hoping to get surgery in about 2 years, in the summer before going to uni- hopefully i'll have a smile as good as yours before I head off to meet a whole bunch of new people! thanks so much for posting your experience on youtube, it's been really positive to watch. still really nervous about the surgery and recovery but anyway THANK YOU :)

  • @etake04 correction: 1 year! should be about this time next year if everything goes as planned.

  • Hello!

    I am in a similar situation...I am 18 years old and I am going to undergo a surgery like this in a month, and I wanted to say that your videos really eased my mind. I know it isn't going to feel good, but seeing you up and about in your other vids after undergoing the surgery is comforting. I hope that my outcome is even a fraction as successful as yours was! This encourages me to perhaps make my own videon series during my surgery! Thank you!

  • @77mmph You are welcome!

  • @sicnor553 I am about to undergo this surgery or most likely...i have to see an othodontist to see the verdict....did you HAVE to get this jaw surgery with the braces or was it possible for you to get just the braces?Have u ever been struck in the jaw?

  • Huh. That's odd that Blue/Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota paid for yours, because Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Arkansas most certainly did not pay for mine. In fact it was specifically excluded in the policy handbook. Of course, your surgery was four years ago, so maybe things have changed with the whole health insurance debacle. I ended up paying $10,000 for mine, but I had it done by an oral surgeon with an operating room, and hospitals tend to be more expensive.

  • wow your turned out great. I got surgeory on my top jaw, lower jaw, wisdom teeth removed, and a small chin extension because of my 7mm overbite. its been 5 days since the surgeory and im not gona lie, this is by far the most painful and depressing experience i ever gone through and im 16 years old. i appreciate you putting these videos up, it might not seem like it, but they really do motivate me to keep going. ive already lost 8lbs and all ive been eating is soup. Im glad to know it gets better

  • @andrew00058 Try yogurt, ice cream. Do anything you can to reverse that depression. Watch funny movies and try hard not to laugh (cause it may hurt), that's what I did. Keep your spirits up and keep watching people on youtube for inspiration. :) Once you're done, it'll seem like it never happened! Best of luck to you!

  • @sicnor553 i will try my best. thx man, i like you, your a good guy

  • It was so nice to see your videos, I had surgery about 6 months ago in upper and lower jaw. About 3 weeks of no talking and eating just liquids. Right now I also have the fixed-retainer and the plastic retainer too.

    And I felt totally identified with your expression just before showing your orthodontic-free teeth!

    Man! It was really nice to watch this!!!

    Enjoy the freedom of eating candies, and full apples with no concerns!!!

    Regards from Chile ;)

  • @titaireth Thank you, kind sir/ma'am. It's always nice to know my videos help people :)

  • wow,what a difference! I'm going to see a surgeon on the 8th to see if I need the surgery. After seeing this crossing my fingers I can get it.

  • You talk so different!

  • i like you

  • I cannot wait for this day

  • I had my 7 tooth implant 3 months ago and... oral surgery is something not pleasant to talk about... lots of soreness and pain during and after the surgery lol...

  • @edpannewyork It's important to note that people don't go through this specifically to feel the pain. We do it/did it for other reasons. Improving our functionality, feeling normal, being able to fit in, being able eat/breathe/talk normally without discomfort.

    A great analogy is like divorcing your husband/wife. You probably have reasons for it. The pain, yes, it's there and it probably sucks, but that's no reason not to do it. People who worry over the pain will never do what's right.

  • You're so cute! This is so great for you, total transormation!

  • ahh you look so good!!!! My surgery is in a week!! :)

  • How much did it cost you again?

  • @swishabiz Zero dollars, all paid for by insurance.

  • @sicnor553 WOW!!!! nice I might need some also...

  • wow, looks fantastic!!

  • Can you chew hard food now?

  • @abcd11238 I was chewing hard food about two months after my surgery. I think it's the same for most people.

  • I'm going to have upper jaw surgery at 28--how long do you think i will be out before i can go back to work?

  • Thanks so much for posting these videos. I'm going to have double jaw surgery at the end of next month. Seeing your results helps calm my nerves about going through with it!

  • hey. i might be getting that surgery to corerct my lower jaw. im a bit worried about having a double chin though. you dont have one but i am just concerned that taking away bone but leaving the same amount of skin would cause this.

  • how long does it take you to have 100 hundred percent of sensation back?

    Does numbness bother u a lot?

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  • wow you look and sound amazing.

  • How old were you when you got the surgery?

  • hcfjuhsd

  • So what exactly did they cut in your surgery? and about how long did it take for you to stop hurting?

  • i recently had upper and lowr jaw surgery about a month ago and i still have swelling and numbness around my mouth and my nose is still really numb. how long were you numb? how long did it take for all of your swelling to go away as well?

  • @SaraheSquared When do you get your braces taken off?

  • @princess11222 my ortho was very happy with the results and i get my braces off at the end of sumer!

  • @SaraheSquared So how long did you have your braces on after the procedure?

  • @princess11222 well i had the sugery on april 5 2010 and i get them off in the middle of july. just to put it out there, i did develop anemia after surgery and am still not over it

  • i'm going for this same surgery in a month... i've been watching your videos non-stop lol... how long after your surgery did they remove your braces?

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  • I am actually scheduled to get my top and bottom jaw surgery 43 days from now. It hasn't sunk it yet that I'm getting it, but when it comes down to the wire it will hit me.

    I was wondering if you could give me some useful information about the surgery, like how long did it take you to recover, if you had any complications anything you think would be beneficial for me to know before hand.

    you can facebook me kate cross.

    thanks ! :)

  • @krazykate44 hey kate! ii just had the surgery about 9 weeks ago message me on here if you want any info.

  • @SaraheSquared hey sarah !

    I actually had my jaw surgery back in April so I am all good now. All my questions and concerns have been answered lol.

    Thanks though !

    :)

  • @krazykate44 kate how long did you wear braces after surgery?

  • @princess11222 I actually still have my braces on, but only because I have a very small gap in between my teeth from the elastics I had to wear after my surgery. I get my braces off on August 25, so I don't have to wear them for much longer, thank god !

    They just want to make sure that since the jaw surgery changes the position of your teeth that ALL of the teeth are aligned properly, and you will be happy with the end result.

  • I am actually scheduled to get my top and bottom jaw surgery in 43 days from now, it hasn't hit me yet that it's going to change my appearance drastically, when it comes down to the wire, it definately will hit me.

    I was wondering if you had any complications or you could just give me any useful information about your surgery experience. It would be greatly appreciated and I probably wont be as nervous about it haha..

    Thanks !

    you can facebook me kate cross

  • you look amazing... im doing the same thing in a couple months.. did it hurt???

  • wow you look so different but in a good way:) ya look good:D

  • you're so cute! LOL, congrats on the new look, I'm sure it was a long painful process. I stumbled onto your first video and then watched this one, BIG difference. Best of luck to you!

  • Thank you !

  • How old were you when you had the surgery done?

  • wow! nice results..

  • Hey Ben, nice result, Im thinking on doing the same and would like to have some info, so if you can please tell me how much you paid for the surgery itself... all right, thanks man.

  • Hi

    your surgery looks great. I'm also just having the surgery on my top jaw...as aparently my bottom jaw is normal and my top jaw hasn't grown forward enough. How was your surgery? How painful etc and how long was it until you ate?

    sorry for all the questions?

    Also my names Rosemary Isobel Daisy Jackson. lol Add me to facebook, n i can keep u posted how i get on...although i'm a long way off. Also would be good to find out how your gettin too.

    Rosie :)

  • YOU LOOK GREAT, SOO CUTE!!! I am scheduled for my first orthognatic surgery consultation on 11/19th. Its been 3 months since I had my braces installed (if that's the right word) and will be on it for 17 more, in between is the surgery. I have the same problem as yours and my Orthodontist said that I will have upper and lower surgery. After knowing the procedure you'd been through, I guess I'm not gonna be able to say its final.

  • Wow.

    Didn't you have a lisp?

    It completely got rid of it.

  • I almost cried when I first stumbled upon ur vids. I've heard abt this surgery a few abt 8 yrs back but got no clue abt it. I have a major underbite problem & cleft lips (operated but it still...). May be it's time for me to change my own destiny and stop all those nightmares. Thx 4 sharing

  • I was wondering what does the permanent bottom retainer feel like?

  • ok but after the surgery im sure you had numbness if so how long did it take for you to regain feeling?

  • did you still have any numbness 2 years after your surgery?

  • Nope!

  • same thing! i just had mine yesterday and they only need to do the maxilla :)

  • wow, your really good looking haha

  • How come the tip of your nose looks more defined/upturned in this video than in previous ones? I don't mean to sound rude, and there is nothing wrong with the way your nose looks, but I'm just curious from an informative standpoint.

  • hey my surgeon corrected the look of my nose during my top jaw surgery. he told me my noise was pointing the the left and he he noticed that the could change the direction while moving my top jaw !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Creepy but possible!

  • I've never known anyone who actually refrained from eating candy at all during the duration of wearing braces XD

  • well i actually made a pact! and next to other persons i never chew gum since i wear braces and cut so many other things that i want to taste(in approximately 3 months to be exact) like apples, french bread, bubble gum, many many crunchy stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!! aaaaaaarg cant wait now!!

  • How much was it?

    I have a really bad overbite, and I'd love to fix it.

  • BEEEEEEN HEY!!!!!!! my surgeon called me yesterday morning and someone else canceled his surgery and has he promised to me, if someone canceled, im the next and so is august 24th, is less than 2 weeks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Where did you have your surgery done at? Who was your surgeon?

  • Wow you look amazing I hope I have a good result like you!

  • I'm going to have this procedure next spring - It's been in the making since I was a little girl :D It was wonderful to see your progress, your jaws look really good now, and your chin has come to it's right. Haha! But thirteen mms, that's a lot!

    But thanks for your videos, helps me get prepared, and I can't wait for the day I do not fear closing my mouth, show my profil or get pictures taken *sigh*.

    :D

  • nice smile:D

  • I trying now to decide if I do this surgery... I cried when I watched your last video. I´m so happy for you!

    I hope I have all this courage you had.

    Good lucky!

  • dude u pimped it

    i gotta get the same sergery done and i have baces

    u think if i get the elastics on sooner the jaw could fix its position?

  • DId they give you any painkillers?

  • I am so happy for you I have had my overbite for too many years it is the thing I am most self concious of and I cried watching your video. unfortunately this is not something I can afford to have done but boy am I happy for you.

  • hey I mite get my top jaw done soon because my underbite and the doctor said my cheekbones flat. how did the srgery do for u did it hurt during ur asleep? how bout u wake up. I'm scared. and when you got it done, did your cheekbone stick out more? get bak at me. thanks =]

  • Yay! Your got your braces off!!! You look great! :)

  • im 17 now ,

    ive been waiting for 2 years now

    im having part of my jaw taken out on one side and bone implanted on the other.

    (i live in britian so operations are free unitil i turn 18) unfortunately ive been told im scheduled for october (im 18 oct 6th)

    so i gotta dish out the cash

    my jaw aches when i eat steak which i love eating so cant wait for a good steak

  • we have the same birthday.AND im turning 18 this year too!!.

  • Hey I'm just chilling here, first week after surgery on my upper and lower jaw and feeling pretty blue, but your vids definitely made me smile! :-D thanks for sharing your success!

  • honestly this video makes me wanna cry! just thinking about when ill be done!!! this has been a two year thing for me too!! but this honestly makes me feel better!! =]

  • how much was it?

  • $40k

  • Oh My Gosh...$40k...You should have came to England...mine is freeeeeeeeeee =) What is the recovery like? Like, when does the swelling start to go down..they told me 2 weeks you see, so i'm hoping i do'nt look like a balloon face for too long..Cheers.

  • Thanks for posting. I am having the surgery in june, but I feel much more confident about it after watching your videos. Thanks.

  • Thanks

  • your awesome! I just had jaw surgery 5 days ago and its been rough but you gave me hope:-) thanks for posting these.

  • No problem, and thank you.

  • I LOVE YOU. YOU Made me a lot more confident with going with the surgery.

  • Thank you, and congrats on your decision.

  • your soo cute, well done u look lovely.

  • you should have insisted on your bottom jaw too, it looks kinda big. Does it still cost the same or did they charge you less after they decided to only operate on top jaw

  • you're really hot !

  • OMG! ur voice kind of changed, i checked twice 2 make sure its the same person lol

  • Thanks so much for posting up all of those videos! They were very helpful. I am also getting the same surgery soon and I had no idea of what to expect of it so I was really scared. But you now gave me an idea of how it is supposed to be and I am a little more confident now. By the way you look great!

  • awe your so cute!!!

  • thank you for this videos too!!Probably I will heve an operation in 2009 i hope so!

    So..keep finger!! ;D And be with me ;) In my adventure ;)

  • thenk you for your videos

  • dude your the man. seriously

  • Were you ever able to open your mouth as wide as before? I had this done and I took out my wires about a month ago and can barely fit 2 fingers in my mouth. My next appointment isn't for another 2 months, but am kind of worried now that I'll never be able to open my mouth as wide as before, or even enough to eat regularly. Thanks in advanced

  • You need to train your mouth to open again. Do this exercise:

    Open your mouth as wide as you possibly can and hold it for 5 seconds. Then take a break for 5 minutes.

    Then, open your mouth as wide as you possibly can and hold it for 10 seconds.

    Then take a break for 10 minutes.

    Keep repeating this process, adding on 5 seconds each time. Do this every day for a while until you can open your mouth to normal width again.

    If all else fails, see your doc.

    Ben

  • omg. you're really attractive and you have great smile ^^ i'm very surprised with the whole transformation cuz it has changed alot :o so hopefully i'll have mine done soon :)

    -oh yeah, how long did u wear braces?

  • 2 years..

    Thanks for the comments :)

  • Omg. You look awesome! :D

  • Thank you for your kind words :)

  • thats quite a lot is there anyway to minimise weight loss during liquid diet?

  • take in a lot of high calorie and high fat liquids. Liquids pass through your system far too quickly to maintain or put on weight, however. So you're going to be at a loss most likely no matter what.

  • your welcome dude...can i ask did you lose weight post surgery due to the liquid diet?

  • Thank you for your kind words. I was actually initially responding to "OnceExisted." Anyways, to answer your question: Yes, I lost around 12-15lbs during the liquid diet portion of recovery.

    Ben

  • you look so good man...nice one!

  • Uhh.. Thanks?

  • WOW u look too good man

    i cant wait to get mine done after tears of waiting

    i'll be 18 in a few months then after that i'll start the brace treatment unfortunately!!!

  • Wow, looks good! I just had top and bottom jaw surgery 2 days ago..

  • whoa I saw the first video and you look incredibly different!

    nice outcome!

  • My god, thanks for posting! And congratulations for getting braces off! Went thought that myself and ouh boy did it suck! years of waiting for bones to stop growing. Then 2,5 years of braces. Surgery in between(both top and lower jaw operated).

  • Good, I was worrying about it.

  • Does everyone need Jaw surgery after Braces?

  • no you don't.

  • No way! There are expanders orthodontists use, depending on the situation.

  • wow.... you look... great!

  • I can only say WOW!!! you look great, what a difference! You were handsome before, now you are handsomeR! hahahaha

  • I also have alot of silver fillings like yours...except I have 14...and I am thinking about changing them to white after my surgery. Have you ever thought of this? Also...did you get any new fillings recently are all of those older? I'm 32 and got all these fillings from age 14-20.

  • how long did u have braces on for after surgery. thanks

  • wow, you look amazing! Happy to see u went through this!

  • Did you not have a bone graft on your top jaw?

  • but if your jaw is going to be aligned properly with the up jaw(dont know how to call it)does that mean you'll look the same again???.

  • did you had any teeth removed ?

  • Hi Sicnor, does the post-orthognatic surgery cause you osteoarthritis during humid weather at the corrected jawbone?

  • I have not heard of this as a risk at all. So I would venture No.

  • I have consulted my surgeon and he replied with an answer of No. But he still not certain and told me every surgery has its own risks and they will try to minimize and avoid as best as they could. By the way osteoarthritis is a disease usually happen on osteosurgical patients. So i am just curious.

  • what are the disadvantages of having this op while using testosterone?,my doc asked me had i used steroids in the past year when i first seen him i hadnt at the time,but wish to do so if its alright, or il have to wait till after the op ,i have a few ikdeas why, hope some one can help me with this, feel free to reply to this comment, thanks gary uk

  • wow you look so good. I don't even know you but i'm soo happy for you. Even your speech has improved like 10o%....

  • Top man, happy for you dude. Hope to look better as well. I have underbite

  • YOU LOOK SO GREAT! :D

    yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­ay

    well done, mine is in like 2 years :)

    xo

  • hey there!

    my sister is going through her bimaxillo surgery right now. and we were ASTOUNDED by watching your videos the other night. you look amazing ! she is hoping that the outcome for her will be just as good as yours. : )

  • I'm getting surgery on top and lower jaw and chin and cheek bones. it's gona hurt isn't it? Lol. Congrats you look amazing! I have been having doubts about my surgery but you have inspired me to go ahead with the surgery! Thank you! x

  • I'm glad to have inspired you. It really depends on what you mean by "hurt." Pain really isn't too much of an issue. You will be provided plenty of strong medication to combat the pain. And if there is any - it comes on very slow. It's not a forceful piercing type pain. It's a slow, gradual, oncoming of pressure. More throbbing and discomfort than anything. It's nothing you can't handle.

    Best of luck to you.

  • You will not feel any pain...only discomfort. I had my lower jaw surgery on 12-11-2007 and worst thing about it was being wired shut for 6 weeks and watching people better food than you.

  • nice results!! nice smile!! and nice fillings.

    how many fillings have you?

    please another video of your fillings

  • I have a lot of fillings... Lol Approximately 8 fillings.

  • aw yay, lol you look great now (:

  • OMG you look So good i mean SOO GOOD, you look like my friends bf and hes a hottie! iv soughta got an underbite, when i clench my teeth my top teeth just sit on top of my bottom but i still look a bit down syndrome when i talk and chew so i guess ill have to get that surgery too. THANKS now iv got hope that one day my jaw will look as good as yours :)

  • Thank you :) I appreciate your comments.

  • Hi there. I was told that I needed this kind of surgery and I want it but for one, I'm really really scared, and two, I've heard that after the surgery, you would lose the feeling of on your chin and lower lip? Is that true?

  • This is NOT true. It is only possible. That means, by some small chance, they cut your nerve//stretch it too far that you may lose some or all of your feeling--almost never will you lose all of your feeling.

    Don't believe all the negative hype, usually, it's only a small chance. People feel the need to warn you of every risk--my surgery went over with minimal, almost no, problems.

    Be careful what you choose to believe.

  • Wait, How Old Were You!?

  • I was 19 at the time of the surgery.

  • Wow you're teeth are great. I get my braces off in September.

  • hey me too!

    im getting mine off on the 23rd [:

  • Good luck to both of you, and congrats!

  • damn! I didnt even know you could correct that.. looks really good. medical science has certainly progressed!

  • Oh yeah! This procedure has been around for a long time now. There are a couple surgeons at the Mayo Clinic that have been doing it for 15-30 years.

  • Hey, looks great. I had lower-jaw only orthognathic surgery a few years ago to correct an underbite...they moved my lower jaw back 7mm (which was just about the limit -- any further and they would have gone upper/lower). It was one of the best things I've ever done. It totally helped my self esteem in ways that people who don't have the same problem just don't understand. Congrats on everything...makes me happy to see others have their lives changed like I did.

  • Thank you and congrats as well. I feel the same way -- ecstatic about my results.

  • dude, you look much better looking after the surgery! Congrats to you everything is going well, hope mine will too. hahaha i like how u show the braces are off LOL

  • Thanks :)

  • whats an overbite?

    and how do i know if i have it?

  • well your upper jaw in the normal should be in front of your lower jaw a bit and form a closed bite but either way your jaws doesn't form a close bite

  • Just as bu3asalli said,

    When your top jaw recedes behind your bottom jaw. Basically, your teeth should come down right on top of each other. If there are any large gaps you can fit your tongue through, it's usually abnormal. You must be diagnosed properly by an orthodontist.

  • Hey,Dude the results look great for you.I used to have a major underbite worse then yours.However,the dentist fix it alot with retainers.Now,I've a minor underbite and I'm pondering if you think Braces will do it for me?.Surgery is kidda expensive and painful for me to consider.thanks alot.

  • Your voice even sounds fuckin better dude.

    i have to deal with the same thing and i

    love singing, i wonder if it will actually help

    my singing afterward, fuckin crazy dude.

  • did you get braces first before the surgery or is it the other way around?

    anyway, your videos are awesome, i think theyre doing the same procedure with me, but they wont be grafting bone from anywhere. Really nice to come across this video

    Good luck

  • whats ur email address?

  • you look great dude! this is very inspiring to me, I have been waiting since I was 8 years old to have this same surgery done. Now I am 21...hopefully my jaw has stopped growing. I am going in for a bone scan so they can determine if it has stopped growing. I am looking forward to getting this surgery process over with though.

  • Thank you. Good luck to you my friend!

  • your videos really helped. i'm getting my jaw surgery on the 22nd and i'm scared to death. i feel a little bit better after watching your videos.

  • Nothing to be worried about!

  • Hehe i ate candy too with braces. (shhhh) =D