V line is permanent, but how would it look even just 15 years down the road? Let alone when I’m 40-60 ish…. Our jaw bone loses its mass as we age, so isn’t cutting off the bone just prematurely ageing you in a way?
As much as I want to alter my facial bone, I’m not sure if it’s worth risking the next half of my life for the first maybe 10 years of liking my new face. I also have to factor in disfigurement, numbness, sagging, etc. which are all permanent factors that could easily ruin my life and happiness, let alone premature ageing.
I think if you have a large jaw bone, jaw shaving shouldn’t be an issue (since there are people with naturally small jaw bones anyway; i wonder how they look like when they’re old?).
I hope to meet people who had V line for many years already so I can hear the experiences.
Also, how many mm is considered conservative for cheekbone and jaw reduction??
I had my jaw reduction done 17 years ago already. I have to say though my result wasn't good. I did it at the yanhee in bangkok, an absolutely terrible hospital and the whole experience was a nightmare. Back then I didn't know better and was young and stupid, didn't do any research and had booked it through an agent in Sydney. I didn't even know what an agent was back then. I literally just thought they were working as a foreign booking branch of the hospital.
Anyways long story short, i wasnt a good candidate for the procedure to begin with, despite having a wide square boxy jaw. A good candidate is someone who has an average to small facial structure BUT with protruding bones. Because I was young at the time though, I didn't notice any sagging post op despite them shaving off way too much bone. However, I look just like my mother. And if i were to compare her aging process to mine, I definitely started showing signs of premature aging much sooner than she did, mainly in the lower jowel region.
That said, its nothing a facelift can't fix. I did a concentric malar lift about 3-4 years after my botched jaw reduction with B mendelson, and then after that wore off i did a smas lift 5-6 years ago in Korea. This kept my face looking v shaped and slim despite the issues caused by the jaw reduction.
Anyways there really isnt an exact mm measurement for what is considered conservative. It really depends on your anatomy. For example, those with protruding bones, if the surgeon were to simply shave off the region of protrusion lateral to the inner contours of the facial structure without doing any additional resection then that would be conservative. However, if the patient is after dramatic results then once again, depending on the anatomy they might not be satisfied with a conservative yield. The same goes with having large bones. The sagging side effect hasnt not as much to do with how large your jaw but rather to do with the structure AND the elasticity of your muscles and tissues. The latter is also affected by genetic factors.
So even if you have a large wide facial bones but you dont have protruding bones and youre not prepared to do a facelift, then I would suggest just using botox for the jaw. After all, width cannot be corrected with a jaw reduction unless you have protruding bones. Width is primarily correction with botox since its the muscle. The shape of the jaw and contour is corrected via the jaw reduction.
In case you are wondering, this is a prime example of what protruding bones are. The actress Kate fleetwood has a DIMENSIONAL face BUT her protruding cheekbones and jaw which go beyond her facial contours give her a boxy appearance. She is the perfect candidate for the zygoma and mandile reduction because doing so will narrow her face significantly. In constrast if you look at this lady of east asian descent. She is NOT a good candidate for the procedures. She will get some improvement but not where near as dramatic or as pleasing as kate fleetwood. Because her facial structure is naturally flat, not dimensional AND her bones are NOT protruding. Its just wide period. Whereas kate's are wide because of her protrusion.
