#retrognathia

[this-is-deformimisia]

I was born with my lower jaw being like, more behind than my upper jaw (aka my uper jaw is forward while my lower jaw is farther back and they dont align)

Now my parents never considered braces for it because it never bothered me, so why bother changing it?

Then I had a phase where I (with 10-14ish) was living in a place with many kids and some weird caretakers.

They wanted it 'fixed' and went with me to a doc who was like "well it doesnt need to be fixed but if we dont then as a adult you can only fix it with a surgery" which for me was fine cause I did not want change, I was fine with how it was.

Tge Caretakers insisted tho in fixing it so i got braces for 2 or 3 years. They didnt help at all. In fact they made it worse so now my jaw randomly hurts real bad.

There was no need for it to change aside the fact those caretakers wanted my face to look good :(

This is deformimisia, medical abuse, and caregiver abuse.

[themogaidragon]

Retrognathism Pride Flag

PT: Retrognathism Pride Flag /end PT

ID: a five striped flag oriented diagonally from the top left corner to the bottom right corner over a black background. The colors of the stripes are, from top to bottom, pinkish red, orangy red, white, mustard yellow and dark mustard yellow. END ID

Retrognathism: a receding chin where your lower jaw sits much further back than your upper jaw. It might cause issues such has chewing, biting, swallowing, jaw pain, mouth breathing, snoring and speech disorders. Retrognathism can be congenital. Genetic or a symptom of another condition such has : Hemifacial microsomia, Nager syndrome, Pierre-Robin syndrome or Treacher Collins syndrome. More rarely people can have acquired retrognathism. This might happen because of facial trauma, surgery, broken facial bones or childhood habits like thumb sucking.

Design

PT: Design /END PT

Black: fighting against ableism.

Pinkish red: physical disability pride.

Orangy red: acquired retrognathism.

White: disability visibility and positivity.

Mustard yellow: congenital retrognathism.

Dark mustard yellow: physical differences pride.

[pardon-my-scifi]

Day 25: TS peeps can have retrognathia, which is when the lower jaw is not prominent.

[jacksonloner]

Glad to leave hospital in a few hours. Feeling drowsy from all the painkillers. The bottom of my face is so swollen now, I almost look exactly like the Superghoul in Michael Jackson's "Ghosts". Delightful.