hi you should Also maybe look up Starecta I fully believe in there philosophy having had trouble biting with my left side and noticing how this was causing me asymmetries. I’ve been working with Mike mew for 3 years now with on and off treatment what I’ve learnt is that my cheekbones can move around / expand and develop the more I have Contact with upper and lower teeth. If you can get your upper and lower teeth touching and biting together on both sides you should start to see development on your outer U. The inner U is more tricky because if you have a very narrow palate tongue posture is really hard and for me I still haven’t got it. Mike also says my tongue is slipping in between my teeth  which is the reason my teeth are not biting together properly yet he says that once I have more tongue space my upper and lower teeth will move into a correct supportive position.. don’t lose hope I’ve honestly seen my face change.shape so many times throughout this process so it just proves to me how flexible our facial structure really is I disagree with any kind of science that is restrictive and limited to a way of thinking anything is possible. Consider something that’s going to allow you to keep your teeth biting together With equal force of both sides and or palatial expansion if your asymmetries are down to lack of tongue space.

Posted by: @theexperiencedone

hi you should Also maybe look up Starecta I fully believe in there philosophy having had trouble biting with my left side and noticing how this was causing me asymmetries. I’ve been working with Mike mew for 3 years now with on and off treatment what I’ve learnt is that my cheekbones can move around / expand and develop the more I have Contact with upper and lower teeth. If you can get your upper and lower teeth touching and biting together on both sides you should start to see development on your outer U. The inner U is more tricky because if you have a very narrow palate tongue posture is really hard and for me I still haven’t got it. Mike also says my tongue is slipping in between my teeth  which is the reason my teeth are not biting together properly yet he says that once I have more tongue space my upper and lower teeth will move into a correct supportive position.. don’t lose hope I’ve honestly seen my face change.shape so many times throughout this process so it just proves to me how flexible our facial structure really is I disagree with any kind of science that is restrictive and limited to a way of thinking anything is possible. Consider something that’s going to allow you to keep your teeth biting together With equal force of both sides and or palatial expansion if your asymmetries are down to lack of tongue space.

What is the correct supportive position in your view? All teeth together or molars together?

Posted by: @aureliusacolyte

Hi again! This is an area which I don't feel is discussed to often despite the fact that it's a key component (if not the most important component) of good looks- everyone on this forum is striving to be, physically, the best version of themselves, right? There's probably people in similar positions to me, so might be useful for some of you to read this.

I actually have pretty good genes (evidenced by the rest of my family, not me though lol); decent height, high cheekbones, nice eyes, jaw and overall good bone structure in spite of my poor posture, which probably affects all of the above.

My genes are completely irrelevant, however, because I have absolutely horrendous facial asymmetry: one side of my jaw is much higher than the other (TMJ related as a consequence of lifestyle choices) and I also have sun damage on my face which may or may not result in me having more of a folded eye on one side, though it could also be due to the fact that I have TMJ. In all honesty I think the second possibility is the more likely of the two. I would be, therefore, considered to be The point being, that despite me having good genes, facial asymmetry can completely detract from this and make all of this irrelevant and still lead to you being considered 'unattractive'.

I'm 99% sure, however, that this is not actually genetic as no one else in my family seems to have this problem. 

I'd like to run through all of the possible solutions to facial asymmetry which I have found from my own research, since I think they will be of benefit to members with similar problems:

Some basically say that its impossible for anyone to do anything about it and that the only option is surgery. I have doubts, though, as this could be a mechanism for companies to gain a profit from people's insecurities and from the fact that I've seen counter evidence elsewhere.

I've also seen that dentists offer dental splints which help to correct malocclusion by placing the device in your mouth during nighttime, where bruxism can lead to greater asymmetry. My doubt over this though is whether this fixes it from a purely medical standpoint and whether it would make any difference to physical appearance.

Lastly, I've seen exercises online, which claim to remedy TMJ and fix facial asymmetry. I honestly am not sure how true this is though and how effective such exercises are.

Here are the solutions I have found for anyone interested. I'd like to invite anyone who's had any experience with any of these 'solutions' to speak of their own experiences; how effective they are, progress made etc. Particularly interested in the splint one as that is something I am considering.

Or is this something I should just give up hope on?

 

 

 

 

Palate expanders improve symmetry.