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"I had corrective jaw surgery. Yes, it improved the way I look, but this surgery was necessary for medical reasons … so my jaw and teeth could properly realign … I don't obsess over my face. [But] I am absolutely thrilled with the results. I look older, more mature, and don't have as much of a chubby little baby face! … I wouldn't get plastic surgery unless I got in an accident or something terrible and got disfigured."
—Oh Bristol Palin. Life is weird.
That reminds me of all the girls I knew who, between junior high and high school, simply HAD to get nose jobs because, you know, deviated septums 'n' such.
@Peteykins Also afflicts a lot of famous people. Jennifer Aniston's septum seems to be a serial deviant.
Resident jaw surgery expert here!
This is BS. If she had her jaw realigned, one or both jaws would have been broken and reset (and possibly wired shut). It takes a year to recover from the surgery–when I had mine I was totally bedridden for several weeks and unable to maintain a regular schedule for months (you can't eat very much, so you have no energy).
What she DID get was a chin implant. I had one of those too, and they are easy peasy. Unless you get osteomyelitis of the jaw due to bacteria on the implant and they have to take it out, like mine.
But you know what, Bristol? There is NOTHING FUCKING WRONG with getting a chin implant. Or any other cosmetic surgery, really! It's your body. Sure, some of us will think you are a shallow freak, but it's your decision to care about that (or not).
ETA: Also, the jaw surgery is not even always truly medically necessary.
@antarcticastartshere Thank you! For all of that! I was thinking, "Nuh-uh, Bristol, there is no way you could remain out of the limelight for the time it takes to recover from a massive jaw surgery such as the one you are lying about." Also, I wager that there was also some submental liposuction. The end.
@antarcticastartshere I had similar jaw surgery(many years ago) and concur with you.
Many months recovering and puffiness. Still had braces, retainers, night guards. Afterwards I had a slightly better looking chin profile, but not the prominent definition of a chin implant. Main advantage: losing the headaches the grinding, the chewing problems. I hardly noticed the improvement in my looks, I was so happy I could sleep through the night.
@antarcticastartshere Ah, good to know. I have massive jaw problems (chewing is an issue, lockjaw, grinding, etc.), but my dentist says nothing at all about my appearance improving if I have surgery to get it fixed. Because, you know, he would just fix some tendons and joints, not give me a chin implant.
@LaMareada My dad had problems with tooth-grinding and headaches and was told that the only solution would be that sort of jaw surgery, with the breaking and resetting of his jaw. Apparently this would have been avoided had he just had braces as a child, but his mom is a moron and asked child-mydad if he wanted braces. GUESS WHAT, he said no. Fast forward to grownup-mydad and his messed up jaw: He said screw that and sucked it up re: headaches.
About a month later I, age 8 or 9, was told I needed braces because my mouth and jaw were laid out just like my dad's. You have never seen a child so eager to get braces.
Bristol was so much cuter before. And I can't stand Bristol.
Interesting that she doesn't at all comment on how her chewing or breathing or talking (assumedly all the important functions that would benefit from jaw realignment surgery) has improved, but goes straight for how much better she looks.
If you wanna do it for whatever reasons, do it, but this is (as Judge Judy says) peeing on people's legs and telling them it's raining.
@applestoapples High-five for the JJ quote.
At the very least, if she had jaw surgery, her face would be pretty swollen for quite a while. Like, 6 months to a year. It does not look the least bit swollen.
I think maybe she just had the preggers double chin taken out, that's what it looks like from the profile.
Not that I would know anything about how pregnancy can give you double chins, no sir!
If she had the surgery in December as is being reported, she would be back to normal by now in terms of swelling. Typically the swelling is only bad for a couple of months. It is an invasive surgery (they break your bottom and/or top jaw, reposition the bones and fix it with surgical plates), then the jaws are wired shut or secured with strong rubberbands for several weeks. Everyone who gets this loses weight.
The thing that doesn't jive with her story to me is that people wear braces before and after the surgery so that the ortho and oral surgeon have something to attach the wires to and fine tune the bite afterwards.
Regardless of what she had done, I agree she does look better.
She looks like a completely different person. I think it's so sad.
Why is everyone ignoring her bee-sting lips? She definitely got her lips filled, she can't say that was corrective. If you look at celebrities that have admitted to cosmetic plastic surgery…no one cares. Its annoying that she's trying to explain it away.
@nogreeneggs She probably also got her cheeks filled. She kind of looks like she got punched in the face and is swollen. I thought she looked better before and it makes me sad a little bit especially since she's only 20.
umm…is she serious!?? jaw surgery gives you like 3 inches of chin that were not there before?? wtf does she think she is fooling?? damn she is as dumb as her mama!!
All I see is a bizarro, less adorable version of Soleil Moon Frye.
I had jaw surgery that moved both my upper and lower jaw a little over a month ago, and the swelling is almost completely gone. My chin moved forward about 10 inches, my nose now tips up instead of down, and I have lost some of my chubby cheek chipmunk look. It definitely improved my appearance even though I had it for medical reasons. So, while I'm not entirely sure what she did, I would say the surgery is probably legit.