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Image 1 — can mewing help me or am i forever doomed to serve bird with this chonker of a honker 🪿🫠
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can mewing help me or am i forever doomed to serve bird with this chonker of a honker 🪿🫠

my side profile has always been one of my biggest insecurities, and i’m convinced that this fuckass dorsal hump is the culprit. i’m very happy with the way i look head-on. it’s just my side view that makes me feel so un-feminine and ugly. it’s mentally exhausting jumping from “aw yeah, i bet i look so cute rn” to “wtf, do i really look like that???” the second i see a pic of myself from the side. like it just looks like a completely different person to me. i can shapeshift just by turning my head. that shit is so busted

will mewing help change this? and if not, is there anything else you can recommend? i’m not completely desperate, but i’m pretty damn close. i’m 23 and i’ve never been a mouth breather, but i have a problem with clenching my jaw, sometimes to the point where it’s painful. currently trying to kick this habit ofc

i tried to provide adequate angles while still obscuring my identity as much as i could. any opinions? advice? concerns? be as brutally honest as you feel like. thanks in advance

EDIT: thank you to everyone for being so kind. i’m not gonna sit here and trauma-dump on y’all, but i am seeing a psychiatrist and am currently in the process of finding a therapist as well. since i live in bumfuck nowhere, my options within a reasonable driving distance are scarce and virtual appointments make me uneasy because i can’t get comfortable enough to focus, but i am trying! thank you again to everyone who took the time to reply 💖

u/Many_Flamingo_5153 — 11 days ago
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For anyone considering Tongue Tie Release, Please Read

I had my tongue tie release yesterday evening. Here are some results:

After 22 years of my tongue resting at the bottom, right after the surgery was over, my tongue rested at the roof effortlessly. It not painful to mew now cause I just do it naturally.

My jaw doesn't clench anymore when I bite, this is because the tongue is not resting at the bottom anymore adding weight making you force your bite.

Yesterday it was painful, but to be fair, I never took any painkillers. However, It havent been 24hrs and the pain went from 7/10 to 3/10 overnight !

I had a severe gummy smile, the only way to fix it was jaw surgery but after the tongue tie release, my upper lips don't fold when I smile anymore. I still have some gummy smile left but its easily fixable with gum contouring!

I had a lisp my whole life, today for the first time, I was able to prononce the "th" sound, of course I still have a lisp but its a small little progress I have after 22 years.

my natural resting face went from bite being open to bite being close, which improves the aesthetics of your face so much better.

Advice:

don't waste your money on a Myofunctional Therapist, you can get your exercises for free on youtube, tiktok etc. The tongue tie release costed only $350.

Warning:

If you don't do the tongue muscles exercises everyday, the tongue tie will grow back!!

Help:

Now, that the tongue tie help define my jaw, help with gummy smile along with gum contouring, my question is:

how can I fix my lip incompetence without jaw surgery? and no lip fillers or botox since those arent permanent solutions

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u/Kamikazezxv — 13 days ago
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40-50mm pallet

Hello I started practicing all of Mike mews teachings religiously last year+ thumb pulling at 27
My pallet originally 3.7 now 4mm
I never measured the back where my wisdom teeth are but it’s 50mm

This is a mid progress photo so when I get it to 50 there is proof I also have a clay mold from the dentist which measure the same measurement

I’m 6”5 so I have a big scull and I did lots of chewing when growing up only one of my siblings with my wisdom teeth because I would chew my mothers food thank god i loved chewing 🤣

u/Ok-Habit-3957 — 11 days ago
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My tongue doesn't fit at the roof of my mouth.

Sorry about the quality and positioning, I'm not really sure how to take the picture. To put it simply, my tongue doesn't fit in my palate as my teeth are in the way (I'm turning 15 in 3 months). I also have a receding jaw (it's not too bad but it still has a huge impact on my face and I look far better when I move it forward) so I tried mewing for a while but it's not made a change and that was when I realised that I literally cannot as my tongue can't fit in the correct position. I'm going to be getting braces soon and I'm thinking of asking them if I could get a palate expander as well as braces, the only issue is that my parents literally don't believe me and think I'm obsessed with the way I look (nevermind looks, this is still a big issue for me). Also forgot to mention, I literally cannot chew steak, I always chew one piece for about 5 minutes and that's when I chew fast and my jaw always hurts afterwards. What are your thoughts on this? Any advice?

u/charlietgg — 11 days ago