“Do you look different after jaw surgery?”

The changes in your facial appearance will vary with the type and degree of your jaw deformity to start. Some patients will have very subtle changes while others will be more dramatic. This is also partially up to your desires with your outcome. There are ways to either accentuate or diminish the changes that will happen and those should be ones to match YOUR esthetic ideals. This should be a lengthy discussion with your surgeon that you feel appropriately addresses that very important issue, and if you got an abrupt response or felt "brushed off" I would recommend getting a second opinion.

The jaw surgery will alter your jaw bones, therefore, you will expect some change in your facial profile, most of the time for the better.