A MUM’S cosmetic surgery changed her face so much that her own son didn’t recognise her.
Meghan Potts, 33, underwent double jaw surgery to correct her extreme underbite after spending years unhappy with her appearance.
Kennedy NewsMeghan (pictured) hid her teeth when she smiled since she was a teenager[/caption]
Kennedy NewsMeghan is happy with the results – but describes the pain involved in the procedure as ‘worse than childbirth’[/caption]
Kennedy NewsPictured: Meghan Potts 33, before and after comparison since having jaw surgery[/caption]
“I spent a lot of years not smiling with my mouth open,” she said, recalling the bullying she endured.
In March 2019, the mum-of four from Plymouth decided to have jaw surgery which would transform her face forever.
Describing it as “worse than childbirth“, Meghan now admits she doesn’t think she could have undergone the surgery if she knew what the “unbearable” pain would be like – describing it as more intense than childbirth.
It involved moving both her top and bottom jaw by sawing into the bone and putting plates below her eyes which connect to her teeth.
“I woke up screaming in pain – I could feel everything as the pain relief they’d given me wasn’t enough,” the salon owner said.
“I’ve had four babies and it was worse than any of that,” Meghan added.
“When I tried to use my phone to call my mum and dad to let them know I was awake it wouldn’t recognise my face on face ID.
“I looked completely different straight away.
“My son came in the hospital and he wouldn’t come near me because he was like ‘you look completely different’”, she said.
After the procedure, Meghan was forced to wear braces for six months and took liquid morphine to ease the incredible pain.
But the morphine made her feel so unwell she would throw up in her own mouth – which she was agonisingly barely open it due to the braces.
The surgery also meant Meghan had to undertake a liquid diet and consume all food through a straw, causing her to lose a stone as a result.
Once all the swelling had gone down she looked so different her phone’s facial recognition system no longer worked.
Even customers she knew at her salon mistook her for a “new girl”.
Meghan revealed that she now talks differently following the surgery, as she “used to have a really bad lisp and don’t anymore”.
With her new jaw she is no longer able to touch nose with my tongue, as she could do before, and can’t whistle.
Meghan said: “It’s still strange now when I look back at photos of what I looked like before, I feel disconnected to that person.”
“I’m definitely glad I’ve had it done though.
“I’d say I’m more confident now and definitely less self-conscious.”