After wearing braces from two different Orthodontists for four and a half years, I still did not feel comfortable with my own personal appearance. I still wanted to improve my appearance a little more. I identified the problem after several years of close evacuation and study and I realized the problem that I was caused by my upper lip’s unusual abnormality and deformity. To resolve this deformity, I visited as least twelve different doctors, including Oral-Maxillofacial Surgeons and a plastic surgeon at UCLA. The oral surgeons I saw told me I would need surgery on my upper lip but they did not know a procedure or a way to do it. the plastic surgeons I saw told me that the only way I could change my image was by moving my upper jaw. I even saw a few other plastic surgeons, including a Harvard graduated Plastic Surgeon. He said that he could do nothing for me and matter of fact returned my consultation fee. These plastic surgeons told me to accept the way I look and just live with it. Emotionally this was devastating. After countless months of all this frustration, I heard about you Dr. Sheibani. When I originally met with you and asked you for help, I was ecstatic to find out that you said you would probably be able to help me. I appreciated all of the time you took to learn what the problem was that was bothering me. You met with me on three different occasions and finally against your other colleagues’ recommendations just for the sake of helping another person, you devised an incredible new laser and plastic reconstructive technique to correct my upper lip deformity. Dr. Sheibani, I love what you have done for me. I will forever be grateful for what you have done!!!
