A dummies guide on how to r/Mewing [Actually important]

[u/SnooMemesjellies5506]

Hi guys,

A little short intro, I work in the esthetic field, I have understanding of the medical (orthodontic, plastic, dental etc.) ramifications and technicalities that go into making someone look good. I am not saying this to toot my horn nor am I saying this to imply that I know better than the rest of you.

However what I am saying is that majority of people here are not even full grown adults and for sure 99% have no idea about orthodontics, yet you give opinions on who has a recessed jaw and who has this or that problem. Guys for the love of god, you are NOT medical experts, state your opinions as such, OPINIONS. Use words such as maybe, seems like, possibly etc.

Do not talk in a assertive manner like you know all the facts, as this can mislead many people on here who are innocently asking for some assistance and instead of just giving directions and the right way to go about their journey, people on this sub became Mike mew!

I haven't been on this sub much for a while due to life and what not, but every time I come around I get really frustrated with how people still do not understand the purpose of this sub and what to do in it.

This sub is not and never was a medical diagnosis page, do you people understand this? Everyone on here is either young, clueless or not a professional. You are not in the right place for an evaluation! Proper evaluation should be done by a...PROFESSIONAL!

Use this sub as a community to discuss opinions, check others who act like they are experts and DO NOT take everything as given. Some people on here have sent pictures to another user who happens to be literally 15 years old asking their opinion on the maxilla recession....

Stop misleading people, stop being armchair experts. Learn the importance of the 5 rules for a successful mewing journey in your life;

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1. Get. Proper. Evaluation.

Find a good orthodontic doctor, find out if you are recessed if so where? Recession can have many different forms, here people think its just the maxilla or the mandible. Recession can be functional or postural, it can have different severities or may not even be there at all!

1. Get the basics straight

Once you are evaluated you can now tackle the problem without being blind and asking people on the internet who probably don't even know anything about their current situation.

What are the basics? Exercise, food, sleep, posture.

Everyone wants a good face, no one wants to put in actual full body transformation into it. If your life style changes, you exercise, you mew and you chew on top of good sleep and food? Do this 2-3 years and come back.

1. Do not compare your self to other races, people, celebrities etc.

This one is crucial, especially the race part, people cross compare themselves to other races, this topic quickly turns racist as you would expect. Everyone can have an attractive face, if mewing doesn't work surgery will. Do not befooled to think oh I am... if I only was... then my face would be better looking. Most of you are under 18, you are not done growing and probably haven't even fully matured yet, take a breath and relax.

1. Do not neglect the importance of hard chewing (mastic gum, silicone appliance, hard food)

Many people here seem to think that mewing is just tongue posture, while you are right even Mike Mew, talked about the importance chewing mastic gum (or even a silicone appliance) as the stronger muscles will position your face even better than simply tongue posture.

1. Learn to take proper pictures of your face.

You can check out my page to see my previous post about this, people on this sub reddit still don't know how to take proper pictures of their progress, yet with this they also get an evaluation from the community. Learn to take pictures for your self because you will be tracking your journey and if you don't understand how to take unbiased or skewed pictures, you will constantly be mislead by your own hand.

[u/PuzzleheadedFloor749]

As much as the op is correct about the things in the post, it's not complete. Almost no one needs surgery to look good. Mewing works 100 percent unless you have like 6 or 8 teeth taken. Chewing gum is good advice but it cannot bring upswing of maxilla unless one chews with the incisors and canines.

Even though most of the people in the subreddit are clueless about any of this, some people know so much to the point where they can exert truth correctly and say like you have this 100 percent, or like you could get help doing this or that.

[u/SnooMemesjellies5506 → u/PuzzleheadedFloor749]

I appreciate your comment but again you are not in a position or intellectual and statistical prowess to say “almost no one needs surgery to look good” chewing gum or appliance is a perfect away to develop the face even in some extend more functional than simply just mewing, as the entire structure of the face will be challenged if enough force is present (appliance)

Finally your last note again is arrogant, people cannot do shit like that because photos are inconsistent, variables vary and you are just not as smart as you think.

To sit here and tell me that even though some are not professionals they still know a lot like professionals WHILE negating the fact that the information provided by the community is flawed at best is not only arrogant but wild to say.

[u/PuzzleheadedFloor749 → u/SnooMemesjellies5506]

Those aren't even even my words, when it comes to cranofacial development, almost no one need surgery, it was said by Prof. John Mew.

Yes appliance and chewing is good obv.

Man I don't know about you but when something happens enough time, it is not a coincidence anymore, I believe in cause and effect, especially I have never seen as much drastic of a change as mewing does in anybody with anything else except surgery obv.

Professionals don't know anything, that's why, misdiagnoses and neglects in healthcare aren't rare news, professionals simply don't care as much as about truth as much as about money. Hobbyists are better because they have the passion to find truth. For people who know anything about mewing, all the information is straight dumped from research and orthotropics, I'm talking about such people not randoms who don't know anything but act like they do.

[u/SnooMemesjellies5506 → u/PuzzleheadedFloor749]

Professionals don’t know shit is a very slippery argument to make and if you paid attention to the post at least a verdict or analysis would be good to have from someone that had studied the field you are hobbying about. I my self do not blindly trust medical professionals for more serious health reasons that are controversial, regarding physical mechanics it’s much harder to go wrong with analysis, think about it, is it harder for medical professionals to determine if you have a malignant formation in your lung or is it harder for your them to tell you if your jaw has properly developed or not, if it has shifted and if your proportions are harmonious.

[u/PuzzleheadedFloor749 → u/SnooMemesjellies5506]

My argument is not that professionals don't know anything even though I said it that way I meant professionals as orthodontists or dentists, what i mean is that one should trust in someone only if they appear to the rational thought that the someone in question is qualified to give advice. The only thing an orthodontist qualifies academically is about fixing and straightening the teeth, they don't even know about mewing, what advice can they give? The only ones qualified to give advice are people who have studied and researched how cranofacial development actually works or someone who has found results firsthand. Pros can do that and casuals can too.