Chinese woman complains about 'protruding' jaw after surgery, surgeon reportedly claims face more stylish

A 24-year-old woman from China's Hubei province who underwent plastic surgery in 2025 complained that less than a month later, her face became crooked and she developed a protruding jaw.

Sin Chew Daily reported that she went for orthognathic surgery, also known as corrective jaw surgery, after which she posted about her experience online.

Lower jaw mistakenly lengthened

Though her consultation was originally said to be about fillings, the doctor had reportedly recommended surgery, which she went for at the Wuhan University School of Stomatology.

Since she only had a slight protrusion of the lower jaw before the surgery, Sin Chew Daily reported that she supposedly only needed a slight 2 millimetre adjustment.

However, the doctor allegedly stretched her lower jaw by over 13 mm, which was said to have caused severe facial deformity.

Subsequently, relevant authoritative institutions identified that the surgery to be due to misdiagnosis and medical error, mirrormedia.mg reported.

Facial reconstruction

In addition, multiple dental hospitals assessed that if she were to undergo facial reconstruction, it would take four to five years and cost over 300,000 yuan (about S$57,300).

Sin Chew Daily also cited local media reports that the woman did not expect to end up with a "crooked" and "protruding" face after the surgery.

To that, the surgeon reportedly claimed that there was a slight error in the surgery's precision.

However, he supposedly added that she should learn to "accept" her current face shape as it was more "stylish".

Complaints

Following this, the woman was said to have filed repeated complaints to the hospital as well as the Health Commission.

She was then reportedly told that the Health Commission was "handling it", Sin Chew Daily reported.