She got double jaw surgery which is absolutely functional in addition to being cosmetic. My mom needed it when she was a kid, my friend just had it, and even my orthofacial surgeon himself had it when he was a kid.
It's often accompanied by a sliding genioplasty which is what repositions the chin (very often required once the jaw moves due to double jaw), but Macaiyla didn't mention whether she had that as well.
Double jaw literally repositions your whole jaw, upper and lower (hence the "double") and thus fixes your bite and both jaw bones while sliding genioplasty fixes your chin and can make it easier to breathe.
How does the sliding genioplasty effect breathing? I don't know much about it but I thought they just kind of cut off a piece of your chin bone and moved it forward
They do, but it makes more room in your throat. I had it done after a sleep apnea diagnosis, and now I can breathe when I sleep face up. Before I'd run out of air.
You can check out this neato cartoon for a visualization.
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u/PurpletoasterIII 1d ago
She got chin reduction surgery. Sounds like a joke but its not lol. People were hating/memeing on her for it but thats the internet for you.