My appearance hasn't changed to much. Prior to the mandible resection I had a touch of lymphedema "swelling" on the left side. Well now it is quite pronounced it looks like I have a jowl on the left but not on the right. I've thought about growing a beard later after the surgeries are done but my scraggely beard would probably look worse! At this time I am 48 yo and roughly 170 lbs. went from 204 prior to Rad/Chemo down to 154 after then back up 185 prior to mandiblectomy. so now at 170 or a little more. Probably the best weight for my height. But I like to have a little more on prior to surgery. Which is coming up 12/1/10. Can you copy and paste what my profile looks like on your end?. I will be more than happy to keep all of you informed on the progress of the BMP Graft.