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Madeleine Patrick & Freddie Bennett

Woman dubbed 'shovel face' by trolls smiles for first time in 6 years after jaw surgery

A make-up artist who spent six years hiding her prominent chin has gone through gruelling surgery and is now smiling again thanks to her jaw being realigned. The woman had been called 'shovel face' by horrible trolls who decided to pick on her extreme under-bite.

Jordan Davies, 21, a make-up artist from South Wales, had to get through a huge four-hour long operation which involved both her top and bottom jaws broken, before getting them realigned and secured in place with metal plates.

The woman's bottom jaw sat so far forward that she was told she'd eventually struggle to eat, in addition to school bullies cruelly branding her 'shovel face'.

Jordan had a severe underbite before her surgery (Kennedy News and Media)
Now she feels far more confident after going for the op (Kennedy News and Media)

She said: "I received comments from people all the time. People would call me 'shovel face', which sounds awful, and I would get bullied for it.

"I hid it a lot as well. You can't let yourself go in public, you're always trying to hide it and hold your jaw back.

"I never fully felt confident in myself because I was always thinking that I couldn't show it [the underbite]."

The 21-year-old wanted to get an under-bite corrected that she has had since the age of 15. She even spent three years in braces to straighten her teeth before the operation.

To avoid her jaw being spotted in pictures, Jordan would often pull her chin back before the picture was taken. But Jordan decided surgery was the best option when doctors informed her the issue would only worsen.

She explained: "The surgery was always something I wanted done because I was self-conscious.

She was taunted by cruel bullies at school (Kennedy News and Media)
Jordan hid her insecurity for years (Kennedy News and Media)

"I was nervous, but excited. I'd been waiting a long time for it and I just wanted to get it over and done with.

"As soon as they told me I had an underbite, it was in my head, like, 'oh god, I've got this problem', and then it got worse and worse."

After having the surgery at the Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran, Jordan feels she can be herself again.

"At the start I looked really swollen, but now everything is really positive," she said.

"I look in the mirror and I like what I see. It is me, and it's not. When you've looked at yourself for 21 years and then you look in the mirror [after surgery], it is different. I would definitely recommend this to other women who might feel similar.

"At the start, I felt like this didn't look like me, but I think it is just a process that you've got to go through. People say I look so good for it, and some say I look so much better for it. It's just really nice comments.

"I can just be myself. I felt like I was only holding back before, like I was hiding this insecurity. But now I can go out and I can see my friends now without holding back."

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