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Discussion Is thumb pulling really cope?

Minouchee

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I understand that thumbpulling is considered ‘cope’ However, there is a surprisingly decent amount of evidence to suggest otherwise, exhibit A: Imad skywalker claims to have done thumbpulling which widened his maxilla making him appear better. Obviously you cannot go off word of mouth in scenarios but many others claim to have done it as well. Exhibit B: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr6G4DYm/
This video provides decent evidence as to why it may not be cope, in summary he says it is effective but not as effective as a palate expander due to the forces that a thumb compared to an expander can put on the maxilla, meaning it will expand your maxilla at the end of the day but just not as fast as an expander would obviously because it’s applying more pressure for a longer period of time. It’s suggested to do it 6-10x a day for 90-120 seconds with strong pressure.

Obviously the idea came from Oscar patel commonly referred to as “Jester patel” for not knowing what a maxilla is, and ever since then the idea of thumbpulling was shunned. In theory thumbpulling should work but i’d assume it depends on the age of the person (obviously the younger the better) but it makes sense for the maxilla to expand with pressure being applied as the maxilla is still ‘soft’ during puberty, this is my first post and thought and I just wanted to see with the rest of the community, what do you guys think?
 

True Jester

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Ofc imo thumbpulling works it is kinda like a palate expander however it will only work through a longer period u wont see change in the first few months maybe in the next year but tbh it is very minimal unless ur 14-18 there is no point in doing it
 

light

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I understand that thumbpulling is considered ‘cope’ However, there is a surprisingly decent amount of evidence to suggest otherwise, exhibit A: Imad skywalker claims to have done thumbpulling which widened his maxilla making him appear better. Obviously you cannot go off word of mouth in scenarios but many others claim to have done it as well. Exhibit B: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr6G4DYm/
This video provides decent evidence as to why it may not be cope, in summary he says it is effective but not as effective as a palate expander due to the forces that a thumb compared to an expander can put on the maxilla, meaning it will expand your maxilla at the end of the day but just not as fast as an expander would obviously because it’s applying more pressure for a longer period of time. It’s suggested to do it 6-10x a day for 90-120 seconds with strong pressure.

Obviously the idea came from Oscar patel commonly referred to as “Jester patel” for not knowing what a maxilla is, and ever since then the idea of thumbpulling was shunned. In theory thumbpulling should work but i’d assume it depends on the age of the person (obviously the younger the better) but it makes sense for the maxilla to expand with pressure being applied as the maxilla is still ‘soft’ during puberty, this is my first post and thought and I just wanted to see with the rest of the community, what do you guys think?
just get a fucking palate expander dont waste time, when u could be gooning
 
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Ofc imo thumbpulling works it is kinda like a palate expander however it will only work through a longer period u wont see change in the first few months maybe in the next year but tbh it is very minimal unless ur 14-18 there is no point in doing it
can u tell me how to properly thumb pull?
 

Firstsubhuman

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Yeah I’ve seen results from it by doing it 10 minutes a day, but only because I’m still young enough after like 17 I think it becomes useless
 

cystosis

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Mse is better but you have to try most of these things yourself before deciding if it's cope or not. What may work for others may not work for you
 

ltbslayer777

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I understand that thumbpulling is considered ‘cope’ However, there is a surprisingly decent amount of evidence to suggest otherwise, exhibit A: Imad skywalker claims to have done thumbpulling which widened his maxilla making him appear better. Obviously you cannot go off word of mouth in scenarios but many others claim to have done it as well. Exhibit B: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr6G4DYm/
This video provides decent evidence as to why it may not be cope, in summary he says it is effective but not as effective as a palate expander due to the forces that a thumb compared to an expander can put on the maxilla, meaning it will expand your maxilla at the end of the day but just not as fast as an expander would obviously because it’s applying more pressure for a longer period of time. It’s suggested to do it 6-10x a day for 90-120 seconds with strong pressure.

Obviously the idea came from Oscar patel commonly referred to as “Jester patel” for not knowing what a maxilla is, and ever since then the idea of thumbpulling was shunned. In theory thumbpulling should work but i’d assume it depends on the age of the person (obviously the younger the better) but it makes sense for the maxilla to expand with pressure being applied as the maxilla is still ‘soft’ during puberty, this is my first post and thought and I just wanted to see with the rest of the community, what do you guys think?
it works but takes a lot of time so it would be more efficient if u got yourself a pallet expander
 

toothcel

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it’s not cope it’s just risky because of asymmetry and damaging gums and teeth
 
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