Yesterday I got hit in the mouth with a hockey stick. The same day I went under a full general aesthetic and had a re-constructive plastic surgeon work on it. My top lip currently looks like a beak, through that will go down. It may leave a 3cm + (over an inch) scar in a horizontal curve on and just above my top lip. The blow also cut some nerves while handy at the time, I felt almost no pain from it, it will most likely leave me with a weird unsymmetrical smile for months.

I have just recently been getting into my game, building confidence and getting hock ups, etc (A large part thanks to seddit), and I would like to know if anyone else here has been in this sort of situation, what can be done to mitigate its effect or even use it to my advantage.

Sporting a beak for a top lip has definitely taken a large chunk out of my confidence.

And thanks for all the help past, present and future guys!