Jaw surgery or braces?

When I was younger I　had braces for 6 years, and when they took my braces off my jaw was straight. however, it got crooked again and its gotten to the point where I　cant completely close my mouth, the teeth the back of my mouth can touch but my front teeth cannot touch eachother because my jaw wont shut. Now my orthadontist says i will need to have braces for maybe two more years to fix my jaw, but I really dont want to deal with that again. Also im not even sure if it will fix my bite for good because it didnt fix it last time. There is also an alternative jaw surgery where they told me that they would basically break my jaw and align it for me. My father also had this surgery when he was younger, which makes me think that maybe i should just get it too cause its probably hereditary or something. Anyone have experience with this? Which option is preferable??