Chin Implant: Q&A
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Do Chin Implants Look and Feel Natural?
Like a plastic piece if somoene grabbed my chin?...dont want that. Want a natural look!
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Do Chin Implants Feel Natural
In my experience as a facial plastic surgeon, chin implants do feel natural and, in fact, most people don’t feel that they are there after they've recovered from the procedure. They’re implanted underneath tissue and on top of the jawbone, so there’s a lot of cushion above it. You won’t feel it and someone who touches your chin won’t know you have an implant.
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There are several different materials available for chin...
There are several different materials available for chin implants. The most popular forms are available as solid silicone, high-density polyethylene (trade name MedPor), and ePTFE (trade name Gore-Tex).
The implants are usually customized for the individual to take into account size of implant used and degree of implantation, whether it be just the chin or extending from the chin onto the jaw bone.
For the most part, chin implants should feel natural and patients rarely comment that they...
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Chin Implants Feel Natural
The chin implants I used in my San Francisco Bay Area practice are comprised of rubberized solid silicone. The implants are flexible enough to allow insertion into a carefully created pocket along the front of the jaw bone but are firm enough that they feel like the underlying bone after placement. The implants are placed underneath the skin, fat and muscle of the chin. They should not be palpable if placed properly. The procedure can be performed under local anesthesia (with or without...
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A properly-placed chin implant feels like a normal chin.
Chin implants come in different sizes, shapes, and compositions. Most are firm, not at all soft like breast implants, or even rubbery like calf or pec implants. If properly placed below the soft tissues (adjacent to the bone), healing forms a scar that encapsulates and immobilizes the implant (which may have perforations that allow tissue to anchor the implant even further). The sensory nerves to the chin, lips, and gums should be carefully visualized and...
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In most cases, you can't even tell that the implant is...
In most cases, you can't even tell that the implant is in place. It feels extremely natural.
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Do chin implants feel and look natural?
The answer is that they can look natural if done correctly and with proper patient selection. In my own practice my preference is to address the real problem which is a deficiency of the chin and lower jaw. By that I mean to move the chin surgically into it's proper position and create harmony between the chin and the nose. The procedure is called a genioplasty. I have come across several chin implants that have shifted, easily palpable or have erroded into the bone because of the action of...
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Chin Implants Feel Natural
Chin implants generally are made of a solid silicone material and feel very natural when placed properly. The chin implant should be placed against the bone underneath all of the soft tissue and so it feels like bone with normal soft tissue over it. A nicely selected chin implant placed well will look very natural.
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Chase Lay, MD
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Do Chin Implants Look and Feel Natural
A chin implant that has been sized and placed correctly feels and looks very natural. The enhancement of the chin area and the balance with the nose is exquisite.
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Chin Implants Look and Feel Natural
Most chin implants when place properly by a well trained surgeon should look and feel natural both to the patient and to others.
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Chin Implants
There are many size and shapes of chin implants and are based on your specific needs. When properly placed and correct size, the implant should look and feel natural.
"Dr.D"
Fayetteville Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Chin Implants Look and Feel
With the proper size and surgical technique, the implant will look and feel natural. Consult with 3 to 4 board certified plastic surgeons to review size and material of the implants.
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Chin implants feel natural
A properly place chin implant should feel normal. Certainly an astute observer may be able to feel a difference in the commonly used materials such as silastic and goretex are softer than native bone. I would disagree with one of the commenters in that he said the implant is placed under the "bone lining." Most surgeons place portions of the implant laterally under the bone lining but leave the central portion on top of the bone lining. This helps prevent / reduce bony resorption...
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Chin Implants, or fat grafting to improve chin area?
A wide variety of facial implants are currently available for the enhancement of the skeletal elements of facial aesthetics. The most commonly used facial implants are used to enhance the profile of the chin and the cheeks. Facial implants very widely not only in shape and style, but also in terms of the materials from which they are fabricated.
My preference is to use structural fat grafting, as much as possible, to enhance facial features. In many cases, the need for a solid implant...
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Do Chin Implants Look and Feel Natural?
I have used Chin Implants for Chin Augmentation for well over 20 years and IMO the look and feel is very natural as long as the plastic and cosmetic surgeon, performing the Chin Augmentation, understands and follows the proper aesthetics of facial beauty for the creation of a naturally, more attractive face. I prefer using silastic chin implants that are placed directly on top of the bone for the most natural look and feel.
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Most chin implants look and feel very natural
Chin augmentation surgery is a relatively simple procedure that can be done in an office operating room under just local anesthesia with or without mild sedation. There are a variety of implant options that can give a very natural look and feel. They are much better than the old button type implants that gave chin implants a bad name for many years.
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Chin implants should look and feel natural
Chin implant surgery results can be very rewarding. It is a well-tolerated surgery, performed as an office procedure, either alone or at the same time as a rhinoplasty or facelift. Different materials are available, the most common being solid Silicone or Gore-Tex. The choice of material, however is not the most important factor. The result interms of the look and feel, depends selecting the proper size and placing the implant in the right location. This requires a certain artistic sense as...
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Feel of chin implants
I would say that almost always chin implants do look and feel very natural after normal healing has occurred.
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Chin Implants Look and Feel Natural
There are a number of different materials from which chin implants are manufactured. Various surgeons prefer different materials, but performed properly, the results are excellent regardless of the type utilized. In most instances the results feel and look great. Fortunately, removal of these implants is very rare and I consider them one of the most stable implants we use.
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Chin implants look natural when placed properly
It is difficult to tell that a chin implant was placed once the area heals.
Most implants are made of solid silicone, medpore or gortex and are placed such that they are between your jaw bone and overlying muscle and skin of the chin.
Once the swelling goes down it is very difficult to feel the implant and the implant should heal such that it isn't mobile either.
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Chin Implant Should Feel Natural
A chin implant when properly placed should barely be palpable by the surgeon and should feel natural to the patient.
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Chin Implants feel natural
Once healed, a properly placed chin implant (or any facial implant for that matter) should feel and appear natural. Sensation may be diminished in the chin area temporarily for a few weeks but the implant should appear natural to the general population in about a week. The swelling that will be present at that time will be there but should appear natural. In time, most patients forget that they have had a chin implant in the first place -- i.e., the implant becomes a...
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Chin Implant
Typically chin implants will be hard to palpate after proper placement. A fibrous capsule forms around the implant, making it harder to feel the edges of the implant.
If improperly placed, chin implants can have a visible edge or palpable edge of chin implant.
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Natural feeling
Chin implants properly placed, sit againt the bone and along the lower edge of the mandible. They are put in usually under the chin into a small pocket and in a few days are entirely immobile. Not only do they feel natural but after a few months even I have a hard time feeling them, it is not uncommon to ask a patient after the fact....."is that your own chin or did we do a chin implant?"
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Chin Implants Look and Feel Normal
I tell my patients, "If, after healing was finished, you woke-up one morning with amnesia, you would never even know it was there".
To most of the world your chin seems normal in a week or so, to the patient and surgeon, it may take a couple of months, but once fully healed, it is darn near impossible to tell anything is in there.
Most patients choose to have the incision on the inside of the mouth. This incision heals so well that it is not...
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Chin implants feel natural
In my experience, a well-done chin implant appears and feels natural in most patients, and it is very difficult for the average person to distinguish a real chin to distiinguish a real chin versus a chin implant.
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How a chin implant feels
You should not feel or see the implant. There is subtle change with proper size and shape of the implant.
It should feel natural, as if nothing is in there after complete healing. Chin implant should not feel unnatural. It should not interfere with the smile or lower lip function
Choice of implant size and shape is critical. It is an artistic surgery, not a minor surgery.
Choose an exerienced PS.
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Chin implants feel natural.
A chin implant is placed against the bone and feels like bone. If done correctly, a chin implant should look and feel completely natural to the touch.
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Feel of a chin implant
The chin implant is placed directly on the chin bone so it is covered by tissue and muscle. Unless it is a large one, you should be very hard pressed to feel it at all.
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Many different chin implants...Many different sensations
Unfortunately, it is difficult to describe the feeling because they come in a variety of shapes and materials ranging from injectiable materials to very firm and hard materials. Implants can be made of calcium, poylethylene, PTFE, silicone, polypropylene, etc.
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No, chin implants should feel like a natural chin
These days, most of us are using some version of an extended anatomic implant. These implants provide the desired increased chin projection, and have long wings on the sides that follow the jaw line. These wings taper towards the ends, and thus blend nicely into the normal bone structure of the jaw. In the past, surgeons had used "button" implants that were very small and only sat where the desired projection increase was located. As such, sometimes you could feel the edges of...
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Chin implant
A properly placed chin implant will not be detectable to the untrained hand. The implant is placed under the bone lining and fell like it is part of the bone. I have done hundreds of chin implants and never had someone remark that someone else could feel it.
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