I am in my late 30's and had initial surgery to fix fractured mandible 3 years ago and since have had two different mentalis resuspension surgeries to resuspend mentalis muscle. The last procedure seemed to widen my chin excessively and left me with much mass in lower face and very fleshy chin which seems as if chin is heavily padded now. Can anything be done to narrow the chin and reduce the excess tissue which hangs off of face? Am I too young for a face lift or is there other procedure?
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You have a recessive chin and probably also have what is called Lip Incompetence, meaning your lip struggles to close and the wrinkles are probably from your mentalis muscle.Small amounts of Botox in the mentalis muscle can help. Also my experience is that lip incompetence can be...
You do have a growth pattern whereby the right side of the face is 'longer' than the left so that when you smile; and activate muscles, it becomes more apparent. Generally, it would involve the 'orbits' down to the lower jaw. An orthodontist and Maxillofacial surgeon can provide you with more...
A chin implant can be inserted through sub mental approach under local anesthesia as an outpatient procedure. The size of the implant is determined at the time of examination/consultation. A sliding genioplasty is performed by oral surgeon as an inpatient surgical procedure at a hospital. If...