Good afternoon! I am writing because I am very self conscious about my small/weak chin and lack of a jaw line. I think it makes me look like I sort of have a double chin no matter how much weight I lose. I have tmj, which I am in the process of getting treated with splints. Should I get the sliding genioplasty before or after my tmj has been resolved? Or should I consider something else such as chin/jaw augmentation? Thanks!!!
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Your photo shows that,although you're not overweight, there are are localized areas of fat which move up over the jaw when you smile.It would helpful to see a photo from the side to determine if a chin Implant would improve your profile.The areas of fat can be corrected with liposuction.
The question is whether this area is disappearing or whether the tissue behind it is falling down and forward. It is undoubtably the latter with the development of jowls and its creation of a prejowl sulcus. This can be treated by fat injection augmentation, a pre jowl implant on the bone or a...
Unlike my colleagues I would be reluctant to do both procedures .There are several reasons for this including a higher risk of injury to the mental branch of the Trigeminal Nerve, higher risk of infection, and technical difficulty of using an extened impants due to presence of hardware and...
