There's not a lot of information on mandibular angle implants, especially what recovery is like. What is it like? Is it a few days to regular activity or longer? Also, they seem to not be favored by a lot of the doctors I've seen comment on them. What's the reason? Are they dangerous or not well constructed? I'd essentially like to lower my jawline by about 10 degrees and make it slightly more prominent and masculine. I don't want a cro-magnon look, just a regular jawline.
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While existing chin implant styles can be adjusted on the edge of the chin bone to give some vertical height increase, none are truly designed to achieve significant vertical elongation. There are new chin implant styles being developed that are made with specific vertical height increase as...
In our experience, the size, the thickness, and the shape of the chin implant is determined at the time of the consultation and examination. It's important that you do not want to look surgical, and look like you had a chin implant, or have complications from such a large implant being p...
It can take a few months for the final result of a chin implant to be evident, and sometimes longer depending on the patient. You will still have residual swelling after day 10. I would recommend giving it some time and see how you continue to heal. Your surgeon should be able to answer any...