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Horrible Result with Chin Reduction

SilviaTX
posted 3 years ago
updated 3 years ago

Not Worth It
Cost: $2,000
Austin, TX

I totally regret my chin reduction. It looks worse...

16 Apr 2010

I totally regret my chin reduction. It looks worse than before, with a very elongated looking face, pointy chin. Horrible. I could cry every time I look in the mirror.

I trusted my doctor because he had done my "nose-job" two years ago and it turned out to be good. This time I feel like he really messed up. He said the surgery was much less complicated than the nose job and I admit there was no pain afterwards and a fast recovery. But for this kind of surgery I think it is very important to find a doctor who has the experience to do them right. Most doctors don't perform this kind of operation too often, thus it doesn't matter if it is only a "minor" surgery. If they have no practice they can still mess it up.

I have no idea what to do now. I literally feel like my life has come to an end everytime I look in the mirror.

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Comments (9)

bentwilight 7 Oct 2010

hi who was your docotor if u dont mine telling us

milktea 3 Sep 2010

hi, glad to hear that the swelling went away and you have good results. i am planning to have this surgery done because it has come to my attention that my chin might be considered long vertically. i hear they have to do some osteotomy and remove a wedge from the center rather than shaving it down from the bottom. is this what you had done? it would be nice to have a smaller pointy chin because it's very round now. it is also recessive. seems like chin reduction is a bit uncommon and i'm having trouble finding reviews about it. would be wonderful to hear more about your story.

SilviaTX 25 Jul 2010

I had a very elongated chin. And it is still very pointy at this point especially when I smile. I looked at some before and after profile pictures of me and must say I can see a small difference. But overall I am not completely satisfied with this surgery. Thank god it is not swollen anymore. If you decide to get this surgery pick someone who has experience and don't get freaked out if your chin looks bigger after the surgery than before. It takes at least a month for the swelling to go down. Good luck.

stupidsexyflanders 13 Jun 2011

I am so relieved to read that yopur shin went down, I am having the same problem, my face looks a mile long and my chin loks like Jay Lenos! God I pray it goes down. How do you look now?

SilviaTX 14 Jun 2011

It has been a little bit over a year and I did go back for a "touch up" procedure last fall, where he basically removed some of the extra skin from underneath my chin to give it a tighter look. Well... it didn't help much.

Looking back on it now...it wasn't worth it. I don't think my chin looks much better than before, nor does it look worse. The only memory I have is a pretty visible scar under my chin now.

Rachxl 24 Jul 2010

How do you feel about the surgery now? Did you have the bone-burring style of reduction? I have a vertically long chin that looks like an over-sized implant, and am very interested in getting the same procedure (but very nervous!).

SilviaTX 1 Jul 2010

It started to look better after about 2 weeks but overall it took at least one month for the swelling to go down completely. With this kind of surgery you don't feel like you have had anything done because most people aren't in any physical pain afterwards so when you see all this swelling it can really freak you out at first.

SilviaTX 10 May 2010

Out of fairness I must say, now that the swelling has gone done, it is not as bad anymore as it was after the surgery. I still don't see a difference to what I looked like before but at least I am back to my old looks. Of course with a scar under my chin. By I can look at myself again without having to cry.