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Chin Implant Mistake - Saskatchewan, SK
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I would really think this through if you want a chin implant. I did not and now I COMPLETELY hate it. It is way more pain then i thought. Even after 2 weeks. I think it is a good choice for those with a really receding chin.
This totally changes my face and not in a good way. Seriously consider the consequences if you do a chin implant.
No one told me about possible lifelong problems or deformities if you get one and then want it out. Make sure the doc explains all types of implants available. I personally would never go with Medpor Stryker implant (thats what i got) as tissue grows into it making it harder to remove and more possibilities of deformity if removed.
This totally changes my face and not in a good way. Seriously consider the consequences if you do a chin implant.
No one told me about possible lifelong problems or deformities if you get one and then want it out. Make sure the doc explains all types of implants available. I personally would never go with Medpor Stryker implant (thats what i got) as tissue grows into it making it harder to remove and more possibilities of deformity if removed.
UPDATED FROM TimEdin
1 month post
One month post op - I hate the implant more than ever
The swelling has mostly left. Enough to know how it going to look.
It is terrible. The implant is completely wrong for my face. It is too big and wide and extends my face way too far down.
Every day as the swelling leaves, it gets worse and more noticeable that it out of proportion.
Surgery for removal has been scheduled for August 22/14, way too far away for me. I worry every day now about permanent deformities as a result of this terrible decision.
PLEASE NO COMMENTS REGARDING SWELLING, OR WAITING LONGER TO SEE IF I LIKE MORE AFTER THE SWELLING IS GONE, ETC.
It is not the swelling. It is the implant itself. And it has to go ASAP.
Total cost for implant then removal, $10,000.
Biggest mistake of my life. I wish I never did this.
It is terrible. The implant is completely wrong for my face. It is too big and wide and extends my face way too far down.
Every day as the swelling leaves, it gets worse and more noticeable that it out of proportion.
Surgery for removal has been scheduled for August 22/14, way too far away for me. I worry every day now about permanent deformities as a result of this terrible decision.
PLEASE NO COMMENTS REGARDING SWELLING, OR WAITING LONGER TO SEE IF I LIKE MORE AFTER THE SWELLING IS GONE, ETC.
It is not the swelling. It is the implant itself. And it has to go ASAP.
Total cost for implant then removal, $10,000.
Biggest mistake of my life. I wish I never did this.
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July 29, 2014
Can you post any pics of before and after... The first few months are the worst and it takes time to adjust and get used to the new look
July 29, 2014
No. IT IS NOT THE SWELLING FOR THE LAST TIME!
I will not add any photos:
1) Photo's will not show the details I am talking about.
2) All people are going to say is "looks ok to me". And that will just [RS bleep] me off. You do not know what you are looking at.
I am absolutely, 100%, TOTALLY AWARE OF THE SWELLING ISSUE. THIS IS NOT SWELLING!!!!
I hate the shape. It is WRONG FOR MY FACE.
Please reread my prior comments.
My face has lost all its "niceness". It is horrible now.
I have an entire new jaw line that I DID NOT WANT AT ALL. IT IS THE WRONG IMPLANT COMPLETELY.
I had beautiful, refined features that my agent and photographers loved. AND THAT IS ALL GONE.
You people that keep talking about the swelling simply do not understand.
For the last time, IT IS NOT THE SWELLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The professionals I work with are fully aware as I am thank you. PLEASE STOP WITH THE EASY ANSWER ---> SWELLING & "you'll get used to it"
I DO NOT WANT TO USED TO IT. AGAIN, IT IS UGLY
Worst mistake of my life. Never doing anything like this again.
And I still worry now about life long deformities after removal.
I highly, highly recommend that no one gets this done.
August 8, 2014
I have added some photos, one is 1 week pre-op. And one is 2 months post. Should not hard to tell which is which. Sorry about previous reply
August 9, 2014
Best of luck with the removal surgery... I know what it's like to be on this emotional roller coaster ride as I had an implant over a year ago. Prayers and positive thoughts going your way to be strong and for a speedy recovery.
August 9, 2014
Well I hate to tell you this but ur chin looked great in the first pic. It looks like you have a strong masculine jawline which for guys I thought that was the point. But I can't understand what went wrong from 1 month to the next. Is the tip that bulbous or is that the pic? Dimpling and creasing is unexceptable at all I agree. But my first impression of the first picture was that you are really hAndsome, cute even
August 9, 2014
The tip is that bulbous yes, it is not the pic. I look like a cartoon character now. As the swelling has decreased the bulbous projection effect has been getting worse, which is one reason I keep going off about the fact it is not the swelling I am referring to. It is the implant. It is simply way too big. From wing tip to wing tip, just too big and wrong shape for my face. It will not matter now if I wait another year for "swelling". It is what it is and is coming out in 6 days THANK GOD. I am actually getting pretty angry I am being charged again for this. I think it was obvious that the implant choice was completely wrong, and it was the surgeon who choose it completely. I had no idea what was going in. The creasing when I smile is very, very noticeable, as are the flat spots and dimpling. I can't believe how bad this went. Others results I saw were so nice. I don't understand what happened with me.
August 9, 2014
Thank you. I am curious of your opinion of the aesthetics of my chin? Is it as I said? Or do you disagree that it looks bad?
August 7, 2014
I got the same thing done. I went in for a rhinoplasty and the surgeon suggested that i get a chin implant. I never noticed that i could possibly even need it. I regretted immediately. My face was exactly as you described. I couldnt even look in the mirror. My face was already longer so the implant just made it horribly worse. The implant appeared to large and went across my chin and not just in the front like I expected. It was square and heavy and was a clear separation from my original jaw line to make matter worse, as the days passed the swelling from my nose went down and my chin got larger and my face got longer. BUT i can say that Im 6 weeks post and I think that I can see the light. I went to the orthodonist yesterday and she mentioned that my profile was perfect, and that was nice. My chin is starting to sharpen out and is less bulky and square. The swelling is still there but is better and my jowls are receding too. Everyday it gets better. I can say I was not prepared for it. My surgeon did not give me enough warning on what I would go through pain wise and looking like. If they had, I probably would have not done it. I've had other surgeries but an implant on your face is drastic. I think that you really have to have a recessive chin and really "need" this in order to appreciate it. Im not writing to tell you that its swelling. Im not looking at you, it could very well be horrible. I just wanted to share with you my experience.
August 7, 2014
Yes!! Exactly my situation!! I went for rhinoplasty too, but was suggested a chin implant. I never even thought of it before. In less than 2 weeks I had this stupid thing in. I had thought of a nose job for years and years, not a chin implant. The implant is too large and goes all the way along my jaw line all the way to the mandibles. It looks like I have mumps 24/7 (yes swelling is gone now). My face literally gets worse every day now. There is major dimpling happening and creasing in 3 directions. And the end of chin is bulbous, like the prow of a ship.
I can't look in a mirror either still (2 months post op), I have a hard time telling people how much I hate the effect, then to have people to repeatedly ask me to point out everything I hate is getting more than just annoying. Do people ask fat people to display all that the fat person hates?
Surgery for removal has been moved up to Aug 14th, thank god. I hate this thing so much.
I still recommend that NO ONE EVER GETS A CHIN IMPLANT UNLESS YOU HAVE A SEVERE BIRTH DEFECT, ETC.
I absolutely cannot wait until this ugly piece of crap out of my face in 7 days
August 8, 2014
Well I'm so happy for you that u can afford to have it removed. That's 1 positive. I don't have it like that. Can u post about how that goes for u?
August 8, 2014
I will update yes. I am still worried about lifelong deformities. I was not warned of that at all before the implant went in. I was not told I could have lifelong deformities on my face if I wanted it out. I am more than a little angry about that. I have decided to put up before and after pics. If you want check them out and see what you think.
August 8, 2014
I will up date yes. I am going to put up some before and after implant photos too.
August 8, 2014
Also I wanted anyone that reads this, yes! It makes your face look longer! U need to be ready for that. No one told me that and I didn't read it anywhere. I thought it would just be projection out but somehow it elongates my face. I wasn't ready for that and it's going to take some getting used to.
February 4, 2015
Yes the chin they put in was too fat. Your own chin is fine, actually quite sexy...but don't tell my husband. Tee hee!! He's handsome too, he's a little short changed on the chin too but only his profile and he's older now, but he has a beard. Hey does the trick!!!!
UPDATED FROM TimEdin
2 months post
photos
1st photo is 1 week PRE-OP. Second photo is 2 months post op and swelling is gone now mostly. It is horrid.
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August 9, 2014
I don't know what you face looked like before, but I think you look good now. Very masculine and rugged. Just my two cents.
August 9, 2014
The 1st pic is what I looked like before. The 2nd picture is after. And the chin is terrible. Looks like an unrefined brute's chin that sticks out way too far and wide and low.
August 10, 2014
Shame that you feel this way about your implant :( I thought you looked great before ... However I don't think it looks as bad as you think it does! I love mine ! However my chin was really receeding , I have a large one in and wouldn't change it for the world . Hope the removal goes ok !
August 11, 2014
My thoughts exactly...on all of it. I think his implant looks good, I think yours is great and I also got a large and am totally satisfied. Hate to see people struggle with it. I also think that those of us with pretty receding chins put a TON of research into the procedure, what to expect and who the good doctors are. I am not sure why anyone spending this kind of cash wouldn't look into that extensively.
August 11, 2014
Comments like your s is why I didn't want to put up pictures. 1st, you have no clue what you are looking at: you are not trained and you do not have any talent for aethetics, so your opinion on the result does not mean anything.
Go do whatever you want on your face. Obviously I thought the doctor and I were on the same page but it was only clear after the operation we were not. Yes I should have research it more, I do not know where you live but this is Canada, not like I had a ton of choice in the doctor. It does not work like in the states, I was assigned my doctor by the health care system. The effect was never to be this extreme, it was to be a mild bump out, not a complete new jawline.
So take your pompous attitude and go [RS bleep] yourself.
August 11, 2014
Hey, I was thinking of getting a chin implant because my chin is too small and not wide enough. Basically I want to achieve your pre-op chin. I have a face kind of like yours low body fat, everything is pretty defined the jawline, cheekbones etc.. From your after pic your chin looks like it is from someone older who is a little bit fat and looks weird, like full of fat. I want a sharp square chin like your first pic but now have second thoughts..
August 11, 2014
I think you should still look into it if you actually have a receding chin, I didn't really have a receding chin, just barely. But I did not research the implant choice at all, or have any information on it at all really before the operation. Mine is the Medpor Stryker implant. Maybe really discuss it with your doctor and be very clear with what you expect. I basically let him make all the decisions and just trusted we had the same vision. We did not.
August 11, 2014
Also, what implant did you get, and I was thinking of a terino style 2 square implant which is an extended anatomical implant.. I wonder if you got that too
August 11, 2014
August 11, 2014
At that type is silicone by the look of it. Make sure to ask your doctor about what happens if you want it removed.
August 15, 2014
I have posted some pics after removal, and some with the implant, and some before the implant. Hope that helps.
I sent an earlier reply but it was not allowed by the site for some reason. Not sure why. But really think it through.
Best wishes, ask me anything!
August 18, 2014
Thanks, Much appreciated!
You had model tier aesthetics before the implant, you don't need to do anything with the face. Just make sure you don't lose the hair and you'll be golden for decades to come.
I have done quite a bit of research on implants and the Terino style 2 silicone implant is going to be the one i'm gonna go for. I think of all the implants, those square chin implants should of been the ones recommended to you by the doctor.
I don't really have a receding chin, but my chin is not wide enough. I have a masculine face with strong wide jaw, defined cheekbones and jawline, only thing lacking is the chin. If you google images "terino style 2 chin implant" and you can see it on someone in the 3rd pic.
But after reading your review, the only thing I'm worried about is that it looks unnatural and unrefined. Your chin in picture tagged "pre implant 1" is the sort i'm looking for refinement i'm looking for. The after implant picture looks like there was like a load of fat added at the front of chin. Is it just the picture or was it actually like that in real life? I can't seem to tell for the life of me, what excatly it is .. is it scar tissue?
August 20, 2014
Decades :) I hope so. I am now 40 so decades would rock :)
The front of chin ... THAT IS THE IMPLANT!! horrible, horrible, horrible. I think that a chin implant should never have been suggested at all. I can't believe the surgeon thought it looked good.
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