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Considering Chin Implant Removal - South Carolina

  • posted 2 years ago
  • updated 2 years ago
  • Not Worth It
  • South Carolina
  • Before ryno and chin implant
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I had a septo/rhyn and a chin implant about 9...

  • 5 Mar 2011

I had a septo/rhyn and a chin implant about 9 weeks ago... my nose looks wonderful however my chin implant has given me nothing but trouble. I HATE the way the implant makes my face look very squared and off, but the problemI'm having the most is trouble with my speech and after 9 weeks I still can't smile (the smile looks aweful) my lip will not allow my lower teeth to show. I am a dental hygienist so my smile is my career and it has taken a toll onmy quality of life. Another big concern is the past 4 days I have started to have pain on the right side of my chin into my jaw, things such as sitting toothpaste and eating have become very painful.

- If I have it removed after 9 weeks will the "pocket" make my chin sagg?
- Does the pain and swelling indicate an infection?
- Because my lower lip will not go down when I talk/smile could that be from the actual impant blocking or impending on the mental nerve?

Please help,
The hygienist with no smile :(


I had the implant removed about 3 weeks ago and...

  • 4 Apr 2011
I had the implant removed about 3 weeks ago and immediatley felt relief. My smile is back about 80% and gets better every week. The oral surgeon that removed it (not the orignal doctor) said that it had shifted a great deal and that is where the pain and terrible look was coming from. I wish the rest of you the best of luck because I know how discouraging it can be to feel that your "self" has been taken away.

Great review?

My Doctor: name not provided

He does not acknowledge that my smile is different and says I'm beautiful and have nothing to worry about, therefore if I decide to have it removed or corrected I am responsible for all costs

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How does your chin look now? Will you be posting any pics of your removal? Would you recommend it? I hate my chin and deciding between removal or replacement.
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I thought your face looked perfectly fine before. If you wanted more definition, perhaps lipo under the chin. However, go with an expert who won't suck out too much thus making you look older!
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You look really beautiful without the implant. Have you heard about fillers? I have an apptment for Radiesse in chin but after watching so MANY bad reviews here, Im scared to try it now. Some people have said it has damaged their health and their lives and wish they never done it. But I was dreaming if how I would look and now I Dont know What to do. How is it that so Many Radiesse reviews are so horrible and chin implant reviews are almost all good ones? I was told chin implants were more dangerous
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Hi, I am also getting my small silicone implant removed, but I have had it in for 17 years! this last year for some reason it has started to ache and I can feel it inside my skin alot of the time. Im told it may have been the scar tissue (capsule) hardening, but who knows! so anyways in 4 weeks Im getting it removed. I do worry about what the capsule will do once the implant is out, and hope it doesnt sag or dimple. Its a small implant, and not all of it goes to the bottom of my chin, so im hoping the normal skin tissue below it will prevent it from slipping down. Im also planning to wear surgical tape to apply pressure to it for a few days after the surgery. Has anyone done that?
@ Favian, sorry to hear about the dimpling. How is it now?
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Hi everyone, just an update: I had my medpor implant removed from under the chin. I feel great!!! It's only been 1 month and I already feel like my chin looks 80% original. It is still tender and slightly swollen but I no longer feel a huge lump of plastic in my chin anymore.

The implant used to make me not be able to smile fully, hard to chew food because keeping my lips closed was an effort (minor but still), and my lip doesn't sag down anymore. Yay! The bulge on my chin made all these things I just mentioned occur. I immediately felt relief from the implant

I know it's still early but I hope nothing comes up. I had bad numbness of my right side after my initial surgery. It has gotten better but is still very noticeable. I realized that after taking out the implant, the electrical shocks occurred more often so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a faster recovery to full sensation again. Geez...what a ride.
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Hello everyone. Just a little update fr me. It's been 14 weeks since the removal of my chin implant. I have not experienced any sagging but I do have a few small dimpling on one side of my chin. The dimpling appeared about 6 weeks ago, sometime they show on my chin and sometime they don't (they are not there 24/7). Maybe there are times when something is simulateing my mentalis muscle (I don't know) I absolutely hate those dimpling and looks like my chin has been shot by bullets. My chin has pretty much returned to the pre-op shape and appearance except the dimpling I mentioned. I don't know if I'm going to risk any further dimpling as the swelling continue to subside. I'm just very depressed and tired to deal with those.
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I'm so happy to hear of your success stories about chin implant removal. I am going through the same boat now. I'm worried sick and have no one to talk to because no one I know has had a chin implant. I want to have mine removed but mine is a medpor and I'M SCARED! The doc said my medpor is considered small so at least I have that one on my side. Anyone here have a medpor one removed? Mine has been in for 4.5 months.
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Hi Luvthyself,
I think the majority of women that get chin implant are unhappy with the results. I think if you just illuminate your chin and cheeks you can create more facial balance
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Is anyone Happy with their implant?
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I'm not! My doctor won't remove it.
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yeah it did shrink back to its normal size and shape and im having no problems with that
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oh i had the small implant too but for about 1 year and a half ! and im happy with the results
so just relax and keep waiting
but i have to say that i know nothing about sewing muscles actually i don't get what u r talking about exactly all i know is that my doc made a very small narrow cleavage inside my chin and removed the implant and then he stitched it with such a thin and comfortable string so it recovered in almost 3 days
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Mina, how was your procedure? Did your chin shrink back? I hope you are healing well and happy with the results!

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yes i can tell you for sure that it will shrink back day by day until it gets back to its previous shape
just don't worry but as i said before it still depends on the size of the implant. the smaller the better
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and of course the easier
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Mina84 & Sophie1, When your docs removed the implants, did they sew the mentalis muscle or the skin layers? I saw it somewhere that if the mentalis muscle is not sew back, the chin will look sagging.

When I asked that to the nurse of my doc, she said that there's no need to sew them because the chin will automatically shrink by itself. I don't know if my doc is lazy and does not want to do extra work or really the chin will shrink back by itself.

I might have my chin implant removed by next week. I feel so dumb and regretful to have it done and wasted soo much money. I could have used those money for something more meaningful. Sigh....

Mina, how's your chin? Did the swelling go away completely? Keep us posted. : )
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Favian,
When the doctor removed my chin implant the doctor did not sew the muscle on the skin layers. I had the smallest size implant and I had in for about seven months. When I initially discussed removal with my doctor , he suggested I keep in longer just to be sure. I think it takes few months for all the swelling to go down, I waited the seven months before having it removed. After the removal of the implant my doctor said, that when the swelling goes down my chin would look fine, with the possibility of some scar tissue, but nothing noticable.

This is a side note, after getting the chin implant I started getting acne on my chin which I've never had, I also had eczema which I haven't had since I was five years old,and I had insomnia. To top it off I had a yeast infection which I've never had in life. My ND told me it was from my body rejecting the implant. She gave me some literature on silicone. Anyhow, I became seriously concerned about having a foriegn object in my body.

So, the following day after the chin implant was removed I had no bruises, nor was I black or blue. I did take Arnica Montana the day prior to the surgery. My chin was a little swollen so I thought well I needed to make a quick run to the store. But I needed a disguise for my chin LOL! SO wore a fluffy pink scarf in a European loop and just enough to cover the swelling. While I was in the store, the sales clerk told me I was beautiful! Of all the days to receive a compliment I received it when I had my disguise on and if she only knew that I had gone through the day before! Anyhow, that comment really made me feel better, and I know I made the right decision.

You know I felt the same way about the money...regret, regret, regret! Because in retrospect when I went to the doctor, I went for a revsions rhinoplasty consultation the doctor felt that a chin implant would create greater balance and harmony. I think it did the opposite it caused my face to lose its balance. I actually felt so bad about how I threw the money away so I decided to forgive myself and just let it go.And I did something worthy I adopted a baby elephant in Kenya, Africa. I pay for her upkeep at a David Sheldrakes Wildlife Foundation. Sorry about rambling.
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I am a psoriasis sufferer, but it has all cleared up except for the chin (thanks to biologic medication). It did not appear until after my implant as I've never had psoriasis on my face! My dermatologist is completely baffled. I'm wondering if I'm rejecting the implant!
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I finally decided to have my implant taken out I had a small implant. The shots were a little uncomfortable and I did not feel anything when the doctor removed it took 10 minutes! And then he just stitched me back up it was so fast.. although I had a little more bleeding in the evening no big deal thought. Anyhow even though I'm still very slight swollen I look 100% percent better! I'm a small thin person for me to have a chin implant for my face was really wrong for me and it really made my look harder. Once the implant was removed my husband took a long look at me and said, " wow you look so much better and you look more softer and more feminine without the implant." Plus I didn't really need it was just pure vanity, but I'm so happy it is gone! I will post again when all the swelling has subsided. I really trust and respected my plastic surgeon he is amazing and did a great job
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Hi Sophie, how long hv u had your implant sitting in your chin? I have mine 1.5 yr and I'm planning to have it removed in the following 2 weeks. Since I've them for so long, I'm scare to death that my chin will look uneven, have dis-formality or my chin bone will get shorter/smaller/weaker compared to my org. chin due to a bone erosion. Please keep us posted. Many thanks
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oh so good to hear that
you know i think we should try to trust our intuitions more than anything els
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oh so good to hear that
you know i think we should try to trust our intuitions more than anything els
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Hi there, I was wonder if your close to Anderson SC? I found the best Doctor there, at Bearwood Plastic Surgery by the name of Dr. Terry Holdredge near Anmed North Campus Hospital. Feel free to contact him at 864-226-7371, Im thankful I did. I had horror stories about how I would look after surgery from another Doctor and then I met Dr Holdredge and he told me he was going to body contour me and give me my youth back, he truly did just that..
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i finally had my chin implant removed after 1 year and im happy with the results!! also not much swelling and pain
my doctor did it through a short anesthetize but he still thought that i was ok with the implant! anyway i did it
but about your case i don't think 3 weeks is enough for the real results to show up, so i suggest that u wait up to 3 to 4 months and if still unhappy then have it removed. good luck with it
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Mina84, I was wondering if you experience any loose skin or dis-formalities associated with your chin implant removal? I had my chin implant surgery last year in June but now I absolutely hate it. I'd rather go back to my original chin and have decided to removal it. Can you tell me how do you feel? How should I expect it? Many thanks!
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