I want to improve my chin and jawline definition - Chin implant, liposuction, or genioplasty? (Photos)

Question

Hi! I want to improve my chin definition and jawline strength for a more striking profile and stronger balance, but I’m struggling to decide which chin augmentation route to pursue: submental lipo/deep contouring, genioplasty, or a small implant. (For a few reasons, I don’t want to go the dermal filler route). Any recommendations based on my jawline and chin now? Thanks in advance!

Zoran Potparic, MD · Answer

It appears that a combination of chin augmentation (implant) and liposuction of the neck and jawline would be necessary to achieve nice improvement. Good luck.

Michael P. Morrissette, DDS, FACS · Answer

It appears that your chin is minimally deficient in the horizontal plane. To create a more defined jawline, I would recommend custom mandibular angle implants. In addition, some jawline and lower face liposuction would help improve the soft tissue contours.

Yasemin Aydinli, MD · Answer

Great question, and you have framed the options well. The right choice depends on two separate variables: how much skeletal projection your chin lacks, and how much of the softness along your jawline is due to submental fat versus bone structure. These are assessed differently and often coexist, which is why many patients benefit from a combined approach.
As a general rule: if your chin deficiency is mild to moderate (a few millimetres of horizontal projection), a chin implant gives an excellent, predictable result through a small incision with quick recovery. If the deficiency is larger, vertical as well as horizontal, or associated with a deep labiomental fold, a sliding genioplasty offers more powerful three-dimensional control &mdash; it can advance, lengthen, or shorten the chin &mdash; at the cost of a somewhat bigger procedure. Submental liposuction or deep-neck contouring, on the other hand, does not change projection at all; it sharpens the transition between jawline and neck, and it pairs beautifully with either skeletal option when there is fullness under the chin.
Since you prefer to avoid fillers, I would recommend a consultation with cephalometric photo analysis (and ideally a lateral X-ray or CT if genioplasty is on the table). Many patients with goals like yours end up with a chin implant plus submental contouring, which together create that stronger, more defined profile you describe. An in-person exam would let your surgeon tell you which combination fits your anatomy best.

Mats Hagstrom, MD (license on probation) · Answer

I recommend you have a few in person consultations with oral surgeons and plastic surgeons in your community.
Your chin (mental region of your mandibl) actually has fairly good projection.
The part of your mandible that doesn’t project sufficiently is the body of the mandible.
You most likely have a significant over by dental occlusionand double jaw surgery would be a much better option for you.
I know people don’t like that procedure but it is the correct procedures based your anatomy.
 This is why I recommend you consult with oral surgeons tend to be more facial skeletal oriented, which is where the primary problem Exists.
The deposition can give striking results, but most plastic surgeons aren’t particularly good at Chin neck Liposuction and the procedure is permanent and reversible. If it’s not donewell, you might regret it.
A sliding genioplasty and chin implant both have about the same number of advantages and disadvantages.
They’re different approaches and generally surgeons lean a little bit more towards doing a sliding genioplasty while plastic surgeons seem to like doing chin implants.
Mostly it’s how each surgeon was trained and what we feel comfortable with.Both procedures do the same job which is extend the mentalis region of your mandible.
Because your mentalist already projects you should be careful to not get too much projection or it’ll look excessive.
Removing fat from your chin and neck is not at all the same as having the chin projected.
Consult with some plastic surgeons and maybe one of them will have a computer morphing program where you can see firsthand what it would look like to
augment your chin and make sure you like that look.
There’s no correct answer to your question.
Probably the most important variable is provided selection and once you find the right provider, you should gowith the procedure they feel they can get the best results with.
Good luck,
Mats Hagstrom MD

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