Stubborn Double Chin, Weak Jaw line, Jowls and would love to make my chin slightly longer! Advice? (photos)

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I am a 26 year old female and have always had a very stubborn double chin and a weak jawline. I am 5'7 125 pounds and am very happy with my body, but my double chin, jowls, and all in all weak jawline are killing me! My chin is also slightly weak, whenever I take a photo from the side I don't know how comfortable I feel about having an implant placed on my face so I have been looking into sliding genioplasty, and also smart lipo for the chin and neck! My concerns are nerve damage, and lumpiness!

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

A chin implant with liposuction of the submental area and neck along with the jowls would be a reasonable option to avoid more involved surgery.

Gerald Wittenberg, MSc, DMD (retired) · Answer

You do have an underdeveloped lower jaw. The ideal would be to combine orthodontics and jaw advancement surgery. If this is not acceptable, you have to accept a less significant improvement by "masking' the true issue; and attempting to build out the jaw/chin area. Augmentation of the jawline and a genioplasty will accomplish that correction. But you have to accept implant materials as part of the jawline augmentation. This is common practice

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