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From the looks of your profile pictures, a sliding genioplasty would improve your facial balance without needing a chin implant. While a formal orthognathic surgery would likely be the best overall procedure for you, you could get a much stronger chin with a genioplasty alone.Find a board-certified surgeon in your area who has experience with all aspects of bony facial surgery - nothing can take the place of an in-person consultation.
You should do well with a sliding genioplasty. The key is to carefully evaluate all dimensions of the chin movement beyond just the horizontal one seen in profile view. The height of the chin and its width in the frontal view are also equally important since this is how you see yourself more often. All of these dimensions can be changed with the bony movements provided by a genioplasty movement.
Given your parameters, a genioplasty would be fine. But the advancement has to consider the narrowness of your face/jaw; so that the overall look does not get compromised when viewing from the front as opposed to profile. Tapered narrow jaws often need augmentation of the area behind the chin as well in a limited fashion in order to ensure a natural even jawline
You are referring to a slightly convex facial profile which looks aesthetically better on a female than a male. This can be improved by chin augmentation using either an implant or a sliding genioplasty. There are advantages and disadvantages with either technique.
It does appear that you have a recessed chin and some excess fatty tissue under your chin/ jaw. A chin implant will help improve your profile by projecting your chin and it will also stretch the tissue under your chin as well creating a small amount of improvement in your neck. The best result...
You are incorrect in assuming that chin augmentation would not improve your neck angle. A chin implant will not but a sliding genioplasty will as it pulls the muscles and skin under the chin forward. With your degree of horizontal chin shortness, a sliding genioplasty would be the best chin...