I'm attaching profile pics and ceph scan. What's better for me in terms of long term benefits, less risk, minimally invasive, providing the best SUBTLE results? Masculinization of the face is also preferred vs. narrower/feminine. Chin implant risks and pros/cons = include bone erosion, movement, displacement, infection and having the need for a revision? Sliding genio: numbness, infection, higher downtime (a couple weeks more??), not sure if it's any more or less painful. Purely cosmetic.
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... your chin implant was not indicated, it is not a matter if the implant's size was right or not, no implant should have ever been used on you, neither and augmentation genioplasty; you needed NO augmentation at all, using chin implant or other method of augmentation was an unwise, dis...
It is true the vast majority of surgeons use the implants instead of the osseous surgery to adjust the chin, but this is a matter just of lack of experience and comfort ease; implants play no role when there is an autologous alternative which, actually, has plenty of superior advantages.
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You have an underdeveloped chin in need of bone grafting and multidimensional augmentation in vertical, horizontal and anterior axes (not just a sliding genioplasty at all).It is true the vast majority of surgeons use the implants instead of the osseous surgery to adjust the chin, but this is a...