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Chin implant (8yrs ago) hit with ball last night. Is the implant damaged or is this just Normal swelling after "trauma"? (photo)

eah52390Apr 27, 2016
I had a silicone chin implant 8 years ago. Last night it was hit with a tennis ball during a tennis game and now it is very swollen and square. I understand the swelling but it suddenly appearing square worries me that it might have shifted. Unless the swelling is just causing it to falsely appear to have changed into square shape. Should I see someone today to fix this or this just swelling and there is no damage to the implant? I'd honestly love to have it removed anyway. I've hated it since I got it.

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