My top front teeth rest on the inside of a deep labiomental fold. This bothered me. 4 days ago....I had a custom chin implant put in with the intent to reduce the labiomental fold and create more room for my top front teeth. Now I understand it’s new, and not even close to a final result (swelling etc), but my bottom lip has actually been pulled BACK creating LESS room for my teeth and actually making it hard to talk without my top front teeth getting in the way of my bottom lip. Thoughts?
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While a custom jawline implant and buccal lipectomy/perioral liposuction will go a long way to improving your facial shape. it will not create the ideal facial shape you have shown. That degree of facial concavity will not be created by any amount of fat removal in your face.
You have a vertical growth pattern so ideally you would augment the cheekbone area/midface to balance the jaw and nose. The high slope of the jawline emphasizes the chin prominence with a more narrow jawline; so a chin vertical change could also be considered; given that you have tried to...