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Thank you for your picture. The skin irregularities are due to a very active mentalis muscle. There is very little treatment for it unless you have an underlying bony abnormality of your lower jaw and/or chin. Some recommend neurotoxins to reduce the activity of the muscle but this can be fraught with complications that are not easily solved. Additionally, neurotoxin is not FDA approved for that area of the face.
Many times this dimpled chin appearance is due to a hyperactive mentalis muscle. Depending on your examination, a treatment with a neurotoxin like Botox or Xeomin may prove to be helpful.Thank you.Dr Joseph
It appears that you have mentalis strain. Your skeleton is relatively large for the skin envelope. Your chin may have been augmented with an implant or sliding genioplasty. consider downsizing. If not surgically altered, titrating botox, or an equivalent, can be helpful.
Thank you for the picture. If this picture is representative of your chin more likely you have excess bone. A sliding in reduction genioplasty could be beneficial. I recommend that you seek consultation from a board certified plastic surgeon with oral surgery experience more or a board...
Thank you for your pictures. Based on your pictures, I would recommend and sliding advancement genioplasty. Concerning your orbital rim area I would not recommend zygomatic osteotomy. It is technically challenging. Fat transfer may take multiple procedures to achieve a modest...
The use of wires is appropriate. I was trained in the era of wires and the beginning of the use of plates. I still use wires from time to time. Plates and screws are perfectly safe and produce more stability to the chin duriin the healing phase. The use of wires is an...
Samantha,There may be something that can be done to soften the cleft in your chin, so take heart. However, I am more concerned that how you feel about your chin is impacting you this way. You need to talk to your parents right now about how depressed you are feeling...
This is like solving a puzzle? A crease may be related to dynamics of your lower lip(?) muscles. Try to avoid lip/tonque motion that creates it. Or, if deformity is there all time one can consider to fill it with fat graft or soft tissue filler.It would be in your best...
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