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Is my chin implant too big? Too small? Too high? I feel like there is a hard ball right under my lip. (photos)

jseukOct 17, 2018
Had a rhinoplasty and chin implant a little over two years ago. I hate my rhinoplasty because he didn’t shave my bump down completely forcing me to go through a revision but now I feel like he placed my chin implant a little to high. When I touch it, I feel like there is a hard ball right under my lip. Isn’t a chin implant supposed to go right on the jaw line? The chin implant was done from underneath the chin and not through the inner lip. I am not sure what type of implant was used.

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Dr. Eric YK Li, MD
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Answered on Oct 18, 2018
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