Ideal chin Implant, what are the general guide line for proportion chin of a men?

Thank you for your question. You submitted photos of a model and side views of yourself, asking about the ideal proportion of chin enhancement in men. You’ve done your research and learned a lot about relative projection of the chin up to the lip, behind the lip, or in front, and you want to see what doctors use as guidelines deciding about a chin implant’s size. You have concerns about getting the ideal look, and not to look “too mannish” with a stronger projection.
I can share with you how I discuss this with patients in my practice. A little background: I’m a Board-certified cosmetic surgeon and Fellowship-trained oculofacial plastic and reconstructive surgeon. I have been in practice in Manhattan and Long Island for over 20 years. Chin implants and facial implants have been a big part of my surgical practice for many years. In the last few years, the use of long lasting thicker fillers for comparable augmentations have also really opened up the opportunity to help my patients of all ages non-surgically. Thinking about balance and proportion is something I do all day long in my practice.
Doctors for decades have been analyzing faces, look at what is ideal, and there are general guidelines. We use lines and that have many names like Steiner’s lines, Ricketts’ lines, Frankfurt plane, and vertical lines. We look at relationships between the nasal base, the lips, and chin projection from a side view. We look at a person from the front at the width of the chin and the relative balance.
We also take into consideration ethnicity, but even with that factor, there are almost universally appreciated ratios that are very attractive across ethnicities. You’ve probably heard of Phi or the Golden Ratio of 1.6 to 1. These are relationships within the attractive face plays a role in what people look at in others’ faces. We obviously don’t make calculations, but we make an impression and a perception based on what is balanced and attractive. In men, a strong chin, is seen as something that’s desirable.
In my practice, for 20 plus years, when I’m doing a chin implant, for most women up to a certain height, I will use a small chin implant. I’m describing a specific implant called an anatomical chin implant that is shaped in a tapered way so it fits just right on the mandible, or the chin, in a way that looks very natural.
Generally with men, I end up using a medium sized chin implant.
During surgery, we use something called sizers that are basically implants that are not meant to stay in, but are used by the surgeon like myself, and my staff to look at what the projection and shape looks like before settling what implant to place permanently. That may be a challenge for you to commit to, especially if you are not sure.
Often in my practice, I will tell patients like yourself we can do something called Structural Volumizing. Structural Volumizing means placement of thicker fillers such as Juvederm Ultra Plus or Juvederm Voluma at the bone level using special technique that allows me to create augmentation comparable to surgical implantation. Since we are using fillers, and if we want to achieve a certain shape, we also have the option not only of placing the material at the bone level, but we can also place it at the deep and superficial soft tissue level, and we can use different fillers. It gives us almost infinite options on the number of ways we can sculpt the chin.
Often, when someone is not quite ready for surgery, I think this is the better choice because a surgical procedure is much more involved, you need to wait for swelling to resolve, then decide whether or not you want something different. When somebody is still not quite sure and wants to see some variation, injectable fillers can be not only an option as a trial, but also a solution that can be applied with some regularity. Thanks to the placement of these fillers and the type of fillers they are, these results can almost last for a year, even up to two years. That can allow for some flexibility, and there are many people who aren’t interested in having surgical correction, so injectable fillers opens up the chance for many people who wouldn’t do surgery to get this result, or at least a comparable result.
I think you can over analyze anything, and doing what we do, we see this all the time. Patients often miss the forest for the trees. Dealing with a zone we can refer to simply as an art, and seeing what is ideal and proportional for you. As long as we have a shared understanding, we can start with injectable fillers. Otherwise, I would say you’re certainly in the zone if you allow for a certain range of projection you would be fine with. From that respect, a chin implant procedure is pretty straightforward, and can be a long lasting solution for you.
Meet with qualified, experienced cosmetic surgeons who offer both injectables and implants, and see what you’re comfortable with. My impression is injectable fillers might be a good way to get your sense of what you would look like without committing to surgery.  I hope that was helpful, I wish you the best of luck, and thank you for your question.This personalized video answer to your question is posted on RealSelf and on YouTube. To provide you with a personal and expert response, we use the image(s) you submitted on RealSelf in the video, but with respect to your privacy, we only show the body feature in question so you are not personally identifiable. If you prefer not to have your video question visible on YouTube, please contact us.

 It is important to know that both the chin and the chin implants are three-dimensional structures, therefore an in-person examination is usually are required to choose the appropriate size and shape of the chin implant itself. Some patients even require custom carving the implant to match some pre-existing asymmetries as well. Chin implants are composed of solid silicone, and are usually placed through a small incision underneath the chin under local anesthesia as an outpatient surgical procedure. In our practice, we have used Implantech brand of chin implants for over 26 years with an excellent success rate. For more information and many before-and-after examples of chin implants, please see the link and the video below