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Chin reduction can be done in select patients. Patients that are best suited for reduction surgery usually have either a 'witches' chin, or a focally large chin. Even for a witches chin, it's difficult to achieve great results. In order to make the chin smaller, the jaw line has to have a natural contour that matches the chin. Having to modify the entire jaw line is not recommended. And getting reliable results on a uncommon procedure is difficult to achieve. In your case, I would not recommend undergoing chin reduction surgery. I think it would be difficult to achieve a natural contour for your jawline. I hope this helps.
Your pictures show a boxy chin which can be reshaped so that it is more narrow and shaped closer to an inverted V shape. It is hard to tell about the rest of your face because of the quality and typeof pictures shown. You would need to submit more close up pictures that are non-smiling and from different angles for a better assessment of your face above your chin.
The photograph demonstrates a weak chin profile. A Silastic chin implant can be inserted on the front part of the mandible through a sub mental approach to give augmentation to the chin. This will help with facial balance and proportions. There are many reasons patients have difficulty breathing...
There is no harm in keeping titanium hardware in your body for your lifetime. There are no documented problems with such retained hardware. Every time you open up the chin you are separating the attachment of the mentalis muscle which then has to be put back together. The less you reinjure the...
You might want to discuss this with your surgeon. He/she should take an X-ray and evaluate things like failure oh screws or plates.
