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It depends on what you are going for! But a genioplasty is more versatile and allows us to move the chin to whichever position we want. It can be an advancement or a reduction. This procedure is very common at our practice, and will last the rest of your life, which is another one of its many benefits.
Considering that you need small chin augmentation, my choice would be implant. Did you consider rhinoplasty as well? These two procedures, done together, would most likely, require smaller implant to achieve desired balance. Good luck.
Chin implant and genioplasty can achieve the same thing, but, the genioplasty is a much larger surgery requiring general anesthesia. Your chin implant we would do in the office with local anesthesia and it would last a lifetime.
A genioplasty is performed by an oral surgeon under general anesthesia in a hospital setting an overnight stay at the hospital and is much more invasive. It is usually performed when the teeth are significantly out of alignment. Placement of a small chin implant can be performed under local anesthesia which takes approximately 30 minutes as an outpatient procedure in an office/ surgery center setting.
A genioplasty would be able to get you more projection and help to fix some of the asymmetry in your lower face. Moving your chin slightly forward and down would improve your overall facial balance, especially from the profile. An added benefit would be elongating your jawline and tightening...
Obviously doing your research is super important. Are you happy with the genioplasty result, aside from the current situation? It is definitely something that can be improved. A scar revision will help to release some of the tightness, and if needed, a V-Y procedure can be done to further assist...
Unfortunately a revision might be the best option for you. Aside from the soft tissue issue, the chin itself looks uneven and tilted down more on one side. I would suggest another genioplasty, that will place your chin in the correct position, and possibly add some contouring to better shape...
You have a short AND recessive chin so I would highly recommend a sliding genioplasty to balance your lower face. You would require 9-10 mm of advancement so a chin implant cannot provide this degree of advancement and still look feminine. We perform this surgery in our office with intravenous...
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