I am considering a chin implant - would filler be a good initial step to determine if I like my potential outcome?

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I would like to get a chin implant. I had a nurse practitioner suggest fillers before having surgery. She said I should see if I liked the look of a more prominent chin. Would you suggest getting fillers? I am slightly fearful of migration and the filler not dissolving. I do like that they are minimally invasive tho.

Donald B. Yoo, MD, FACS · Answer

It is difficult to determine which treatment option would be best for you without any photos, as every patient is different. If you are looking for nonsurgical options, dermal fillers can be used to help achieve a similar look. For a more permanent option, chin augmentation would be a straightforward choice. You would need to be seen in person for an in depth consultation with a qualified facial plastic surgeon. During your consultation, your photos can be computer-morphed to show how the changes to your nose will affect your appearance.  Consult with 2-3 of these surgeons in person and determine your comfort level with their approach, demeanor, and before and after results. Good luck! @drdonyoo

Jacob Tower, MD · Answer

Hello kerra_, hope you are well. If you are truly undecided, a hyaluronic acid (HA) based filler can give you a sense of how augmentation will change your facial aesthetic with some caveats. Even if HA migrates, it eventually dissipates and should not cause a permanent change. However, it is additional cost and does not exactly match the change that could be expected with an implant (both look and feel). The best advice I can give you is to see a provider who offers both of these treatments so you do not get a biased opinion as to which route to take, and get a more nuanced opinion based on your facial aesthetic to make sure either option would be suitable. (That is, a provider who does not offer implants may be biased to promote injections and vice-versa).

Jason Emer, MD · Answer

This is my expertise and a huge portion of my practice. Asymmetry is normal and expected. Buccal fat pad gives slimming not symmetry. Masseter botox will make you slimmer and make the jawline more loose. Fillers help give shaping and contouring. If you want perfect or close to perfect symmetry you need maxillofacial surgery or implants customized. I suggest seeing an expert to go through all options. Most of my younger clients use fillers to give them shaping especially on the cheeks, jawline, and chin which make the face look more slim and tight; and threads such as PDO or Instalift can build collagen and support the facial shaping and skin looseness over time, slowing down the aging process and given the face a more “snatched” look; and morpheus8 or PiXel8 deep microneedling RF can tighten crepe skin especially on the neck and jawline and is great for long term tightening of the full face, neck and chest; its often used to give the face a slimmer more sculpted look because it tightens the skin and gives lift. an early face lift can be performed as well even in younger clients if they want a different facial shape, maxillofacial surgery with bone breaking or shaving can also be done. For facial slimming a combination of treatments are always needed. Options include: 1. Buccal fat pad removal to reduce fat on the lower face 2. Factite or Renuvion/J Plasma to tighten the lower face, jawline, and chin to reduce fat and give the jawline and neck tightening and shaping. 3. Botox to the masseter to reduce the muscular size of the jaw giving the face an illusion of being more slender 4. Fillers to the jawline, chin, cheeks, temples and brow help to shape the face and make it more angled and defined Always use at home derma rolling (see link to Emerageskin x anteageMD roller plus stem cells/hyaluronic acid ampules) and peels like emeragecosmetics enlighten or aerify that can be used to improve skin quality and tighten the skin while improving wrinkles, pigmentation, acne, and Melasma. See an expert who does facial shaping with surgical and non surgical methods to get a comprehensive option. Best, Dr. Emer.

Camille Cash, MD · Answer

An evaluation and discussion of your goals is first needed but chin filler may be a good option for temporary correction of your concern.  Nothing is without risk, but certainly HA fillers can be dissolved if you are unhappy, and if you don't want to dissolve them they will eventually be metabolized.  An implant  is obviously more involved.

Angelica Kavouni, MD, PhD, FRCS(Eng) · Answer

I would recommend a 3D imaging consultation so that you visualise the amount of projection you require. The filler does not give the same result as an implant. You may however decide that you don’t need an implant and the filler is enough. It is important to look at teeth health or braces , it often corrects some imbalance

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