I am one week post op from having a chin implant. I absolutely love what it has done for my profile, and in that regard I wouldn't want to go any smaller, but from the front my face looks so much longer. It also looks like I have this rounded chin and then my cheeks come out instead of being one flush line. My surgeon tells me that as it heals I should get an increased sulcus and it should pull up on the implant resulting in less length from the front view. Is this true or is it placed wrong?
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Dr. Thomas A. Lamperti, MD
Dr. Thomas A. Lamperti, MD
Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Dr. Jeffrey E. Schreiber, MD, FACS
Dr. Jeffrey E. Schreiber, MD, FACS
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
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Dr. Mohsen Tavoussi, MD, DO
Dr. Mohsen Tavoussi, MD, DO
Facial Plastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
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Dr. Michel Siegel, MD
Dr. Michel Siegel, MD
Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Dr. Francis R. Palmer, III, MD (retired)
Dr. Francis R. Palmer, III, MD (retired)
Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Dr. Richard W. Fleming, MD (retired)
Dr. Richard W. Fleming, MD (retired)
Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon
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