What are some options to reduce or soften the appearance of my chin? (photos)

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I have a prominent/protruding chin that bothers me. I feel as if it’s okay when I am not smiling, however when a do smile, my chin is not aesthetically pleasing. I feel like it looks awful in pictures and I find myself slightly photoshopping my chin. What are some options to reduce or soften the appearance of my chin. If there are options, could any be done under local anesthesia or would it have to be general?

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD · Answer

Like many women that have hyperdynamic chin ptosis you have a borderline larger chin. You have a marginally vertically long chin which makes the soft tissue chin pad stick out when you smile...meaning the soft tissue pad is forced forward by the bone as the other soft tissues pull back. To correct it more room needs to be made by some bone reduction with a slight soft tissue tuck as well.

Gerald Wittenberg, MSc, DMD (retired) · Answer

when you have a 'narrow' lower jaw, and a higher slope of the jawline from the ear to the chin from genetic growth patterns; the 'smile muscles' pull 'up' on the chin area to give the appearance of concern. One has to 'contour' the sides of the jaw from chin to angle to avoid the upward contour of the skin when smiling since it defines the jawline more ideally. But generally, most 'smiles' are not perceived as ideal as the 'static' modellike poses of Instagram stars, for example

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