I got a chin implant and everything looked wonderful, until my doctor took off the bandages, and then I saw in the mirror that it was a Butt Chin/Cleft Chin! I didn't have this before the surgery. The doctor inisisted it being a muscle forming it and the nurse beside him said it'll go down in a week or two because of the swelling. But I don't buy it, it looks like an unattural butt chin. I really hate it. I wanted my chin to be pointy, not cleft like. What do you think?
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Hi, I have performed many facial shaping procedures, including Chin Augmentation with dermal fillers or silastic chin implants, for over 30 years. If the chin implant is silastic, this is an inert material and would not cause an allergic reaction. You should be evaluated by your Chin Imp...
I would not recommend massaging your chin after the placement of an implant. The bruising and swelling you see is self-limiting and should go away on its own. Massaging and manipulating the chin does risk moving the chin implant out of its position before it's had a chance to fuse to the...
You can have the implant easily removed and your chin should return to its pre-existing appearance. It sounds like your chin implant has migrated or was placed asymmetrically. I have removed several chin implants that have migrated following placement. I prefer to secure them by placing a...