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Thank you for your picture. Your profile looks pretty good. To answer your question, your chin can be reduced by removing and contouring the bone or using a sliding genioplasty to reduce the prominence. I would strongly recommend that you see a board-certified plastic surgeon or a board-certified facial plastic surgeon for a complete the evaluation before embarking on a chin reduction. Best wishes.
Chin reduction can be done by a variety of methods including filing. (bone shaving/burring) But one has to be careful with any form of intraoral shaving of the chin bone as it is prone to causing chin pad sagging or ptosis.
Yes - "filing" the chin bone is a possibility, especially if you need a small amount of bone removed. Your chin looks good - perhaps slightly over-projected (but tough to tell since your photo isn't a true lateral photograph), and it may be a good option for you. See a board-certified plastic surgeon who has experience with bone surgery to discuss your options.
This must be done as one single procedure! if your surgeon is not expert in this do seek better opinions; I do regularly such technique (anterior advancement with vertical height increase by means of bone grafting) and NEVER had to do 2 separate surgeries.Read on my experiences.
The proper way to treat your protruding chin pad is with a submental approach. This access allows the excessive chin tissue to be removed and the chin tissues tucked under the chin bone. An intraoral approach with chin pad thinning and any form of bone fixation will lead to visible contour...
The side profile photographs demonstrate a weak and recessive chin profile for which a chin implant can improve. Chin implants are manufactured in a large variety of shapes and sizes, which is best determined at the time of the consultation and examination. Chin implants are placed through a ...
