Why is my face ugly from the side? And how can I fix it? (photos)

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My face looks nice fron the front, but my face from the side looks really ugly. Is there a problem with my nose, or with what?

William Portuese, MD · Answer

Chin implants are placed when patient's have a weak and recessive chin profile from the side. Chin implants are manufactured in a variety of sizes and shapes, are composed of Silastic, and can be inserted under local anesthesia as an outpatient procedure. For many examples, please see the link below

Guillermo Koelliker, MD · Answer

Hope this helps.  Your face if not ugly but a small chin implant might help with assemetry .  Local anesthsia can sometime be used for this procedure.

Vasdev Rai, MD · Answer

Your photograph is incomplete.  However you can be helped.  Internet is wrong place for any serious advice.  If you are serious and have means to afford plastic surgery you should get a consultation with a plastic surgeon in your town.  That will be your first step.

Ronald V. DeMars, MD (Retired) · Answer

You have midface protrusion and that requires very sophisticated surgery but can result in dramatic improvement. It amounts to making cuts in the maxillary bone and repositioning it back so it matches the more natural position of the chin and the eyesockets.

Francis R. Palmer, III, MD (retired) · Answer

You do not have an ugly face!  You are very pretty.  Your profile view shows a small chin. This may be the imbalance you are seeing.  If you place your finger from your lips straight down, your chin should almost touch your finger.  yours is behind.  Having a chin implant will project the chin forward to better balance the lower half of your face.  How old are you?  You look very young.

Dennis Barek, MD (retired) · Answer

I'm quite sure the you need a chin implant. Sometimes jaw surgery is needed if your teeth don't meet properly.A receding chin is by far the most common and easily corrected problem.I can be done with straight local anesthesia.

Why is my face ugly from the side? And how can I fix it? (photos)

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