Chin reduction. Jaw surgery. Lip surgery.teeth for profile. I was wondering what can be done about the way my chin sticks out is it a matter of jaw surgery chin reduction would getting my lios enlarged help or is there anything else you know of to help my apperence? Ive always been called beautiful but when i see my profile i feel its not nice. Please help me do you think in your professional oppinion that i need anything done?
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I am a surgeon practicing 99% of my chin augmentations by means of sliding genioplasty during the last 15 years, and I never used any kind of plates and screws, neither steel made nor resorbable.Plates and screws are necessary for mandibular fractures and for ortognatic surgery of the jaw...
I have been doing osseous sliding genioplasties 15 years, not one single step off happened in my cases; this complication is due to poor healing and consolidation of the slided piece of bone sawed off, much likely because the fixation technique was poorly executed.Find a good surgeon and he'll...
Chin reduction can be done in select patients. Patients that are best suited for reduction surgery usually have either a 'witches' chin, or a focally large chin. Even for a witches chin, it's difficult to achieve great results. In order to make the chin smaller, the jaw line has to...