My chin looks bigger than before after bone removal and contouring. Is this repairable? (Photo)

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I had a prominent chin so I was advised that removing some of the bone in order to shave it down and contour to sides. Would be best. Outcome: I am unhappy it looks bigger than before a lot wider and fuller. My chin muscles are damaged when I talk or pull funny mouth movements my bottom lip won’t pull down in the middle. I can’t show my lower teeth. It makes me look strange especially when I talk some of my words can sound funny too. I have excess dimpled chin too. is this repairable?

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD · Answer

While you did not say as to the approach used for your chin reduction, all of your symptoms are what can occur from an intraoral cin reduction approach. When an intraoral approach is used the chin can become flattened (wider/fuller) because only the projection has been decreased and the excess soft tissue envelope can not addressed. As a result the chin pad muscles/soft tissues bunch up into a ball and get dimpling and irregular/uneven muscle movements.  In terms of improving it this is a difficult problem as there are no simple fixes. The best approach would be a submental approach to narrow the bone and remove/tuck of the redundant soft tissue chin pad.

My chin looks bigger than before after bone removal and contouring. Is this repairable? (Photo)

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