Hi, I'm hoping to get some honest advice for my chin implant concerns. I had 6mm silicone 5 years ago and no major issues. Not 100% with the appearance as it's a bit unnatural but it is an improvement and I'm ok with it. However I've been thinking of removing or replacement with a sliding genioplasty (3-5mm) as I'm worried about implant longterm issues like bone erosion (I have mentalis strain closing mouth), infection, displacement. Is it worth it risk vs reward? What's my best option? Thank you!
March 1, 2018
Answer: Fear of chin implant long term side effects: Is it worth it risk vs. reward? Hi, I have performed many facial shaping procedures, including Chin Augmentation with dermal fillers or silastic chin implants, for over 30 years. When the chin is weak, this creates an imbalance making the nose appear larger, the mid face top heavy, the lower face looks short, de-emphasizes the lips and allows early formation of a "double chin". Proper placement of a silastic chin implant adds forward projection to the chin thereby creating harmony and balance to the lower face. Using the same incision, liposuction can be performed to reduce the fat and further shape the neck. Excess skin, from below the chin, can also be removed through the same incision. I have found that placement of a silastic chin implant, through a small curved incision under the chin (also allows excess skin removal) to be very safe, quick, highly effective and far less invasive than a sliding genioplasty (requires extensive tissue dissection, bone cuts and placement of metal screws and plates to secure the cut segments of bone). I perform chin implant surgery in 30 minutes or less, often using a local anesthetic alone. Which is better, chin implant or sliding genioplasty? We place silastic chin implants through a small, curved incision under the chin using local anesthetic in 30 minutes or less. This is "far" less invasive than a sliding genioplasty that requires cuts in the bone with plates or screws. For that reason and because the aesthetic results are so good with a properly placed silastic chin implant of the correct shape and size...in my humble opinion there's no comparison. In my experience and humble opinion, a silastic chin implant has been proven to be very safe, produce very natural looking chin augmentation and when placed through an incision under the chin should very rarely get infected or have significant bone absorption. I would think a sliding genioplasty because it involves bone cuts would have more frequent and significant unwanted side effects including nerve involvement, bone infection an bone necrosis.Hope this helps.
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March 1, 2018
Answer: Fear of chin implant long term side effects: Is it worth it risk vs. reward? Hi, I have performed many facial shaping procedures, including Chin Augmentation with dermal fillers or silastic chin implants, for over 30 years. When the chin is weak, this creates an imbalance making the nose appear larger, the mid face top heavy, the lower face looks short, de-emphasizes the lips and allows early formation of a "double chin". Proper placement of a silastic chin implant adds forward projection to the chin thereby creating harmony and balance to the lower face. Using the same incision, liposuction can be performed to reduce the fat and further shape the neck. Excess skin, from below the chin, can also be removed through the same incision. I have found that placement of a silastic chin implant, through a small curved incision under the chin (also allows excess skin removal) to be very safe, quick, highly effective and far less invasive than a sliding genioplasty (requires extensive tissue dissection, bone cuts and placement of metal screws and plates to secure the cut segments of bone). I perform chin implant surgery in 30 minutes or less, often using a local anesthetic alone. Which is better, chin implant or sliding genioplasty? We place silastic chin implants through a small, curved incision under the chin using local anesthetic in 30 minutes or less. This is "far" less invasive than a sliding genioplasty that requires cuts in the bone with plates or screws. For that reason and because the aesthetic results are so good with a properly placed silastic chin implant of the correct shape and size...in my humble opinion there's no comparison. In my experience and humble opinion, a silastic chin implant has been proven to be very safe, produce very natural looking chin augmentation and when placed through an incision under the chin should very rarely get infected or have significant bone absorption. I would think a sliding genioplasty because it involves bone cuts would have more frequent and significant unwanted side effects including nerve involvement, bone infection an bone necrosis.Hope this helps.
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