20 years old - Does a chin implant lose or impact some of a male's natural chin squareness/horizontal width?

There are many many different shapes of implants and on top of this surgeons can customize it one if needed.

Take a look at implanttech their website probably has a list of all the different implants just that company makes.

Without pictures we can’t make an assessment. It’s important to differentiate if you mend a ball is the correct size or if the problem is simply the shape of the chin.

A small man the ball will create a dental overbite occlusion and it will show profile pictures with the upper lip having more forward projection than the lower lip.

To get a good assessment consider consulting with an oral surgeon as well as board-certified plastic surgeons.

The majority of postoperative swelling settles down in a couple of weeks. There is subtle very gradual swelling that takes several months but this has very little impact on final results.

The most important variable is finding the most talented an experienced provider whether they be from oral surgery background or plastic surgery background.

The alternative procedure to a chin implant is a sliding genioplasty which also has lots of variations in what it can achieve.

If the entire mandible is too small then a jaw advancement may be a better procedure.

Best,

Mats Hagstrom MD

best to have a genioplasty which keeps Your own shape and simply advances it. You identify an issue with chin implants in that you have to accept a manufacturers shape of chin and dimensions.