When I smile I get a double chin type thing with deep lines either side of my chin. It is also seen when I talk or just generally open my mouth. I am not overweight at all, about 5'1-5'2 and 44kgs, so it's not really a double chin, but I do have a round shaped face. Any suggestions on how to fix this? I know it's not a huge deal but it really bothers me and makes me hate my smile!
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The question is whether this area is disappearing or whether the tissue behind it is falling down and forward. It is undoubtably the latter with the development of jowls and its creation of a prejowl sulcus. This can be treated by fat injection augmentation, a pre jowl implant on the bone or a...
Unlike my colleagues I would be reluctant to do both procedures .There are several reasons for this including a higher risk of injury to the mental branch of the Trigeminal Nerve, higher risk of infection, and technical difficulty of using an extened impants due to presence of hardware and...
If your occlusion (tooth mesh) is normal then it is usually prudent to camouflage a relatively week chin with augmentation. As an adult, your facial growth is complete and there are many ways that would be easier, less expensive and yield a satisfactory result than to undergo surgery that would...
