Hi there, I'm a fit and healthy 28 year old man with no weight issues yet I have somewhat of a double chin. From some angles/distances it is not noticeable at all, where as from others is looks awful and really bothers me. I am about to finish my Invisalign orthodontic treatment and my teeth are looking great, but before I started this treatment my Orthodontist suggested that I should consider wearing metal braces instead and getting jaw surgery to improve what he says was a receding chin. The last thing which a 26 year old guy wants is to wear metal braces so I decided not to take that option, but I am now starting to regret it as my chin is bothering me more than ever.
I feel pushing my lower jaw forward would have helped to stretch out the skin on the neck and eliminate my double chin... But that's just my theory I might be wrong? But that's in the past and I am now looking at other options besides jaw surgery... I am not really bothered by the position of jaw/chin but just the hanging skin underneath it. What is the best option to get rid of my double chin? Thank you Ricky
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Hi, I have performed many facial shaping procedures using dermal fillers, silastic facial implants (cheek, chin), liposuction and/or facelifts for over 30 years. I use Restylane Lyft to fill in chin dimples and believe it worlks quite well in that regard.Hope this helps.
A sliding genioplasty procedure is much different than a chin implant. A chin implant is a small silastic wafer inserted in the anterior portion of the chin to give a cosmetic improvement. A sliding genioplasty is actually breaking the mandible and setting it forward. It is...