I have committed chin implant in a 2 weeks. But am concerned with realistic level of pain, as surgeons feedbacks vs patients seem quite different. Surgeons say most pain is in first few days, easily manageable with pain killers, with swelling to go down first wk & recovery in couple mths. But patients from forums says pain can last several wks (some quite painful 1st week or more) and recovery is more than 2 mths, can be 6 mths. Appreciate opinion regarding pain, swelling & recovery expectation.
February 8, 2017
Answer: Chin Implant - real level of pain/discomfort seems different views from surgeons versus patients. Hi, I'm sorry that you feel stressed about the discomfort following your planned chin implant surgery. I have performed many chin implant surgeries (chin augmentation) using silastic chin implants that I place through a small curved incision under the chin. The surgery is performed in 30 minutes or less and most often only a local anesthetic is used. I do use both a short acting (about 2 hours duration) as well as a longer acting (12 plus hours duration) local anesthetic to block and number the surgical area. When performed in this manner, my patients experience a mild, dull ache the day after surgery and are not in significant discomfort. I believe the variations on pain and discomfort that you are reading about arise form the various methods that can be used to place the chin implant (submental skin incision described above or the much more invasive intra-oral approach). It's important to understand that an approach that is more invasive, requires more tissue dissection and goes through the sensitive mucosa lining of the mouth would likely create a greater degree of post op swelling, bruising and discomfort. In addition anything that increases the amount of tissue dissection or length of time that the tissue is being dissected will exponentially increase the chance of swelling, bruising and discomfort post op. This would explain the wide variation in comments regarding the post op course associated with chin implant surgery. It simply depends on how it's performed and how long it takes to perform.Hope this clears things up a bit.
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February 8, 2017
Answer: Chin Implant - real level of pain/discomfort seems different views from surgeons versus patients. Hi, I'm sorry that you feel stressed about the discomfort following your planned chin implant surgery. I have performed many chin implant surgeries (chin augmentation) using silastic chin implants that I place through a small curved incision under the chin. The surgery is performed in 30 minutes or less and most often only a local anesthetic is used. I do use both a short acting (about 2 hours duration) as well as a longer acting (12 plus hours duration) local anesthetic to block and number the surgical area. When performed in this manner, my patients experience a mild, dull ache the day after surgery and are not in significant discomfort. I believe the variations on pain and discomfort that you are reading about arise form the various methods that can be used to place the chin implant (submental skin incision described above or the much more invasive intra-oral approach). It's important to understand that an approach that is more invasive, requires more tissue dissection and goes through the sensitive mucosa lining of the mouth would likely create a greater degree of post op swelling, bruising and discomfort. In addition anything that increases the amount of tissue dissection or length of time that the tissue is being dissected will exponentially increase the chance of swelling, bruising and discomfort post op. This would explain the wide variation in comments regarding the post op course associated with chin implant surgery. It simply depends on how it's performed and how long it takes to perform.Hope this clears things up a bit.
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