Hi all, Having visited a surgeon recently about my facial asymmetry he conclude my mandible is off 'one incisor' to the left giving my mandible an asymmetric appearance . He gave me 2 options: 1. Mandibular osteotomy following 12 months of braces . 2. A rotational genioplasty which would correct 90% of my asymmetry. He said given my good bite he would personally go for the genioplasty. Can anyone tell me what a 'rotational genioplasty' is ? Apparently very few surgeons perform it. Thanks!
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Your (half face covering) frontal view photograph gives limited information., so the answer may be insufficient to fulfill your question. Usually, the reason for asymmetry is very complicated and there are combined asymmetry of bony skeleton and soft tissues. Due to limited information, we...
Hello and thank you for your question. The type of surgeries you had are known to cause significant swelling, which can take variable amount of time to resolve. You may see some asymmetry as the swelling does not completely resolve evenly. The best approach would be wait until all of the...
Protruded chin (without malocclusion) may be reduced by set back genioplasty. but hypertrophied muscles are not controllable. We recommend you to visit skillful and certified plastic surgeon and take X-ray for further analysis of your lateral profile and surgical planning. Thank you.
