How Long for Results to Appear?

Thank you for your question. This is a question for your surgeon as they are aware of what was done and how much hardware was used.  You could also explore other options addressing the chin alone.  You might consider another opinion from a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and explore...

Kilokahn, Without having the full picture of what your clinical presentation is, it is very hard to give you an answer. I state that you have "deep bite."  This may preclude you from having a BSSO. Typically patient that are undergoing orthognathic surgery, either one jaw or two jaw...

Bony changes and skin surface changes are not the same with sliding genioplasty.  It is possible to advance the the bone over 10 mms but the skin surface changes are typically 1:1 up to 8mms then about 1:0.6 beyond 8mms advancement.  Glad to help...RAS

This is a great question. Both chin implants and sliding genioplasty will typically improve the neckline. However, the improvement in some patients is inadequate. Thus, I will often perform liposuction of the chin/ jaw area to further refine the profile appearance. It is hard to say without...

I really like treating chin asymmetries with filler injections.  Because you're placing the filler with a needle, you can customize each treatment and place a little exactly where it's needed.  Each individual injection will last about a year and with each injection...

The position of the nerve does vary; but it is easily visualized on the xray; and especially at surgery where it is directly visible, if the surgeon wants to see its position (sometimes it is best to avoid exposing it). Also, the surgery can be designed for many positions of the nerve so not to...