How soon after a rhinoplasty can a sliding genioplasty be performed?

Thanks for your question. A sliding genioplasty can be performed anytime following a rhinoplasty procedure. The healing of the rhinoplasty surgery will not be affected by the genioplasty surgery. I perform genioplasty surgery in my accredited surgery center with intravenous sedation. The surgery takes about 1 hour and the incision is inside the lower lip so there is no outward scar. Following genioplasty there is some swelling and occasionally some bruising. I inform patients that they will need about a week recovery before they can resume normal physical activities though some patients return to work/school within 3 days. Recovery is not the same for each patient.   

There is no time frame for your second surgery, genioplasty. It i safe to perform it as soon as a week after nose surgery and any time after. Discuss your concerns with your plastic surgeon. Good luck.

Wait at least one month so that the nose has some time to heal and solidify before having the genioplasty performed.  Depending on your health, anesthesia could be performed sooner than a month but I would still wait the month to allow everything to settle.

There months after a rhinoplasty would be good interval of time to undergo the sliding genioplasty. That gives you plenty of time to recover and have a good idea about the new shape of your nose. But it would also depend on why you are separating the two procedures. That reason would also influence the interval between the two procedures.

A sliding genioplasty is performed under general anesthesia, just like a rhinoplasty, therefore it's best to probably separate the two procedures by at least a month or two. A sliding genioplasty is  performed by  an oral surgeon under general anesthesia in a hospital setting with an overnight hospital stay. Many instances require the upper  jaw and lower jaw sliding genioplasty to make sure that the teeth fit together properly. A chin implant can be performed for cosmetic purposes to augment the chin forward when patients don't want the more invasive sliding genioplasty procedure. For many  before-and-after rhinoplasty/ chin implant examples, please see the link and the video below 

 Hi, I have performed many Chin Augmentations using chin implants for over 30 years.  When the chin is weak, this creates an imbalance making the nose appear larger, the mid face top heavy and the lower face look short that de-emphasizes the lips and allows early formation of a double chin.  Chin augmentation using a chin implant will add projection to the chin creating harmony and balance to the lower face. 





 I have found that placement of a silastic chin implant, through a small curved incision under the chin (also allows excess skin removal) to be very safe, quick, highly effective and far less invasive than a sliding genioplasty.  I perform chin implant surgery in 30 minutes or less, often using a local anesthetic alone.  Since this is a local case, it could be done at anytime following your Rhinoplasty.





Hope this helps.

You are correct when you say that chin augmentation with a chin implant or sliding genioplasty can be performed at the same time as a rhinoplasty. If these procedures are not done simultaneously for whatever reason, safe anesthetic techniques will influence the timing of the secondary operation. Depending on the health of each individual most anesthesiologists will recommend waiting several weeks.