27/f. I have a chin that looks bigger when smiling and I have a horizontal smile with little incisor show.in repose there are bulges of tissue on either side of my chin just below the bottom lip and no tooth show.. Based on research, i think I have hypoplasia as well as maybe a ptotic chin and/or overactive mentalis muscle. What is the best way to get a more feminine, smooth chin, and more importantly - is there any way to do that ANY improve upper incisoral display?
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Narrowing the wide face is usually done with cheekbone reduction osteoormies and jawline reduction osteotomies. Your pointy chin can be reduced through an intraoral approach.
With the dimensional needs of vertical and width reduction with horizontal advancement, that can only be achieved by a modified form of a sliding genioplasty.
You have a few options to improve the appearance of the soft tissue fullness, but all of them are incremental. Some of the that fullness will be muscle bulk, and you can reduce that with botox. It will be a small reduction, and you have to keep retreating every few months. If your main co...
