I'm a female with a small heart shaped face, narrow small chin & mild underbite. My chin was set back about 10mm from where it should be & is quite short vertically. I have a med anatomical implant which gave 'moderate' improvement to the profile but it's widened my face & my chin looks square & masculine. Mentolabial fold has also been over-accentuated. It doesn't work! What implant could be used to give a subtle vertical increase, good projection and NO lateral width? Genio is not an option.
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At your young age with a malocclusion, you need to consider a jaw surgery evaluation. At the least you need a sliding genioplasty but lower jaw advancement surgery should be initially investigated. A rhinoplasty can be performed before, during or after jaw surgery.
There is no single best chin implant material. Silastic (aka silicone) implants have the longest track record for facial implants. They have the main advantage of being easy to place, easily removed, little tissue in-growth, and malleable (allowing implant to be placed through a...
To get a good assessment of your facial asymmetry needs, better pictures for assessment are needed. Straight on non-smiling pictures would be critical. As best as can be determined from these pictures, your chin is deviated to one side and there is cheek asymmetry. But no procedures can be...