31 years old. The left side of my face is larger, droopier and rounder than the right side. My chin is also uneven as you can see in the photo. What are my options? I know asymmetry is normal but this seems to be getting worse with age. I would prefer the left side to be "lifted" so it's more like the right side, but a unilateral facelift seems a bit extreme.
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It is absolutely possible to contour the jaw without plates or screws. I do this through incisions inside the mouth and sculpt the bone with a powered rasp. The worst part about recovery is swelling of the masseter muscle which could last as much as several months but gradually goes...
Believe it or not, I have a lot of patients that request to have your jawline. With that being said, reducing the width of the back of the jaw is a pretty routine procedure in my practice. Incisions are made in the mouth, and the bone is sculpted with a powered rasp. The muscle that...
Botox just addresses muscle bulk, so if a large masseter (chewing) muscle is why your jaw is wide it can make a nice difference. Is some patients, though, the jaw bone itself is much more prominent than the muscle and botox does very little for these patients. The other downside to botox is th...