I have been unhappy w my chin, I feel like is missing projection I'm thinking of getting fillers or an implant . which option am I a better candidate for ?
January 8, 2018
Answer: Unhappy w my chin that's missing projection. What's best, chin implant or fillers? Hi, I have performed many facial shaping procedures, including Chin Augmentation with dermal fillers or silastic chin implants, for over 30 years. From the photos, your chin is quite weak and there is a slight amount of ptosis of the chin muscle. When the chin is weak, this creates an imbalance making the nose appear larger, the mid face top heavy, the lower face looks short, de-emphasizes the lips and allows early formation of a "double chin". Proper placement of a silastic chin implant adds forward projection to the chin thereby creating harmony and balance to the lower face. Using the same incision, liposuction can be performed to reduce the fat and further shape the neck. Excess skin, from below the chin, can also be removed through the same incision. 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 (requires extensive tissue dissection, bone cuts and placement of metal screws and plates to secure the cut segments of bone). I perform chin implant surgery in 30 minutes or less, often using a local anesthetic alone. In my opinion, you are a good candidate for chin implant surgery. I frequently use precise placement of a dermal filler to augment the chin but this is far less cost effective over the years versus a silastic chin implant. In addition, while a silastic chin implant can correct the chin ptosis, using a dermal filler will not. Hope this helps.
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January 8, 2018
Answer: Unhappy w my chin that's missing projection. What's best, chin implant or fillers? Hi, I have performed many facial shaping procedures, including Chin Augmentation with dermal fillers or silastic chin implants, for over 30 years. From the photos, your chin is quite weak and there is a slight amount of ptosis of the chin muscle. When the chin is weak, this creates an imbalance making the nose appear larger, the mid face top heavy, the lower face looks short, de-emphasizes the lips and allows early formation of a "double chin". Proper placement of a silastic chin implant adds forward projection to the chin thereby creating harmony and balance to the lower face. Using the same incision, liposuction can be performed to reduce the fat and further shape the neck. Excess skin, from below the chin, can also be removed through the same incision. 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 (requires extensive tissue dissection, bone cuts and placement of metal screws and plates to secure the cut segments of bone). I perform chin implant surgery in 30 minutes or less, often using a local anesthetic alone. In my opinion, you are a good candidate for chin implant surgery. I frequently use precise placement of a dermal filler to augment the chin but this is far less cost effective over the years versus a silastic chin implant. In addition, while a silastic chin implant can correct the chin ptosis, using a dermal filler will not. Hope this helps.
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