Hi, I've always been very self-conscious about my extremely square jaw. I'm fourteen right now, and I'm afraid of it growing bigger. Is there anything that I can do right now to avoid it becoming bigger, and what surgery would yo recommend for me in the future?
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H. George Brennan, MD, FACS - Account Suspended says:
Hi Thank you for your question. If you were my patient I would suggest leaving well enough alone. It is not likely that acne is the result of having a chin implant in. I have designed and been using implants for 40 years and have never seen this happen. If you are happy with your resul...
Surgery is surgery and if you are opening your skin again, it will need to heal. That means a revision chin implant takes as much time for recovery as the initial surgery. You’ll be swollen for a few days, but you shouldn’t ooze much if any blood. Within a week, you should be able to return to ...
Jaw angle implants come in several shapes and sizes. Most of them that widen the jaw on front view significantly would lower the jaw at the angle a couple of millimeters (this is subtle)...you probably won't notice. If you literally want zero ramus lowering you could talk to your surgeon and t...
