I am almost 50 and I have always despised my long face. I have narrow lower face, prominent cheekbones and hollow infra-orbital and temporal areas. My lower face has significant volume loss that makes my face even longer and unattractive. I am interested in facial surgery to shorten my face and give me a youthful appearance. My forehead is also quite large. Retrospectively, I most likely had a subtle Bell's palsy on right.
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Jeffrey H. Spiegel, MDBoard Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
If you have a functional problem with difficulty eating and chewing, then corrective may surgery may be a better option. If you are only interested in aesthetics, then a sliding genioplasty can achieve the facial balance that you are lacking. The chin can be repositioned in any number of...
Based on these photos it does not look that you have significant asymmetry. You may consider to start with nose surgery and see how would that affect overall facial balance. Hope this helps