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It may be advised to delay the placement of a chin implant until chemotherapy is complete. Many chemotherapeutic drugs can lower the white blood count and raise the risk of infection. In addition, I would advise the placement of the implant through a skin incision which is considered more sterile and therefore diminishes the risk of infection as opposed to an intraoral incision.
CAN you get one? Probably. SHOULD you get one? I bet 99% surgeons would not recommend you do so because a chin implant is a very elective procedure and the last thing you want to do is get some kind of complication to your cancer because of an elective procedure. Not to mention the fact that if you're actively undergoing chemo, you are probably immunocompromised meaning that the implant is even at higher risk of infection, your body is probably focusing on fighting cancer so it will not do a good job at healing, and you may even have weight fluctuations that might end up altering what chin size you should even get.
Thank you for your pictures. You have a bit of unique situation. At rest your chin aesthetics are very good but when you smile you have a very active mentalis muscle that changes the aesthetics of your chin. The solution is most likely NOT a surgical. It may be beneficial to have minute...
Hello, hope you are well. Thanks for posting your questions and photos. From these photos, it appears that the proportions of your face are relatively normal. Having said that, a pre-formed or custom-fabricated implant can be selected/designed to lengthen the chin. (They can also widen or...
Based on your photos, I believe you would enjoy the appearance of a chin implant, since you have somewhat weak chin projection on profile. I am not certain, however, that the shadowing you describe will improve. Since your chin will be projected forward, the labiomental crease may deepen....