Hello! Whenever I close my mouth, my chin wrinkles up. The only time my chin is relaxed is when my mouth is hanging slightly open. I find it annoying to have to keep my mouth slightly open all the time to avoid a wrinkly, weird-looking chin (as well as looking confused or kind of dumb by having my mouth hanging open all the time). I read that this is called a "weak chin" and that it can be fixed, but I don't know. Thank you for your help!
August 27, 2014
Answer: Chin Wrinkles You have a recessive chin and probably also have what is called Lip Incompetence, meaning your lip struggles to close and the wrinkles are probably from your mentalis muscle.Small amounts of Botox in the mentalis muscle can help. Also my experience is that lip incompetence can be improved with chin implants, so you may get two benefits out of placing a chin implant.Joe Niamtu, III DMDCosmetic Facial SurgeryRichmond, Virginia
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August 27, 2014
Answer: Chin Wrinkles You have a recessive chin and probably also have what is called Lip Incompetence, meaning your lip struggles to close and the wrinkles are probably from your mentalis muscle.Small amounts of Botox in the mentalis muscle can help. Also my experience is that lip incompetence can be improved with chin implants, so you may get two benefits out of placing a chin implant.Joe Niamtu, III DMDCosmetic Facial SurgeryRichmond, Virginia
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August 27, 2014
Answer: Weak Chin perhaps Hard to tell exactly what is bothering you from the photo. Often people who have a short or so called "weak" chin will have wrinkling of the chin that looks like the wrinkled skin of an orange. This is thought to be from the muscles of the chin working overtime over a number of years. Often a good temporary fix is botulinum toxin. I have attached a link to a photo. Enlarging the chin with an implant can improve the profile but will not fix the muscle issue. Patients often still need botulinum injections from time to time. You need to be evaluated in person to see exactly what is bothering you. Perhaps it is not what I have described.
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August 27, 2014
Answer: Weak Chin perhaps Hard to tell exactly what is bothering you from the photo. Often people who have a short or so called "weak" chin will have wrinkling of the chin that looks like the wrinkled skin of an orange. This is thought to be from the muscles of the chin working overtime over a number of years. Often a good temporary fix is botulinum toxin. I have attached a link to a photo. Enlarging the chin with an implant can improve the profile but will not fix the muscle issue. Patients often still need botulinum injections from time to time. You need to be evaluated in person to see exactly what is bothering you. Perhaps it is not what I have described.
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