As you can see, my chin is not very pronounced, my neck is very fatty, i have no jawline. I was told fillers could be an option and that's all very well but I'm looking. Into more long term solutions. Can anybody advise? Thank you
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Your wishes are feasible and realistic, you seek and
indeed would benefit from a two dimensional augmentation genioplasty
with bone supply, so that your chin increases anteriorly and also
vertically; eventually and if indicated and you wished so (very commonly
done in males) we could also...
Vertical lengthening of the chin can be made with two different methods:
-the "step off" or bridged method: the chin is moved
forward and downward but the gap created is not filled by bone grafting,
but instead a rigid fixation plate holds the gap expeting for a
fibrotic fill up and...
Ask your orthodontist if you are a class III malocclusion. Many times a protruding chin is the result of mandibular excess. If so, an osteotomy to reduce the mandible is indicated. If that's not the case, a chin reduction would be the procedure of choice. If you are interested, make...