I absolutely hate my profile because of my chin. It protrudes and as I age it worsens. Is there surgery to correct this? (Photo)

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I’m female. I’ve looked online for chin reduction surgery, but it always seems to pertain to male to female transition narrowing of the jawline. I need to reduce protrusion. I’ve had filler injections in the crease, but I don’t see much improvement. I was told that I have a very active (large) mentalis so we tried Botox but that only relaxes the muscle. Any suggestions and images are welcomed.

Bahman Guyuron, MD · Answer

A protruding chin can either be set back by cutting the the chin bone horizontally through an incision inside the the lip or by shaving the bone down using a small incision under the chin. You may consider consulting a plastic surgeon who has experience doing this surgery.

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD · Answer

You have a horizontally protrusive chin and a large soft tissue chin pad. This is best treated by a submental approach where the bony protrusion can be reduced and the soft tissue chin pad adjusted to the smaller size of the chin bone.

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