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

Greekish1Jun 25, 2020
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.

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