Chin sticks out, want it fixed. Surgeon said the chin (bones) is in right proportion to my face, and the part sticking out is only fat, and that the problem is really not the chin itself but the labiomental groove being deep and it's hard to fix. She said she could make an incision under the chin and liposuction / remove a little bit fat from the chin / remove excess skin but warned me that my submental space is kinda short and it might end up giving me a receding chin type look. Opinions?
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February 8, 2024
Answer: Chin shaping
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Jeffrey H. Spiegel, MDBoard Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Facial aesthetics is primarily determined by facial bone structure.
Soft tissue coverage tends to be fairly consistent from person of person and what determines each person’s unique facial features is more related to skeletal structure.
Issues related to the lower 1/3 of the face and neck are p...
Thank you for your enquiry.
At your BMI, there is no fatty tissue to work on with liposuction.
The main contributions to the shape under the chin in your situation are related to digastric muscles and volume of submandibular glands. There may be a small amount of fatty tissue in the central part...
Thank you for your enquiry and sharing your photographs.
The deep plane approach to neck contouring through an access under the chin allows for reduction of the volume which in your case is essentially concentrated under the platysma muscles. The volume excess is made of central deep seated...
