My over all face shape has always been an insecurity of mine, but my attention is heavily focused on my chin. I'm almost twenty years old and I simply have never come to like my chin. I feel as if it's too long and too slender or pointy for my face. I was wondering what my opinions, if any, would be for changing the shape of it. I would like a more "rounded" look, as I would like my face shape to appear more "oval".
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When the chin is advanced straight it will look like the face has been elongated. This often is desirable on patients who have short face. However, on patients who have a long middle portion of the face, which is not uncommon, it is essential to angle the cut in such a way that while the chin is...
The thickness of the bone is not as much of limiting factor in moving the chin as are the other effects that I will mention. The side portions of the bone segments are still in contact and the plate can hold the segments together until they heal even with a gap of 4-5 mm. The limiting factors or...
Your chin reduction is reversible. It could be done by either undoing the sliding genioplasty or putting in a chin implant for augmentation.It would make the most sense to just undo the osteotomy and put the bone back in its original place since the problem you now have is that the vertical...
