I have a dip from my lower lip to my chin. (photos)

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Is my chin too short or my jaw recessed?

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD · Answer

The reason you have that dip in your chin (known as a deep labiomental fold) is that your chin is vertically short. It is small but mainly in height and much less so horizontal projection. The correct treatment is by vertical chin lengthening through an intraoral opening wedge bony genioplasty.

William Portuese, MD · Answer

From the one limited side profile photograph, it appears that the mandible is weak and recessive compared to the rest of the facial features. Consider a chin implant to bring the chin forward to help with facial balance and proportions. Chin implants are manufactured in a large variety of sizes and shapes, and  can be placed under local anesthesia as an outpatient surgical procedure. In our practice, we use Implantech solid silicone anatomical chin implants for over 25 years with an excellent success rate. For more information, diagrams of the chin implants themselves, and many  before and after chin implant examples, please see the link and the video below

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