Sliding genioplasty or jaw surgery: which would be the best fix for a more prominent chin and better symmetry? (Photos)

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Hello doctors, I am looking for a surgical procedure to help with my chin/jaw area. As you can tell from the provided photos, my chin is tilted/recessed, also contributing to the right side of my face being larger. I don't want fillers are anything temporary, I'm looking for surgery of some sort to fix my issue. And advice would be great. My end goal is a more prominent chin and hopefully better symmetry. Thank you all.

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD · Answer

When the combination of the need for chin augmentation exists in a chin that is asymmetric, there are two fundamental approaches. A sliding genioplasty can be done and it can be tilted when it is advanced to try and correct the asymmetry...but this is fraught with creating an incomplete correction and making the chin better in projection but still with some asymmetry. Because the chin asymmetry is associated with a deficient jawline behind it as well, the most effective approach would be a custom chin implant design that can simultaneously correct  the jawline behind it as well. This would provide the most complete asymmetry correction.

Sliding genioplasty or jaw surgery: which would be the best fix for a more prominent chin and better symmetry? (Photos)

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