I feel like I need a chin/jaw augmentation, but I do not want to deepen the labiomental fold. I’ve talked to several plastic surgeons and this is what each one told me: 1.) Jaw advancement surgery totaling over $12,000 (leave the chin alone), 2.) Chin implant, 3.) A chin implant and a filler or skin graphing to fill in the labiomental fold, 4.) A chin implant big enough to reach and fill in the fold (i.e., the Flowers Mandibular Glove implant). What are your opinions?
Answer: Chin/Jaw Augmentation? Hi, I have performed many Chin Augmentations using chin implants for over 30 years. From the photos, your chin is weak. A weak chin creates an imbalance making the nose appear larger, the mid face top heavy and the lower face look short that de-emphasizes the lips and allows early formation of a double chin. Chin augmentation using a chin implant will add projection to the chin creating harmony and balance to the lower face. I have found that placement of a silastic chin implant, through a small curved incision under the chin (also allows excess skin removal) to be very safe, quick and highly effective. I perform chin implant surgery in 30 minutes or less, often using a local anesthetic alone. In my opinion, your are a good candidate for chin implant surgery. Your mental sulus is quite flat as tends to be typical when the chin is lacking anterior (front) projection. This groove aesthetically is about 5mm's deep and should show a clear distinction between the lips and a properly projected chin. My thoughts are the following:Your chin is weak and will remain weak and create lower face imbalance until it is properly projected. Jaw surgery will not change this.The mental groove should aesthetically be deeper and no procedure needs to be done to prevent this from occurring. This is simply complicating things for no aesthetic gain.Based upon the beauty principles outlined in my book on face and body beauty, men look chiseled and handsome with angularity in the cheeks, chin and mandibular angles. From the photos, your cheeks are flat anteriorly (in the front), the chin is weak as are the mandibular angles and there is excess facial fat in front and below the cheeks. The following procedures would create a more ruggedly handsome face.Cheek augmentation with cheek implants to add angularity to the cheeks and mid face. Chin augmentation, using a chin implant, to add projection to the chin creating harmony and balance to the lower face.Augmentation of the mandibular angles using a dermal filler (jaw implants have too many unwanted side effects IMHO) to add volume, angularity and flare to the jaw line.Hope this helps.
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Answer: Chin/Jaw Augmentation? Hi, I have performed many Chin Augmentations using chin implants for over 30 years. From the photos, your chin is weak. A weak chin creates an imbalance making the nose appear larger, the mid face top heavy and the lower face look short that de-emphasizes the lips and allows early formation of a double chin. Chin augmentation using a chin implant will add projection to the chin creating harmony and balance to the lower face. I have found that placement of a silastic chin implant, through a small curved incision under the chin (also allows excess skin removal) to be very safe, quick and highly effective. I perform chin implant surgery in 30 minutes or less, often using a local anesthetic alone. In my opinion, your are a good candidate for chin implant surgery. Your mental sulus is quite flat as tends to be typical when the chin is lacking anterior (front) projection. This groove aesthetically is about 5mm's deep and should show a clear distinction between the lips and a properly projected chin. My thoughts are the following:Your chin is weak and will remain weak and create lower face imbalance until it is properly projected. Jaw surgery will not change this.The mental groove should aesthetically be deeper and no procedure needs to be done to prevent this from occurring. This is simply complicating things for no aesthetic gain.Based upon the beauty principles outlined in my book on face and body beauty, men look chiseled and handsome with angularity in the cheeks, chin and mandibular angles. From the photos, your cheeks are flat anteriorly (in the front), the chin is weak as are the mandibular angles and there is excess facial fat in front and below the cheeks. The following procedures would create a more ruggedly handsome face.Cheek augmentation with cheek implants to add angularity to the cheeks and mid face. Chin augmentation, using a chin implant, to add projection to the chin creating harmony and balance to the lower face.Augmentation of the mandibular angles using a dermal filler (jaw implants have too many unwanted side effects IMHO) to add volume, angularity and flare to the jaw line.Hope this helps.
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