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Has anyone ever successfully resuspended the mentalis muscle to correct chin ptosis? (Photo)

realself256Jun 6, 2015
I cannot find one single person who has had success with it. I had tried having my mentalis resuspended with my original surgeon and it was a failure, so I don't know if his technique was the problem or this procedure is just useless. In the age of face transplants, is it seriously the case that I now have to live the rest of my life disfigured from a complication I was never aware of in the first place?

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