Should I have a sliding genioplasty? Would moving the bone make the chin that much of a difference? (Photo)

For young people, a sliding genioplasty can be a better choice than a chin implant. Moving the bone forward, once healed, will never change as one ages and can never cause any bone or soft tissue problems. With a chin deficiency like yours, a sliding genioplasty can vertically shorten your chin as it comes and correct lip incompetence which an implant can not really do very well. For a female a sliding genioplasty will also make the chin more narrow not wider as it comes forward while a chin implant will do the opposite.

a sliding genioplasty in your situation would be ideal since it allows both the profile and frontal tissue esthetic changes. It will shorten the chin height and give you good full chin contour. It does 'last' and you need not worry about long term changes. You should be very pleased overall