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Excess chin tissue - can this be fixed to make my face more proportionate? (Photo)

Nice564312May 16, 2022
I am looking to get some suggestions on how to make my chin look more proportionate to my face. I feel like I have a lot of excess soft tissue but it makes my chin look very pointy. I heard it could be chin ptosis but I don’t know. I can grab the skin with my hand. I want to get a nose job, but i feel like my chin is so overpowering it needs to be fixed as well to make my face more proportionate.

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Answered on May 19, 2022
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