If you are allowed to take the screws out after sliding genioplasty, can this be done without cutting the mentalis muscles again? Do you have to wear the headband again? Do you have to go under general anesthesia again? Will there be as much swelling?
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Looking at your photos you would benefit from an advancement genioplasty. This will improve your chin projection which at the moment the analysis lines of the face suggest the chin is retruded. Advancement of the chin will partly help with your 'double chin'. Some of that is caused also by the...
The sliding genioplasty will give you more chin projection and create a balanced look to your lower face. Patients with a deep mentolabial fold tend to have a chin that is short vertically. In order to provide the best result, the sliding genioplasty allows changes in the length and height...
You are a candidate for either procedure and can achieve the same results with a chin implant or sliding genioplasty. Some patients have a preference for one procedure over the other, but results will be same in your case.