Please help, this is making me so selfconcious. I really want to get treatment to fix my horrible weak jaw/undefined neck but I don't know what the issue is. A chin implant has been suggested previously however I have a long chin so I don't think this is the answer. I have a narrow face that looks okay from the front apart from long/witches chin. I'm not over weight so don't think this is the solution. I don't understand why I'm missing that angle under my chin & it's making me miserable.
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Dear Crackpot,Thanks for your pictures. Typically mentalis muscle strain is due to several factors: (1) retrusive lower jaw, (2) excessive height of upper jaw and (3) possibly a retrusive chin. A sliding genioplasty does not improve mentalis muscle strain. You can have some BOTOX® in the area...
I believe there is nothing wrong with your forehead. Your upper/lower jaw did not grow forward as much as it should have. You would need braces and jaw surgery to correct the disharmony
Hi and thank you for your excellent question.
There is a condition known as craniofacial micosomia (also known as hemifacial microsomia) where the tissues of one (rarely both) sides of the face are less well formed compared to the other side. It can affect all the layers and occasionally be...