I can't afford to pay the general a anesthesia cost. Does it hurt to have it removed under local? What is the process? Thanks. I'm to the point where I have thought of removing it myself if it's so "simple" as every doctor claims.
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Answer: Does it hurt to have a chin implant removed using local anesthetic?
It is just as easy to remove a Medpor chin implant at 6 weeks after surgery as it is at 2 weeks. It does become more difficult months later but certainly not unduly so in my experience. But in the interest of the best chance of soft tissue readaptation back down to the bone, the sooner you...
Your photo suggests that either a chin implant or a sliding genioplasty (the chin bone is cut and slid forward) will improve your look. It depends on the look you want and whether you have the time and money for the genioplasty - it costs more and recovery is a bit longer.
Fatty deposits in the neck can be located in the sub-mental or sub-platysmal space. A platysma plasty is required after any fat is removed from the sub-platysmal space. This is known as a neck lift. No skin removal was required on patient's less than 50 years of age. A chin implant is placed a...
