Genioplasty after chin implant (without removing the implant)?

Nerve injury and recovery depends on a number of variables. We usually describe nerve injuries as neurapraxia, which is categorized in different levels of degrees from one to five. Depending on the level of nerve injury, and the distance from the point of injury to the peripheral receptors will...

Your chin projection is reasonably good. This is sometimes called the mentalis region of the mandible. The biggest deficit in projection is further back behind your molars in the body of the mandible. Formal jaw surgery would be a better option since that is where the deficit lies. This is why...

It’s pretty unusual to develop problems for years after the placement of a chin implant. I suggest you follow up with your provider schedule in person consultations with other plastic surgeons or oral surgeons in your community. It would be unusual to develop a clinical infection this far out a...