Chin implant cut too short? I had rhinoplasty and chin implant surgery three months ago.

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I feel like my chin implant is cut too short because I don’t have a smooth jaw line. The size is what I wanted but from the front it doesn’t look quite right. My surgeon did say that he was very conscious of my nerves in the chin area and trimmed the implant accordingly. I feel that I can see marionette lines as well. I also just found out that my surgeon is leaving the practice this month so he wouldn’t even be the one to revise it.

Jonathan Kulbersh, MD · Answer

There may still be some swelling after your procedure impacting your results. If you remain concerned, I recommend following up with your surgeon. I hope this helps.

Francis R. Palmer, III, MD (retired) · Answer

Hi, I have performed many facial shaping procedures, including Chin Augmentation with dermal fillers or silastic chin implants, for over 30 years.  In my experience EAC silastic chin implants, placed through an incision under the chin, provide the most natural looking chin augmentation.  The wings of the implant are placed along the lower edge of the jaw line and taper for a natural look and feel.  Once an implant is trimmed, the taper effect has been changed.  You can always get a 3-D scan of the face that to show the implant shape and where it's located.  You should then discuss this with your Chin Implant Surgeon.   When the chin is weak, this creates an imbalance making the nose appear larger, the mid face top heavy, the lower face looks short, de-emphasizes the lips and allows early formation of a "double chin".  
 Proper placement of a silastic chin implant adds forward projection to the chin thereby creating harmony and balance to the lower face.  Using the same incision, liposuction can be performed to reduce the fat and further shape the neck.  Excess skin, from below the chin, can also be removed through the same incision.  
 I have found that placement of a silastic chin implant, through a small curved incision under the chin (also allows excess skin removal) to be very safe, quick, highly effective and far less invasive than a sliding genioplasty (requires extensive tissue dissection, bone cuts and placement of metal screws and plates to secure the cut segments of bone).  I perform chin implant surgery in 30 minutes or less, often using a local anesthetic alone.  In my opinion, you are a good candidate for chin implant surgery.  
Hope this helps.

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