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19y Male, Chin Implant + Chin Liposuction - Sweden, SE
UPDATED FROM radpanderp
2 years post
Everything's back to normal
$4,106
I've been healing well the last couple of months. My chin sometimes spasms and then a little dimple appears, but it's happening less often.
The asymmetry is still there but less prominent as my own more rounded chin appears.
I've been reading up on "mewing", a tongue posture method that helps remove that turkey neck look and it's been helping a lot.
All in all I'm glad I removed the implant. It was so unomfortable to always have something in there.
I'm very pleased with the liposuction however, and in retrospect I think that would've been enough.
Here's a picture of me now. I still think my chin is a little bigger than before, which is nice.
I have a jaw now and I'm ready to leave all of this behind me. Never doing plastic surgery again.
The asymmetry is still there but less prominent as my own more rounded chin appears.
I've been reading up on "mewing", a tongue posture method that helps remove that turkey neck look and it's been helping a lot.
All in all I'm glad I removed the implant. It was so unomfortable to always have something in there.
I'm very pleased with the liposuction however, and in retrospect I think that would've been enough.
Here's a picture of me now. I still think my chin is a little bigger than before, which is nice.
I have a jaw now and I'm ready to leave all of this behind me. Never doing plastic surgery again.
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Replies (5)
L
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U
July 15, 2019
Saw you found what mewing is. Good for you. Now allow me to give you a couple of tips.
If you go to the gym (as far as you are worried about your appareance, you should) and train your neck. Everybody trains all his body but the neck. and it makes a huge difference. I'm doing it since 4 months and man.... no words.
Also train your masseter. Mewing talks about using a gum, but training it by biting some kind of stuff that can be found on internet, helps too (don't want to make publicity).
And thats what I'm doing right now.
good luck.
If you go to the gym (as far as you are worried about your appareance, you should) and train your neck. Everybody trains all his body but the neck. and it makes a huge difference. I'm doing it since 4 months and man.... no words.
Also train your masseter. Mewing talks about using a gum, but training it by biting some kind of stuff that can be found on internet, helps too (don't want to make publicity).
And thats what I'm doing right now.
good luck.
S
July 10, 2020
I am very confused...how come your profile looks 10 times better AFTER removal of the implant? You look like a completely different person
UPDATED FROM radpanderp
1 year post
After and before the removal
Left is now. Right is with the implant. 7mm implant gone but almost no difference yet.
Replies (2)
K
August 29, 2018
Have you experienced the muscle contraction after the surgery ?
R
September 13, 2018
Not the first 2 months. Now I get twitches and dimples. I still feel like I'm healing, but slowly.
K
September 14, 2018
Did your surgeon explain what caused the contraction ?
I am on my 3rd months post op. The contraction/flexing is bothering me as the indentation of the area (the right side) looks scary. But my surgeon said it is normal and I should wait till my tissues to fill up the empty space. Sigh~ I hate myself for gotten into this BS. :(
I am on my 3rd months post op. The contraction/flexing is bothering me as the indentation of the area (the right side) looks scary. But my surgeon said it is normal and I should wait till my tissues to fill up the empty space. Sigh~ I hate myself for gotten into this BS. :(
R
January 6, 2019
I guess the contraction is because there's an empty space now, and the body tries to go back to how it was before.
How are you doing? I feel normal now.
How are you doing? I feel normal now.
H
August 30, 2018
implant too small to spot any differences.
R
UPDATED FROM radpanderp
1 year post
Removal update
I've had so many breakdowns the last month. If you're considering getting a chin implant and you're reading this - please don't do it. Your looks and your ability to speak and smile may be affected forever. Start with a chin lipo, sometimes the stronger jawline is enough. It would have been for me.
So far my chin is the same size, despite a month passing. The shape is a bit rounder, like my original chin. I still like how it looks from the side, but I'm sad that I'm still assymetrical from the front.
My bottom lip feels large, and I have trouble making sounds that require the lips. Such as m, f, v, p and b. However, I can't see any difference visually, so it might just be the fact that the muscles under the lip hasn't recovered yet.
Sometimes when saying f or v, air travels down under the lip like on a Toad. This may also be because of the muscles, however.
My chin is crooked to the right like before the revisional surgery, and it's now droopy to the left side instead of the right. The droopiness is minor and I can't catch in on photo. However, the left side is squishy so it might still have some swelling. I expect the droopiness to go away but the crookedness to stay.
Regarding the droopiness, I asked my suergeon and the staff if I should wear a supporting garment after the removal, as I've seen surgeons on here recommend it. But they recommended me not to, so I didn't.
I have a strange indentation on my left jawline. I think it might the the start of the original contour of my chin that's visible now that the wing of the implant is no longer there. The first two weeks the indentation wasn't there, but I had a dark bruise at the same spot.
I have saliva pouring down and gathering at a certain spot in front of my bottom front teeth. It's very annoying. It has gotten better the last couple of days though and I hope it will continue to get better.
I'm too tired of this to even care. And since I had two surgeries so close to each other, I expect my chin to need twice the time to heal. Might get better. Even if if means my chin will be small from the side again, I'd love for everything to go back to what it used to look like. Symmetrical.
I'm disappointed in my surgeon not telling me that it was a medpor implant back in 2016. I knew what medpor was even back then, and I wouldn't want one. When we were looking at different sizes of implants, they were silicone, and so I assumed that's what I would get.
I don't regret having it removed. Leaving it in longer would probably give me even more problems once I eventually would have it taken out. It feels good knowing I have nothing but scar tissue in there.
So far my chin is the same size, despite a month passing. The shape is a bit rounder, like my original chin. I still like how it looks from the side, but I'm sad that I'm still assymetrical from the front.
My bottom lip feels large, and I have trouble making sounds that require the lips. Such as m, f, v, p and b. However, I can't see any difference visually, so it might just be the fact that the muscles under the lip hasn't recovered yet.
Sometimes when saying f or v, air travels down under the lip like on a Toad. This may also be because of the muscles, however.
My chin is crooked to the right like before the revisional surgery, and it's now droopy to the left side instead of the right. The droopiness is minor and I can't catch in on photo. However, the left side is squishy so it might still have some swelling. I expect the droopiness to go away but the crookedness to stay.
Regarding the droopiness, I asked my suergeon and the staff if I should wear a supporting garment after the removal, as I've seen surgeons on here recommend it. But they recommended me not to, so I didn't.
I have a strange indentation on my left jawline. I think it might the the start of the original contour of my chin that's visible now that the wing of the implant is no longer there. The first two weeks the indentation wasn't there, but I had a dark bruise at the same spot.
I have saliva pouring down and gathering at a certain spot in front of my bottom front teeth. It's very annoying. It has gotten better the last couple of days though and I hope it will continue to get better.
I'm too tired of this to even care. And since I had two surgeries so close to each other, I expect my chin to need twice the time to heal. Might get better. Even if if means my chin will be small from the side again, I'd love for everything to go back to what it used to look like. Symmetrical.
I'm disappointed in my surgeon not telling me that it was a medpor implant back in 2016. I knew what medpor was even back then, and I wouldn't want one. When we were looking at different sizes of implants, they were silicone, and so I assumed that's what I would get.
I don't regret having it removed. Leaving it in longer would probably give me even more problems once I eventually would have it taken out. It feels good knowing I have nothing but scar tissue in there.
Replies (4)
R
July 8, 2018
Some positives:
No skin sagging.
No witches chin. (Chin pointing downwards when viewed from the side)
No dimples or excess skin.
No vestibular scarring. (Lip tissue sticking to the gum tissue because of scarring)
I'm now pain free, which I still wasn't 2 years after the original surgery.
Sensory input is coming back fast. Bottom lip is completely back, chin sensory is getting better and better.
Both revision and removal was free of charge.
No skin sagging.
No witches chin. (Chin pointing downwards when viewed from the side)
No dimples or excess skin.
No vestibular scarring. (Lip tissue sticking to the gum tissue because of scarring)
I'm now pain free, which I still wasn't 2 years after the original surgery.
Sensory input is coming back fast. Bottom lip is completely back, chin sensory is getting better and better.
Both revision and removal was free of charge.
L
July 8, 2018
Thank you for your review of your implant removal. I have been waiting for it. I removed it 9 days ago and my chin has gone down but not so much and I have been paranoid thinking that maybe the surgeon placed a smaller implant since he kept insisting on putting a small implant. but I saw your before and after and you look basically the same. I also have days where one side is more swollen than the other and they alternate everyday. It loos asymmetrical when I smile. My chin is still bulbous. I look more like me now with a rounder look but I still have a lot of projection. It doesn't look bad but it still looks like I have something in there and I do not look exactly like I did before the implant. I might have to say goodbye to the idea my face will ever be the same as before but as you said it probably needs a lot of time to heal since I took mine out only 6 weeks after the chin implant. My surgeon did suggest wearing the garment to avoid fluid getting in the pocket. I wonder why doctors have different opinions. He also suggested not to look down of bend my head down for a few weeks. When I do I feel like a little hot flash on my chin. it feels less now that I am a week post op. But I am still avoiding to look down. Good luck in your recovery!!
R
July 8, 2018
6 weeks definitely isn't long, neither is being 9 days post-removal. I definitely think things will improve more and more for you. :)
I probably have a lot of scar tissue in my chin since mine was in for a full 2 years. You should have less, if any.
Was your implant intra-oral? How's your ability to speak?
Interesting about the fluid thing, I did not know that.
Haha - I've had exactly the same thought about my surgeon maybe putting in a new implant! My chin isn't very soft and is still the same size, so it's strange to think that there isn't actually anything in there.
But I doubt it, there would be serious legal consequences if it turns out they did something without our consent. :P
Thank you, best of luck to you too.
I probably have a lot of scar tissue in my chin since mine was in for a full 2 years. You should have less, if any.
Was your implant intra-oral? How's your ability to speak?
Interesting about the fluid thing, I did not know that.
Haha - I've had exactly the same thought about my surgeon maybe putting in a new implant! My chin isn't very soft and is still the same size, so it's strange to think that there isn't actually anything in there.
But I doubt it, there would be serious legal consequences if it turns out they did something without our consent. :P
Thank you, best of luck to you too.
P
July 10, 2018
Thanks for posting detailed information. Curious how you selected surgeon, was it someone who does high-volume of chin implants? I've talked to half a dozen surgeons and am wary of those who do them rarely- one even said he can only do the procedure under general anesthesia. Though all of them have said silicone, never medpor. Maybe that's an American thing.
R
July 10, 2018
It was hard in Sweden to find information about the surgeons as individuals. The plastic surgery centers advertise themselves as companies rather than persons. My own surgeon was an exception though, I found lots of positive reviews of him. He's extremely skilled in many areas but I don't know how many chin implant he has done. In hindsight I should have asked.
If general anethstesia is when you're asleep, that's what I had. (English is not my native language) I heard it's more common when using the intra-oral method which is what I had.
I also requested that I'd like to be asleep if possible.
If general anethstesia is when you're asleep, that's what I had. (English is not my native language) I heard it's more common when using the intra-oral method which is what I had.
I also requested that I'd like to be asleep if possible.
B
July 13, 2018
How long is the recovery process? I want to have mine removed because I hate how I can feel it when I rub my chin and it’s been pressing on a nerve which strikes discomfort/pain when I press on it or move my lip. Definitely could have lived without the implant and it’s definitely an expensive mistake. Had it for a year so far
R
July 14, 2018
It varies greatly from what I heard. Some people's recover in just weeks.
I had revisional surgery just 2 weeks before removal, so I had a total of 2 surgeries in a span of only 15 days. Before that, the implant was in for almost two years. This will probably make my recovery a lot longer.
Yeah, the discomfort is horrible. I'm not happy with how I look right now but it's feels great knowing there's nothing inside my chin.
I had revisional surgery just 2 weeks before removal, so I had a total of 2 surgeries in a span of only 15 days. Before that, the implant was in for almost two years. This will probably make my recovery a lot longer.
Yeah, the discomfort is horrible. I'm not happy with how I look right now but it's feels great knowing there's nothing inside my chin.
I hope you will end up feeling okay too!