Chin surgery (or mentoplasty) procedures are designed to sculpt your chin into a more desired and attractive looking form often just by repositioning it to achieve the desired aesthetic results. Some chin procedures are for people that have slightly deformed chins but others are just for people unhappy about its shape. Cosmetic chin surgery is always preferable with a patient that doesn't have any dental bite abnormalities.
Although more exist, the two primary chin procedures are to increase the size of a small or receding chin with an implant and the other is to remove part of the bone when the chin is too large or protruding. Submental liposuction is another alternative where excess fatty tissue is removed from the chin, redefining it and the jaw.
To provide an improved balance to the face, chin implant surgery can be for both aesthetic and reconstructive reasons. Chin augmentation surgery is carried out by cosmetic surgeons using man made silicone implants to help re-shape and re-size a weak or receding chin. The optimum chin contour is available now with a wide range of implant shapes and sizes to help achieve that perfect well balanced look the patient is looking for. Balancing other facial features is another advantage to a chin implant, like smoothing the jaw line, improving the look of jowls and a large nose for example.
Patients having chin surgery are usually outpatients who have a general anaesthetic or are given local anaesthetic intravenously. Fortunately, chin surgery is normally a simple procedure and depending on a few factors doesn't take any longer than one and a half hours. The specific risks involved in Chin Augmentation are: movement of the implant, asymmetry, and numbness. Cosmetic chin surgery has very few risks and even fewer side effects with only the chance of infection to really watch out for.
For a procedure that can have such a dramatic effect on a patient's appearance and life, chin surgery does not get much credit. Not noted for being the most appealing part of a persons face, the chin is one of the most important and usually most noticeable when it does not look attractive. Sculpting the chin can provide a more desired and attractive form, extenuate other features of the face and completely redefine a persons profile.
The chin is probably the second most looked at feature of a persons face after their eyes because all the other features are lined up with it.
Chin Surgery
