Chin Augmentation
Chin augmentation is surgery to change the shape of the chin, with an implant or a bone procedure. Nonsurgical options exist too. The questions below cover both, so you can decide what to research first and what to take to a surgeon.
- What are the possible problems?
- Will I need further appointments?
- What else you could try before chin surgery
- Where a chin implant sits and how it is fitted
- How much work leave to plan around
- Risks and complications to raise for your own procedure
- Time in hospital after chin surgery
- How a chin operation is carried out
- What a chin operation involves
- What the weeks after chin surgery look like
- Weighing surgery against nonsurgical chin options
- How safe chin and facial implants are
- Checking a surgeon's chin-specific experience
Weighing implant, bone and nonsurgical chin options
Medical institutions frame the choice between chin procedures in different ways. A plastic surgery society discusses options for a small or recessed chin, and a hospital system describes genioplasty and chin augmentation, including surgery and recovery. A university plastic surgery clinic also lists its cosmetic facial procedures, which helps show where chin work sits among other facial options.
A regional hospital system publishes a list of its locations, which shows how a hospital presents where care is offered. Ask any surgeon you see where the procedure would be performed and who would handle your aftercare. Bring the questions above to the visit and ask what the surgeon would suggest trying before surgery.
Your own answer to each chin question needs a surgeon's exam.