What does the operation involve?
Implant or bone: what a chin operation involves
For a chin augmentation, "the operation" can mean an implant or a bone procedure. What it involves depends on which one your surgeon proposes. Your surgeon describes the steps for your case. Before that, know what to ask and where to read further.
A walkthrough of your chin operation day
Ask for a plain walkthrough of your own operation: preparation, anesthesia, the main step, closure and the first hours afterward. Then check it against independent sources. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons page on the facial implant procedure covers the implant route. The clinical review Facial Contouring Surgery: Mandibuloplasty, Genioplasty and Mandible Angle Correction covers the bone route in professional language.
Implant route or bone route
- Which route is proposed, and why it fits your face better than the other.
- What decisions are made on the day, and who makes them.
- What you are asked to do before surgery, such as stopping certain medications. Your surgeon sets these, not a web page.
- How long you are advised to plan for the whole process, from arrival to going home.
Confirming the chin operation plan before the date
- Ask for the walkthrough at the consultation and take notes.
- Read one of the sources above and bring your questions back.
- Ask a second time before the date, to confirm nothing in the plan has changed.
Patient pages, clinician reviews and your own plan
The two sources above are written for different readers, one for patients and one for clinicians. Give the plan your surgeon explains for your face more weight than either. Questions and reading cannot tell you what your own operation should be.