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OR Snapshots – Goretex Chin Implant Removal

Chin augmentation has been one of the most popular facial reshaping procedures for decades. Since its inception in the 1950s, a wide variety of materials have been used for chin implants. Despite this diversity of implanted materials, the silicone chin implant remains the primary implant used due to large number of different styles and sizes, Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Chin Implant Asymmetry Correction

Background: Chin implants are well known to induce a variety of tissue reactions around the implant site. A surrounding encapsulation of scar tissue is always seen as occurs in every synthetic implant placed in the body. ‘Bone resorption‘ is often cited as an adverse reaction to chin implants but this is a misinterpretation of the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Mersilene Mesh Chin Implant Replacement

Background: Chin augmentation is one of the oldest facial reshaping procedures. It has been performed for over fifty years and just about every conceivable material has been used to perform it. But historically and currently silicone implants have been preferred due to the wide variety of styles and sizes that are commercially available as well Read More…

Square Chin Implant Styles for Men

As the chin is usually the most protrusive part of  the lower face, its shape is clearly evident. While the shape of the human chin is highly variable there are some general trends based on gender. The male chin is known to usually be bigger than that of females in both projection but almost always Read More…

OR Snapshots – Sliding Genioplasty with Chin Implant Overlay

Chin augmentation can be done through either placing an implant on top of the bone or moving the actual bone forward. Both are valid chin enhancement techniques and each has their own unique advantages and disadvantages. While there are strong surgeon advocates for both techniques, it is important to remember that not every patient is Read More…

Chin Implant Causing Mental Nerve Compression

Contemporary chin implants, often called anatomic chin implants, have extended wings of material that go back along the jawline. This change in the shape of chin implant was done decades ago to overcome the aesthetic shortcomings of the old style button chin implants which often looked like a round circle sitting on the front end Read More…

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