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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Stage 2 Chin Ptosis Correction with Secondary Submental Excision and ePTFE Inferior Border Implants

Background: Chin ptosis is a well known aesthetic deformity of the soft tissue chin pad that almost always has an iatrogenic cause. (prior surgery) Chin implant removals, intraoral bony chin reductions and decreased bone support of the soft tissue pad through osteotomies are all common surgical histories that I see when patients present with problematic Read More…

Current Concepts in Chin Ptosis Correction

Sagging soft tissues of the chin, also known as a witch’s chin deformity or chin ptosis, is the result of a loss of attachments. One cause is that of aging, particularly in the person who wears dentures, where the jawbone has resorbed down to the point of loss of the upper mentalis muscle attachments. In Read More…

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