Category: chin reduction | technical strategies

Technical Strategies – Muscle Resuspension in Vertical Chin Reduction

While a short chin is both common and easily treated by an implant or bony in most cases, the long or big chin is a much more challenging aesthetic issue. The tissue excess over the front end of the lower jaw makes its reduction fraught with problems of redundancy and potential tissue sag. Where does Read More…

Patient Testimonials: Chin Reduction

CHIN REDUCTION ‘I got a chin reduction with an incision under the chin few months ago. I wanted to give an update. I think Dr Eppley was right about this approach. The chin is smaller. I think it could be a little bit smaller but I definitely think the procedure was worth it. The Read More…

The Role of the Chin in Profileplasty

It is very common that multiple procedures are done on the face at the same time. Whether it be for anti-aging effects or for reshaping a face, combinations of procedures produce more profound changes. This is because the face is made up of many different parts and making significant changes often requires altering more than Read More…

Case Study: Vertical Chin Reduction by Submental Ostectomy

Background: The chin is the prominent and most protruding structure of the lower face. It is a three-dimensional facial part that can have excesses and deficiencies of either the amount of projection, width or in its height. Because of the soft tissue that wraps around the chin bone, excessive or big chins pose greater Read More…

Case Study: Female Submental Chin Reduction

Background:The chin is the dominant feature of the lower third of the face. When in good balance with the rest of the face it is an asset and a pleasing feature. When it is short or weak, it makes the face profile too convex and suggests a weak nature to the person. When it is Read More…

Chin Narrowing by Lateral Tubercle Reduction

A square chin and jawline is considered desireable in a male but not so in a female. It is also deemed unattractive in certain ethnicities such as in the Asian face as well as in the male to female transgender face. Reduction of a square jawline is often perceived as that of the jaw angles. Read More…

Case Study: Horizontal Chin Reduction in a Female

Background:The prominent position of the chin makes it have a significant impact on one’s facial appearance. While most chin surgery involves implants for a small or horizontally short chin, a larger or more prominent chin is equally disturbing although less common. Because chin reductions are infrequently done, there is less information available on techniques and Read More…

The Many Types of Facial Bone Reduction Surgery

Changing one’s bony prominences is the primary method for altering the shape of the face. The face is composed of a variety of bones which have convex and concave contours. The external appearance of the face is highly influenced by the convex bone contours. From the brow bone down to the long curvilinear shape Read More…

Vertical Reduction of the Long Chin

The chin is the predominant feature of the lower face. Whether it is too short or too long affects the overall look of one’s face. While short chin deformities make up the vast majority of corrections, long chin problems also exist. The overly prominent chin can exist in two dimensions, too far forward (horizontal excess) Read More…

Lateral Chin Ostectomies – Narrowing the Broad or Wide Chin

The chin is the most dominant feature of the lower face. It has significant influence on the perception of facial balance and how the neck looks as well. While the chin may only be thought of as being too small or too big, there are other dimensions to the chin that also play a Read More…