Category: bony genioplasty | chin reduction

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…

Techniques in Chin Ptosis Correction

A chin that sags over the line of the jaw (chin bone) is called chin ptosis. (ptosis is medically defined as a sagging of a body part) While some people have this naturally, most of the time it is due to the soft tissues of the chin sliding downward for a reason. This can Read More…

Options for Chin Reduction Surgery

Chin reduction is a form of chin reshaping surgery that involves changing the size and possibly the shape of the chin in order to make it appear smaller. This surgery may be beneficial to those who have a large chin that looks disproportionate when compared to the rest of the face. A chin may look Read More…

Chin Reduction Surgery for Horizontal Excess

The chin represents one of the five main prominences of the face, also including the nose, brow ridges/forehead, cheeks, and jaw angle. It is the defining feature of the lower face. Augmentation or enhancement of a recessed or weak chin is a common plastic surgery procedure that is made fairly simple through the placement Read More…

Aesthetic Orthopedic Surgery of the Chin

Moving the chin bone is the simplest of all the cosmetic facial bone procedures. Because the chin is easy to get to through the mouth and there is little in the way to get there, cutting and moving the chin bone (the tip of the front of the lower jaw) is relatively easy do Read More…

Reduction of the Large Chin

Chin reduction is a far less commonly performed procedure than a chin implant or chin augmentation. I would have to estimate that I perform only one chin reduction for every 20 to 25 chin enlargements or enhancements that I do. Not only is it a more uncommon chin procedure, it is also one fraught Read More…