Category: jaw angle reduction | jawline reshaping | technical strategies

Technical Strategies – The Westernized Approach to V-Line Jaw Reduction Surgery

The term ‘jaw reduction’ has evolved over the years to mean different types of procedures. Originally jaw reduction referred to an orthognathic surgery operation where the lower jaw was set back by an either a vertical oblique or sagittal split osteotomy to correct a malocclusion. It could also have referred to an aesthetic procedure of Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Variation of Traditional V Line Surgery To Prevent The Risk of Soft Tissue Sagging

Background: V line surgery is a well known technique for lower jaw reduction/narrowing. In its most recognized form it is a full thickness bony removal through the jaw angles tapering to an end in the mid-body of the mandible. It is often combined with a separate chin procedure to continue the narrowing effect usually through Read More…

Combining Cheek and Jaw Reductions with Facelift Surgery

One form of facial reshaping is reduction for a slimmer, narrow or overall smaller face. Reductive facial reshaping procedures include bony operations such as cheek and jaw reduction. While these bony reductions are done intraorally, their effects are ultimately going to be seen based on how well the soft tissues shrink around the smaller bone Read More…

Facial Masculinization Surgery – Lower Third Reshaping – Chin and Jawline Augmentation

Chin Augmentation Chin augmentation is the single most important lower-face procedure in FMS. (A prominent chin is a wholly distinct male feature) Chin augmentation is often perceived only in the profile, ignoring the appearance from the front view. So it is important to consider the appearance of the chin from the front view, assessing tired Read More…

Facial Feminization Surgery – Lower Third Reshaping – III. Jaw Reduction

Jaw reduction is a generic term for different types of lower facial reshaping procedures. Often lumped into one general category, the reality is that a variety of bone and muscle reduction procedures are available to create a lower face that appears more narrow or slimmer. Each jaw reduction procedure differs in the specific dimensional changes Read More…

The Safety and Efficacy of Simultaneous Cheek and Jaw Reductions with Facelift Surgery

Facial aging is associated with a predictable set of soft tissue changes that are treated by various forms of facelift surgery. In the U.S. concomitant bone procedures with a facelift are typically augmentative with chin, cheek and temporal implants being the most common. In Asian patients who already have strong facial skeletal features of the Read More…

Technical Strategies – 3D Printed Surgical Guide for Jaw Angle Reduction Surgery

Reduction of prominent jaw angles can be done by two different surgical techiques based on the dimensional changes needed. The most common technique in most Asian patients is a full thickness removal or bicortical removal of the jaw angle extending forward to the chin. The key to this full thickness bone cut is for it Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Partial Thickness Jaw Angle Shape Preservation Reduction Surgery

Background: Reduction of the width of the lower face refers to jaw angle reduction. The ramus of the mandible (aka the jaw angles) creates the widest part of the lower face due to the outward flare of the jaw as it moves from the chin in front backward. Reduction of this part of the jaw Read More…

Tissue Responses to Jaw Angle Reduction Surgery

Reducing the width of the jaw angles is known as a gonioplasty procedure. It gets this name because the prominence of the jaw angles is known as the gonial angles which is located at the very back end of the lower border at the back of the jaw. When the width is aesthetically excessive, the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Jaw Asymmetry Correction with Chin Leveling and Jaw Angle Reduction/Augmentation

Background: Facial asymmetry is not uncommon and can occur from multiple causes. One of the most common is that from plagiocephaly where the entire craniofacial skeleton rotates or twists around a central axis resulting in a classic pattern of skull and facial bone asymmetries. But most facial asymmetries do not have such well identified causes Read More…