Your chin’s dimensions profoundly impact facial harmony, playing an important role in your face’s overall silhouette and symmetry. Balanced and proportionate facial features are paramount for an attractive appearance, so a weak or receding chin can affect overall facial structure. Chin augmentation reshapes, repositions, and refines the chin.
Both surgical and nonsurgical chin enhancement methods have advantages. Below, we look at chin implants vs filler to help you better understand your options and make an informed decision.
Chin Augmentation With an Implant
Chin augmentation surgery benefits women and men equally. When performed by a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon such as Dr. Boggess, the procedure is relatively uncomplicated and creates natural-looking results.
During the procedure, Dr. Boggess inserts a customized synthetic implant that feels like the chin’s natural tissue. He uses either a local anesthetic or light sedation to help you remain comfortable during the surgery. After numbing the area, he makes an incision inside the mouth where the gum and lower lip meet or in the natural crease under the chin. Incisions inside the mouth leave no external scars, and an incision under the chin is barely perceptible.
He then inserts the implant through the incisions and positions to add definition to the chin without looking unnatural. Chin augmentation surgery typically takes about 30 to 45 minutes, and most patients return to their normal activities within a week.
Chin Implant Surgery Before and After Photos
How To Fix a Receding Chin Without Surgery
Some patients elect nonsurgical chin augmentation using dermal fillers, which can last from 9 to 24 months. Fillers are injected into the chin area, reshaping the chin, increasing its size, and improving the jawline’s contour. The results are temporary, so injections must be repeated to maintain the improvements.
Which Approach Is Right for You?
If you’re self-conscious about the appearance of your chin, a temporary solution is unlikely to be right for you. Some patients get chin fillers to “test drive” what a chin implant would look like. Chin fillers are initially less expensive than chin augmentation surgery. However, chin implants cost less in the long run because you’ll have the procedure only once instead of needing ongoing maintenance treatments with fillers for chin enhancement.
You should also consider whether combining chin augmentation surgery with another procedure would produce the optimal results.
Let’s Talk
If you’ve always been bothered by a receding or “weak” chin, or if aging reduces your chin’s prominence, chin augmentation with an implant can help. Request a consultation with Dr. Boggess using the online form or call us at (615) 942-8016 to schedule an appointment.
