subject: Choosing A Qualified Facial Plastic Surgeon To Perform Your Chin Surgery Is Important [print this page] Whether your interest in chin implants is because of functional or cosmetic reasons, the choice of a qualified facial plastic surgeon is of great importance. During the consultation with your cosmetic surgeon, your doctor will thoroughly examine the shape and size of your chin. This is done to find specific problems of your profile. In some cases, the cosmetic surgeon will suggest that chin surgery may be used as a supplement to a nose job because a small chin is capable of making a person's nose appear larger.
Your cosmetic surgeon will be able to weigh other factors that are able to influence the outcome of the procedure such as skin type, age, and attitudes toward surgery. The chin augmentation will be described in precise detail along with reasonable projections. If you choose to have the procedure performed, your doctor will describe several things. These include the technique he or she will use, the type of anesthesia to be administered, where the procedure will be performed, any additional surgery to be performed, and the costs and risks.
To perform the chin implant procedure, the cosmetic surgeon will begin by creating an incision either inside the mouth where the lower lip and gum meet or in the natural crease line that is just under the chin. He or she will do this by gently stretching the tissue and then creating a space where an implant can be placed. The implant that is made of synthetic material feels very much like natural tissue that is normally found in the chin. It's available in a wide variety of sizes and shapes. This allows for a custom fit of the implant which the surgeon can configure to the patient's face. After an implantation, the doctor will use fine sutures to close an incision. When the incision is placed inside the mouth there is no visible scarring. If the incision is placed under the chin, the scar is typically unnoticeable.
With a chin reduction procedure, much like chin implants, incisions are made either under the chin or within the mouth. The cosmetic surgeon will sculpt the bone to a more pleasing size. With an orthognathic surgery, the plastic surgeon will make an incision within the mouth and then reposition the bones of the face. The procedure, depending on the extent of work that is needed, takes from less than one hour to around three hours.
