When considering chin implant surgery, Dr. Samuels will perform an in-depth nasofacial analysis to determine what dimensions of the face, nose, lips, and chin fit the best with a patient’s overall facial features. This approach has evolved over years of study of aesthetic balance and proportion in facial features.
Did you know that the face is divided aesthetically into thirds: the upper face, the midface, and the lower face. There are necessary proportional relationships that allow for the best overall facial aesthetic, and to arrive at the best chin features, one must take into consideration the shape of the midface to the lower face, as well as the relationship of the nose to the chin, in order to select the best candidate for, and the best shape of chin implant.
Measurements will be taken of the face, the nose, the lips, and the chin In order to select the best projection
and other chin implant dimensions, but also so that the majority of the change made will be visible on facial profile. While it may be desirable in our male patients to achieve a stronger chin projection, our female patients do well by selecting an extended anatomic silicone chin implant, so that the lower face does not become “boxier” in its appearance on frontal view, and so that the change achieved provides mostly an increased anterior projection on the profile view.
Chin implant surgery takes about an hour as an outpatient in our
fully Quad A accredited in-suite surgical facility under IV sedation or light general anesthesia. A small incision for placement of the chin implant is made under the chin, and recovery is a short 1-2 weeks. In some cases, patients may wish to combine a chin implant with a
rhinoplasty procedure, or with
liposuction of the neck to further improve lateral profile contours.
