Chin surgery

Indications for mentoplasty

• Protruding chin.
• Underdeveloped chin.
• Double chin.
• Drooping cheeks.
• Congenital and acquired chin deformities.

Chin surgery is recommended for patients who have reached the age of 18 years when the facial skeleton is formed.

General contraindications: cancer disease, cardiovascular and acute infectious diseases, arterial hypertension, thyroid disorders, diabetes mellitus, blood-clotting disorder, obesity.

Types of mentoplasty

1. Reduction mentoplasty. When a patient has a large chin, a surgeon incises or removes the bone, then shifts the lower jaw fragment back and fixes it in the desired position.
2. Augmentation mentoplasty. In case of the small or underdeveloped chin, an implant is placed under the patient’s periosteal coverage or the lower part of the jaw is pulled forward and then fixed.
3. Non-surgical mentoplasty. This is a procedure aimed at a slight change of the chin shape and size without the surgery, using subcutaneous injections of hyaluronic acid fillers or the patient’s own fat (chin lipofilling).

How is the surgery performed in “Certus” clinic?

Pre-surgery examination: 1 hour.
Duration of the surgery: 1-2 hours (depending on the complexity of the surgery). The patient stays in a clinical setting for 1-3 days.
Anaesthesis: general anesthesia or local anesthesia with sedating medications.
Incision options: in the fold under the chin or on the mucous membrane of the lower lip.
*Recovery period: 10-14 days. The patient wears a special compression dressing during the first week after the surgery. Swellings and bruises (subcutaneous hemorrhages) and other side effects subside within 2 weeks after the surgery. The stitches are removed in 5-10 days.
*Side effects: temporary discomfort, numbness, swelling, difficulty chewing.
*Risks: infectious complications, innervation disorder, chin asymmetry, implant failure or displacement.
*Result: after surgical mentoplasty is permanent.

*The effect, result, risks, and recovery period depend on the individual peculiarities of the human body.