Dr. Ben Caughlin
Dr. Caughlin is a renowned plastic surgeon in the United States who is dedicated to the world of aesthetics and helping patients achieve their desired appearance. He pays close attention to even the smallest details to ensure that patients get the best possible results and feel comfortable throughout the entire process, from the initial consultation to the post-operative care.
Dr. Steven Dayan
At the forefront of facial aesthetics, Dr. Steven Dayan is a board-certified surgeon whose profound understanding of beauty extends beyond the surgical suite. With an impressive track record spanning over two decades, Dr. Dayan integrates a deep comprehension of the psychological aspects of beauty into his practice.
Why Is My Chin Underdeveloped?
When your chin is less developed than the rest of the features on your face, you might have a condition that is known as retrogenia. This issue occurs when your chin is angled toward the direction of your neck. Your age, family history, and other factors can create this aesthetic problem.
Developing Bone and Tissue Loss
It's very common to develop a receding chin when you get older. As you continue to age, you might lose tissues and bone material in this area of your face. These losses can negatively affect the appearance of your chin.
Considering Your Family History
In many cases, your family history can cause you to be born with an underdeveloped chin. Your genes will impact the structure of your jaw and chin. As a result, if your genetic relatives have recessed chins, you might have a less defined jawline. Usually, this type of recessed chin will not cause you to have chewing problems, speech challenges, or other health issues.
Experiencing Dental Issues
Developing a significant overbite can also change the appearance of your chin. If you often sucked on your thumbs or fingers as a child, your teeth could shift, and you could experience bite problems. These bite issues can cause your chin to recede, and this facial feature may become less defined.
Your Chin Augmentation Consultation
Your consultation at our Chicago clinic is more than just a meeting between our surgeons and yourself. It is an opportunity for our specialists to get to know your aesthetic goals, circumstances, and build a trusted foundation with you to ensure maximum comfort throughout your transformative journey.
Dr. Dayan and Dr. Caughlin will review your facial profile and provide a 3D rendering of what a chin implant could achieve. With a clear vision, our specialists eliminate any guesswork and set a realistic framework of expectations.
How to Prepare for Your Chin Augmentation
Preparing for your chin augmentation requires a little time to ensure a smooth recovery. Stopping the use of alcohol and smoking a couple of weeks prior to your surgery date decreases the likelihood of complications. Additionally, preparing your home by stocking up on soft foods and creating a comfortable living space limits the amount of physical activity you need to exert post-procedure and set yourself up for a successful recovery.
As the day of your surgery approaches, we will ensure that we have addressed any concerns or questions and that you’re feeling optimally prepared for the journey ahead.
During Your Chin Augmentation Procedure
For your comfort, the surgery typically lasts about an hour and is performed under local anesthesia with sedation, ensuring a pain-free experience. However, in some cases, general anesthesia may be chosen.
For chin implant surgery, incisions that are confined to the inside of the mouth result in no visible scarring. Here, Dr. Dayan creates a pocket between the chin bone and muscle to expertly place the selected implant, ensuring a natural appearance. Once positioned, the incision is closed using fine stitches. A small, well concealed scar will result when incisions are made under the chin area.
Chin Augmentation Aftercare & Recovery Timeline
After the procedure, once the anesthesia wears off, you'll need a friend or family member to accompany you home. This is typically a couple of hours post-procedure. We'll monitor you at the clinic to ensure there are no immediate complications from the surgery.
Post-surgery, it's common to experience tenderness and a sensation of tightness or stretching in the chin area. We can prescribe pain medication to manage any discomfort.
Swelling, bruising, and difficulty in facial movement are normal early reactions. To minimize these symptoms, tape applied to the chin is generally removed within a week. Stitches either dissolve on their own or are taken out within five to seven days.
Most patients can return to work about a week after the procedure. However, exercise should be postponed for at least two weeks. Additionally, any activities posing a risk of facial injury should be avoided for six weeks.
Am I a Good Candidate for Chin Implants?
Chin Augmentation Benefits
The pain experienced during a chin augmentation can vary from individual to individual and is influenced by several factors, including personal pain tolerance and the specific surgery technique employed.
Local anesthesia during the procedure reduces pain throughout the surgery. Patients typically report mild to moderate discomfort following the surgery as the chin heals. This pain can often be manageable with pain relievers by the surgical team.
Surgical procedures like chin augmentation come with some risks. Following the procedure, individuals may experience prolonged swelling or sustained numbness. In exceptional circumstances, chin implants may migrate or result in infections.
Choosing Impressions Face + Body for your chin augmentations greatly reduces chin augmentation risks by choosing our highly trained professionals with extensive experience with chin augmentation procedures and minimizing associated complications.
Sometimes, your insurance may contribute to the cost of a chin procedure designed to correct a medical issue that affects this area of your face. However, if you are using an implant to increase the definition of your jawline or enhance the harmony of your facial features, your insurance plan is unlikely to cover your costs.
That said, you might be able to receive financing options that will help you spread out your payments. Our team can give you more information about your payment plan when you schedule your procedure.
Wondering if a chin implant can tackle that double chin? The short answer is yes, but there’s more to the story. A chin implant can improve the projection of your chin, which in turn can enhance the overall contour of your jawline and neck. However, if you have excess fat or loose skin contributing to a double chin, we might need to combine the chin implant with other procedures for the best results.
A chin augmentation procedure will provide you with a defined, attractive profile, and your implant will look and feel very natural after your recovery period is complete. Before Dr. Steven Dayan augments your chin, he will use his training and experience to select an implant that will match your facial anatomy.
These chin implants can contain many different materials. For example, you might receive an implant that is made out of silicone, dacron, bone, or Teflon. These implants also have an extensive range of unique shapes and sizes. Since your implant will be customized, the improvements in this part of your face will not feel stiff or artificial. Instead, your enhanced chin will feel very realistic.
Chin Augmentation FAQs
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