Am I Good Candidate For A Sliding Genioplasty?

Q:Dr. Eppley, I am considering having cosmetic surgery to improve my chin/jaw. I feel like my small chin gives my face a boyish/weak look. I would like my chin to be considerably stronger and more prominent to balance my face. Could I be a candidate for a sliding genioplasty? I would prefer to avoid implants.

A: With the focus on the small chin and with an emphasis on avoiding implants then by these parameters a sliding genioplasty would be the treatment option. This is a good treatment option provided one does want want the chin any wider or have a specific shape (square chin).

Now it is a question of determining what are the desired dimensions of the chin bone movement that look best to you. To make that determination a would need a side view picture of your face to do some predictive imaging.

Dr Barry Eppley

World Renowned Plastic Surgeon