How Can I Fix My Deep Labiomental Fold?

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi, I’m just enquiring if you offer a procedures for the mental crease between my chin and bottom lip? I’ve seen some case studies on your website and they look like exactly what I’m after. I have attached a picture below for context.

A:Thank you for your inquiry and sending your picture. You have a deep labiomental fold because your chin is vertically short. This causes the soft tissue chin pad to be compressed upward deepening the depth of the labiomental full between it and the lower lip. The correct and only treatment is vertical bony chin lengthening with an intraoral osteotomy with an interpositional graft. This will pull down the soft tissue chin pad as the bone lengthens  which will then decrease the visible depth of the labiomental fold. The attached imaging shows the effect on the fold when the chin is vertically lengthened.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon