How Can I Improve My Chin Implant Result?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in improving my chin implant result as it is too wide. I was also wondering if a lip lift can be done at the same time.

A:Thank you for your inquiry and sending your pictures. This is a classic example of an extended wing chin implant placed in a female providing adequate horizontal projection but at the trade-off of widening the chin. In essence a male style chin implant placed in the female. There are two approaches to your chin implant replacement. One is to make a true custom Chin implant design based on the full knowledge of your existing chin implant utilizing 3-D planning. The alternative is to take a standard anatomic shaped chin implant and modify it into a V-shaped to keep the horizontal projection but dramatically narrow the chin and get you back to the chin shape you originally had. This still requires knowledge of what your existing Shannon plant is and this is where the role of 3-D CT scanning can answer that question very specifically.

Certainly a lip lift can be performed with a chin implant replacement.

Dr. Barry Eppley