If I Have My Omnipore Chin Implant Removed Will My Chin Return To its Preoperative Shape?

Q: Dr. Eppley, The left picture of the (first collage) is when I had the Omnipore small chin implant in, the right side is before I had the implant in.In the second collage, the same thing left is when I had the implant in, and right is before the implant. (As you can see my chin is smaller in the before pics, I also had a cleft chin.In the 2nd pic I sent are the details of the implant I had, it was only inserted in me for 7 weeks orally. (Through the mouth). And the last pic is me currently as you can see is the implant shape and width are still there.

I also want to note to Dr Eppley that it was inserted wrong in my chin area when I did a CT scan to take it out as the Dr told me it was inserted below my lip area instead of by my bone. And they removed it on June 13th, and I had it put in on April 26th. Can you please ask Dr Eppley if my chin will return to pre-op appearance and what are options as well (if any) thanks!

A: I think your fundamental question is, after these multiple chin implant surgeries, will your chin return to its original shape…and that answer is unequivocally it will not. Once ther soft tissues have been widely released to place an implant and then removed, and it doesn’t matter if the implant is in one week or one year, the soft tissues will not shrink down to exactly what they were before. The only question is how far or close from preop will they be. That answer awaits time and full healing which could take up to a year to see the final result. There are no surgical options should they not return to the exact preop shape.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon