Should I Get A Chin Implant or a Sliding Genioplasty?

Q: Dr. Eppley, For a long time Ive been thinking about improving the profile of my face by adding some projection to the mandible. 

Doctor, you are renowned Plastic Surgeon, I observe your results and you are a surgeon of my choice. 

Do you do online consultations based on sent photos and CT-scan? 

I’m wondering what would work better for me: chin implant or sliding genioplasty.

A: Thank you for your inquiry and sending all of your pictures. Based on some preliminary imaging (see attached) your chin augmentation needs are in the 8mm range for which both an implant and a sliding genioplasty can accomplish.The key aesthetic difference between these two chin augmentation procedures at this normal range of horizontal augmentation is how they differ in chin width and what your feeling is for that chin shape consideration.  A chin implant can make it wider or more square while a sliding genioplasty will either keep its same shape or make a bit more narrow.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon