Chin Augmentation Improves Your Facial Profile - By: Dave Stringham

You may be a candidate for chin enlargement if you have a small or receding chin. A chin that looks too small in comparison with other facial features and possibly makes the nose appear longer. Also if you have the desire for increased chin prominence.

A chin implant is intended to give the patient an improved profile, as well as a more attractive jaw line that creates a better balance between the chin and other facial features. The procedure is done on an outpatient basis under sedation and local or general anesthesia. An incision is made inside the lower lip or under the chin, and an implant is placed. In an alternative method called sliding osteotomy, a portion of the chin bone is permanently moved forward. The patient goes home with a small pressure dressing over the chin. Initial discomfort is easily controlled with oral medication. Swelling, tenderness, and possible local numbness gradually subside within a month or two.

After the surgery, be sure that you get enough sleep because your body can heal better while it is resting. You should take a sponge bath until u feel better enough to take a proper bath. You might also need assistance. The surgeon after the surgery will tell you about bathing. Even though you may not like it, you have to move and walk around as if you do not do it, you might develop clots and hold fluid a lot longer. If you have extra oral incisions and would help with keloid prevention and scar flattening some surgeons suggest sheeting. Some products are manufactured, such as those from bio dermis, or scar tapes. Numbness and sensitivity will be there at first. It could cause trauma cutting of transmit pain or touch sensations. This will subside in a few weeks. There could also be sharp pain and burning sensations, heat, tingling, prickling, etc. This is a main effect that takes place after the surgery. Give it time and everything will fall into place.

Additional procedures that would enhance the result are: liposuction of the neck, nose reshaping (rhinoplasty), neck lift, or laser skin resurfacing. Chin enlargement is considered cosmetic and therefore is not covered by insurance. The patient is responsible for payment. The specific risks and the suitability of a chin enhancement procedure for a given individual can be determined only at the time of consultation. All surgical procedures have some degree of risk. Minor complications that do not affect the outcome occur occasionally. Major complications are unusual.

About the Author

Dave Stringham, the President of LookingYourBest.com writes about plastic surgery in Los Angeles, California and plastic surgery procedures like los angeles chin augmentation, facelift, tummy tuck, liposuction, breast augmentation, and ear pinning.

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