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Chin genioplasty

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  1. Dcg22
    Member

    Hey, I have an underbite surgery in approx 6 months and they're also doing a few things to my chin. 1) They are vertically reducing it by removing a horizontal wedge of bone, 2) They are horizontally reducing it by removing a vertical wedge of bone 3) they might be moving my chin forward a little also at an upward angle to reduce the height more and improve the chin angle. Has anyone had any of these done? If so how did it go?

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. Brandon
    Site Administrator

    Here's another genioplasty thread that may help Dcg:

    http://www.jawsurgeryblog.com/forums/topic/optional-chin-movement#post-446

    I'm Brandon, the creator of JawSurgeryBlog.com. I personally had upper and lower jaw surgery on October 30, 2007. Thankfully, everything went beautifully, so I'm trying to make sure everyone else's surgery goes smoothly as well!

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Corrective-Jaw-Surgery/114627165257701
    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. Dcg22
    Member

    Thanks for the link. Its just that my situation seems slightly unique because the surgeon thinks that the problem isnt the chin sticking out or it being recessed (maybe a little). The problem with my chin seems to be the width is too great (looking at my face from the front) and the amount of bone below the chin is vertically too much. The link you sent me seems to apply to people who have a chin that is coming outward too far in relation to the rest of their face or it being recessed relative to their face. Therefore, the correction in that case is slightly simpler - sliding genioplasty to move chin outward or reverse sliding genioplasty to push the chin back in. I think in my case he has to remove bone to reduce it vertically without pushing it forward or moving it back in and also remove bone to make it narrower. From what I read online neither of those are common cause usually people (especially men) want an increase in length and width. Therefore, I am having a difficult time researching it and seeing before and after pictures.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. pw
    Member

    Think its more of shrinking your chin cause you got a larger chin. They will trim off the excess part of your chin. For me the surgeon trimmed off the right side of my chin to make my chin look straight instead of slanted. I'm glad they they didn't forwarded my chin cause it was a 50/50 chance of doing it. Else I will have to appeal for a 2nd surgery to reduce my chin.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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