Patient education
Chin Aesthetics: Concerns and Options
Written for someone deciding about their own chin rather than studying the subject. If you read only one, read the anatomy guide, because which of the three structures is responsible decides everything that follows and it is the step most often skipped.
All guides
12 guides
- Chin Anatomy: Bone, Mentalis Muscle and the Soft Tissue PadAnatomy
- Projection, Height and Width: Reading a Chin in Three DimensionsAssessment
- A Weak Chin or a Prominent Nose: Which One Is Actually Being SeenAssessment
- Chin Filler: Where It Works and Where It CannotOptions
- Chin Implant Placement: Material, Fixation and the Long TermOptions
- Moving the Bone Instead of Adding to It: The Sliding GenioplastyOptions
- The Mentalis Muscle and Chin Dimpling: A Muscle Problem, Not a Shape ProblemConcerns
- Teeth, Bite and the Chin: When Orthodontics Comes FirstAssessment
- Chin Shape After Surgery: Swelling, Numbness and the Long ViewRecovery
- Chin Projection and the Lower Lip: Balance Rather Than LengthBalance
- Aging Around the Chin: Pad Descent, Jowls and the Jawline JunctionAging
- Choosing Who Does Chin Work: Bone Experience or Soft Tissue ExperienceChoosing
Start with the structure, not the treatment
An assessment establishes which structure is producing the complaint, what each route would change, and what each would leave exactly as it is. It is reasonable to leave having decided against treatment.