Can My Chin Ptosis Be Fixed?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have several issues. First, I want to define my jaw line .Throughout implant perhaps customized. Second issue is that I had chin implant before and I removed it afterwards. I noticed that the position of my chin changed and as if it was being pulled down. The previous doctor created a kind of pocket to fix the implant, but when I took it out, it pulled my chin down. There was a kind of fall. Can this be fixed?

A:The only way to have a more defined jawline is with a custom implant approach. While you do have thicker tissues, which does make getting more jawline definition harder, your lower face is also vertically short… where jawline lengthening works to help stretch out the tissues.

When chin implants are removed there will be loss of chin pad support, so ptosis is to be expected. A custom jawline implant will fill out that along with improving jawline shape/definition.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon