Is This Chin Reduction Edit Realistic?

Q: Dr. Eppley, . I would appreciate if you would reply to this question by email. Attached are two photos. The first photo, unedited, is how I look now. The second photo, marked up, is roughly about how I would like to look after surgery. I’m sure certain factors make it so that you aren’t fully able to tell, but do you think my marked up photo is a possible expectation to have for my face to look after surgery if I scheduled a genioplasty with you? Your time and response means so much to me.

A: You are showing an unobtainable chin reduction result by any method. At best you could only achieve about ½ of that result. Chin reduction poses surgical and anatomic challenges that do not exist in chin augmentation.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon