Should I First Get Fillers First To See How Much Chin Projection I Want?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I wanted to know Dr Eppley’s thoughts on whether or not I can get fillers first to see what projection increase is more desirable for me. Since this is going to be a revision chin surgery I want it to be done once and I don’t have to second guess what I want. Can you let me know if this is something that doesn’t interfere in his way of the revision. Having considered that I will get the fillers that last the least amount of time. So we don’t have to postpone the surgery too far in the future from now

A: There is certainly no harm to ‘test’ chin augmentation using injectable fillers. While it is not necessarily a 1:1 correlation between the effect of fillers in the chin soft tissues and the effect of an implant on the chin bone there is no adverse effect by doing so.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon