What Are Your Thoughts On Fat Grafting To The Chin?

Q: Dr. Eppley, What are your thoughts on fat grafting? Specifically in the chin area? Someone mentioned that it dissolves and others say it doesn’t. I am thinking of a chin implant but have a deep mental crease and was wondering if fat grafting would help.

A: If you are concerned about a deep labiomental in the chin, it doesn’t matter what the method of chin augmentation is (fat, implant, bony genioplasty) it is going to get deeper.

For chin augmentation fat does have a high rate of resorption and should only be considered when the amount of augmentation is needed is minor.

The real role of fat grafting in the chin is for the deeper labiomental fold when chin implant augmentation is being done to soften or mitigate the deepening effect on the depth of the fold.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World Renowned Plastic Surgeon