Should i get chin augmentation

Of the more than , people who got nose jobs in , some chose it to improve their breathing through their nose, but many people did it to improve their appearance. At our office, Dr. When you change the shape and size of your nose, you transform your face. While a rhinoplasty alone can certainly improve your appearance, many people find that after they change their nose, they notice other things about their face. This is especially true if you want to alter your nose to change your facial profile.

To truly give yourself the best, most balanced profile, you may need to make adjustments beyond your nose. Fortunately, Dr. Raising the chin or making it more prominent can make what had seemed to be an unattractive nose look perfectly fine. Strengthening the profile of the chin can work to bring the appearance of the nose into balance.

Gender identity is another crucial factor in choosing between rhinoplasty and chin augmentation. For men, chin projection is far more essential than a perfectly straight nose.

A strong chin, for a man, suggests confidence and masculinity. Enhancing the chin increases sex appeal more than a small change to the nose ever could. In contrast, we perceive women with too much chin projection as unfeminine. The goal of chin augmentation for a woman should be to correct a weak or receding chin and to bring the features of the face into balance, but not to build the chin out too much. We mentioned that small or recessed cheekbones can make your nose seem larger and that this visual effect can lead to unnecessary or overly dramatic nose surgery.

If this is your issue, it may make more sense to consider a chin implant than rhinoplasty. It might surprise you how a change in your chin profile can make your nose appear less prominent. Cheek fillers are another option. If you have a weak or receding chin and a nose shape that bothers you, you might benefit from a combined rhinoplasty and chin augmentation procedure.

The key, when making this decision, is to consider all your facial features together in consultation with a skilled plastic surgeon. For some people, the ideal solution is to have both procedures. The goal of plastic surgery is to make subtle changes for beautiful and natural-looking results.

When you have rhinoplasty and chin augmentation performed together, small adjustments to your appearance through each procedure can create more subtle and attractive results than either surgery can on its own. When done together, the two approaches can also have surprising effects on the appearance of other facial features, making your lips look fuller, changing the apparent distance between your eyes, and making your cheekbones look more attractive.

There are other benefits to combining the surgeries, too, when compared to having them separately at different times. Facial balance and harmony are complicated and subjective, and beauty is an individual matter.

Parker Velargo at the New Orleans Center for Aesthetics and Plastic Surgery is a board-certified plastic surgeon and a specialist in facial cosmetic surgery. Call us at or contact us today to schedule a consultation. My experience here was truly wonderful. Gary took her time and really talked to me about what my expectations were and how we could achieve it. And the results were incredible and natural, which was a huge priority for me. The rest of the staff were fantastic as well, and they really make you feel welcome.

News release. February 4, Accessed February 26, June 15, Patient brochure. Suneva Medical. Facial chin augmentation. In: StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing; How do you know if your chin is weak. The most important measurement is where is your tip of your chin. When you look at your profile ie, the side view , the most anterior part of your chin called the pogonion in medical terms is analyzed in relation to your lower lip.

For men, the pogonion should be at or ideally be even a bit anterior in front of to a vertical imaginary line drawn from your lower lip. If your pogonion is behind this line, then you have a weak chin. For women, the pogonion should be at or even a few mm behind this line. Bear in mind these are simply guidances. There can be variations to these measurements and still the person is considered beautiful. For men, however, we tend to want the chin to be at the line. Another less recognized importance of your chin position is its effect on your overall facial and nasal harmony.