Aesthetically speaking, the chin should have the same projection of the mouth’s inferior lip producing a balanced face. In those cases in which the chin is under projected, the corners of the mouth project downwards producing a constant sad appearance.

Besides improving the mouth’s posture, chin Implants or the chin augmentation surgery help improve the face’s underlying bone structure and better balance facial features for a more attractive look. The best candidates for a chin implant are women with an apparent small chin in comparison with the rest of the face.

Benefits of performing a chin augmentation plastic surgery include fixing a weak and unbalanced chin, obtaining symmetry between the chin and other facial features such as mouth, eyes, nose and ears and improving the patient’s self-esteem.

Chin implants are available in different shapes and sizes. Generally chin implants are made out of solid or semi-solid materials which have proven to be non-toxic and produced very few allergic reactions after the chin augmentation surgery. Chin implants can produce dramatic changes, but they can look natural.

A chin augmentation surgery can take from 30 minutes to 1 hour. General anesthesia or intravenous sedation are administered before the surgery and an incision inside the lower lip or under the chin is made to insert the implant of the desired size and shape inside the chin. Given that the incision is made inside the mouth, scars will not be visible.

Once the chin implant is placed and closed with sutures, the chin is taped to minimize swelling. It is normal that you feel pain after the surgery and painkillers will be provided to reduce the pain.

The recovery period after the chin implant surgery takes an approximate of 2 to 3 weeks. Work and daily activities can be resumed 10 days after the surgery and physical activity should be restricted during the first weeks of the recovery period. Swelling will disappear 6 weeks after the surgery and semi-solid nutrition might be necessary at the beginning due to discomfort when chewing after the chin implant.