Description
During a chin augmentation both a needle and a cannula (narrow tube) are used to strengthen the shape of the chin by adding volume. This helps improve support of the area around the mouth. Filler can also be used to help bring a receding chin forward, or lengthen a short chin.
A chin augmentation involves the use of strategically placed dermal filler to sculpt and ‘build’ the chin area. The most common use of a chin augmentation is to enhance the side profile of those with an underbite or those who have what’s known as a ‘receding chin’ and is often combined with jawline sculpting (jawline augmentation) to further enhance the overall results.
A receding chin may not necessarily be noticeable from the front profile, but the majority of patients who undergo chin augmentation state that they were always drastically unhappy with photographs taken of them from a side profile, as the chin seemed to sit further back and not necessarily ‘in line’ with the rest of the face. Our medical director Dr Grant McKeating and aesthetics nurse, Helen Little, have a keen aesthetic eye and are able to visually ‘balance’ the side profile, bringing the lower jaw and chin in line with the forehead. Incidentally, some patients who have visited us to discuss nose augmentation (non-surgical nose job/rhinoplasty) are often surprised to find that a chin augmentation is actually what’s required and that their nose is perfectly proportioned, it just appears more prominent from a side profile view owing to the receding chin!
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