I had a silicone implant removed after 10 months as it was fitted poorly and had migrated.
Initially, after the implant was fitted I didn't have too many cosmetic concerns.
The implant is out now and while my chin doesn't look bad, my lower lip is a concern as it's sitting much lower than before and exposing ~2mm or so of my bottom teeth.
Just wondering if anyone out there has experienced a similar issue as from what I understand this can be a very difficult problem to correct.
I've met with another much more qualified maxfac surgeon who is consdering fitting customized chin implant with fixation via a submental incision. We're hoping this will fill the void left by the old implant and stretch some of the soft tissue as there is very little if any bone supporting it.
We discussed genioplasty also, but I told him I did not want anymore unecessary trauma or scarring taking place in or around the mentalis muscle, nor did I want an increased risk of further lower lip / chin ptosis.
Has anyone else had a similar problem?
Was it corrected by genioplasty?
Alternatively,
have you found genioplasty helped to raise your lower lip level?