Natural Chin Implant Surgery in Harley Street, London

A chin implant when completed by an expert can give both facial balance and harmony and is a low-risk procedure that often looks great even days after the procedure. 

Common symptoms patients notice with a small chin?

• Facial Imbalance: A less prominent chin can disrupt facial harmony, making other features, such as the nose, appear disproportionately larger.

• Weak Jawline Definition: A small chin may result in a less defined jawline, affecting the overall contour of the face.

• Profile Concerns: From a side view, a recessed chin can create an unbalanced profile, leading to dissatisfaction with one’s appearance.

• Double Chin Appearance: A small or receding chin can contribute to the appearance of a double chin, even in individuals without excess weight.

How is a chin implant inserted?

Dr De Silva inserts chin implants on their own as a single procedure, or commonly in conjunction with another procedure, such as rhinoplasty, facelift or neck lift surgery to enhance the result.

• Traditional Chin surgery involved making cuts into the jaw (mentoplasty) and resetting of the position of the jaw (orthognathic surgery). This involved substantial surgery with realignment of the jaw. There was a long recovery time, with a risk of crossbite and nerve injury. Many patients do not require this level of invasive procedure and by using a modern procedure can have a faster recovery with less issues or risks.
• Natural Chin. Dr Julian De Silva Customises each Silicone Implant to fit each patient’s individual jawline. Dr De Silva has revised many chin implants that patients have felt resulted in a ‘squarer’ or ‘unatural’ jaw line. Key is customising the implant for both the patients natural jaw bone (e.g. correcting asymmetry) and patients requirements. In principle are more attractive feminine jaw lines tend to be more ‘V-shaped‘ and a male jaw lines more ‘Square-shaped‘, however for the best natural results every implant has to be customised to the individual. 
• The chin implant can be inserted under a local anaesthesia commonly with sedation, by making a small incision under the chin in a natural, hidden crease. Often patients look really good and natural just 1-week after procedure.
• Facial Balance. Chin implants provide a very safe way of avoiding mentoplasty while restoring natural proportions to the face. In a woman, a chin implant restores harmony and natural beauty. In a man, the chin is one of the features of sexual dimorphism and makes a male face more masculine and attractive.
• Why have a Chin Implant? A chin implant, or chin augmentation, is a procedure that Dr De Silva performs every week for patients. A chin implant can be for just patients who have felt self-conscious about their recessed jaw line since teenage years. For some patients a chin implant can be used in conjunction with other procedures. Rhinoplasty (chin implant can by facial proportions make your nose look smaller. Facelift and Neck lift surgery, a chin implant can give you a more elegant and refined neck by adding definition and shape.  It is an option if you have a small chin or if the lower portion of the jawbone lies behind the lips. The name given to this appearance in medical jargon “microgenia” (micro means small, genia means chin).
• Detail is Important. The surgery can be completed with a scarless procedure inside your mouth or an incision less than 12 millimeters in width. A larger scar is not necessary, Dr De Silva has completed revision chin implant surgery for many patients with much larger scars, however these are not required. Dr De Silva believes in going the extra mile and to stop implants moving providers two tiny 10mm or smaller titanium screws to ensure the implant does not move (Note. Most surgeons do not complete this, however if the implant moves there are then required with a further procedure.)
• Revision Chin Implants. Dr De Silva treats many patients for revision chin implant surgery where they had previous surgery elsewhere and were unsatisfied with the results from their previous surgeon. There can be many reasons for this including, too much change, too square appearance, not adequate improvement, movement and visible scars.
• Recovery Time: 1 week off-work can be enhanced with regenerative medicine
• Before & After Virtual Imageing. Dr De Silva takes multiple high-definition photos of your face in profile and uses the latest in Digital Animation to simulate the size of the chin implant. In most cases, he can provide a visual approximation of how your chin implant surgery will look.

   

  Dr. Julian De Silva   MBBS MD FACS FRCO BSc PGc DIC

Are other procedures performed at the same time as chin implants?

Chin implants are often used in conjunction with rhinoplasty to improve facial proportions and give a more balanced result. In addition, neck fat reshaping can be beneficial for some patients to improve the natural jaw line and create an attractive angle between the jaw and chin.

In patients wither further signs of facial ageing, there may be laxity of the skin and soft tissues with the appearance of jowls, deep facial lines and neck skin folds. Patients with these signs of facial ageing would benefit from a face and neck lift in addition to the chin implant.

Dr De Silva recommends:

• Natural shaping of implant to jawline (key importance for a natural look)
• Avoid movement with fixing implant (Dr De Silva uses two 8mm titanium screws)
  Chin implant has major advantages in recovery over alternative invasive surgery (genioplasty, jaw surgery)
• For younger patients with a fuller neck, shaping and contouring of the neck with customised fat reshaping and reduction, and Dr De Silva’s signature tightening stitches provides greater definition in the neck
• With Dr De Silva’s sedation anaesthesia patients can go home less than 1-hour after the procedure