Modern approaches to chin correction

Chin contouring – is a modern cosmetology procedure for modeling the lower third of the face, which consists in eliminating aesthetic defects of the chin with the help of subcutaneous injection of dense fillers.

Find out in the article on estet-portal.com all the technical features of chin correction with Juve´ ;derm® Volux™ from a member of the All-Ukrainian Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, a member of the Association of Preventive Anti-Edging Medicine, an international trainer of the company «ALLERGAN» on contouring and botulinum therapy, Vladimir Pirus.

• Surgical and non-surgical chin correction techniques
• Indications for surgical procedures for chin correction
• Indications for non-surgical chin correction procedures
• Filler requirements for effective chin correction
• Possibilities and technique of working with Juvederm® Volux™ for chin correction Surgical and non-surgical chin correction techniques V.P.: Surgical methods of chin correction include, first of all, this gold standard, − osteotomy methods that are used in maxillofacial surgery, the so-called
orthognathic surgery

. This technique allows you to change the real shape of the facial skeleton, the real shape and size of the lower jaw.

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Instagram! Surgical methods of chin correction also include the use of implants. This is a method that is used very actively in plastic surgery. Implants

for chin correction are different: silicone, sawn hard polyethylene. This method of chin correction is quite simple, in the sense that it does not require complex interventions on bone structures, and thanks to modern techniques, almost every surgeon can choose an implant for chin augmentation and correction.

Modern approaches to the correction of the lower third of the face

Non-surgical methods of chin correction can conditionally include: lipofilling

– This is a transplant of your own fat cells. This method of chin correction is called conditional because, in fact, it is minimally invasive, does not require incisions, but there is also intervention. Non-surgical, classical methods of chin correction are

injection techniques. They are the most accessible, the easiest to carry out, and yet very effective.s.

Indications for chin correction surgery

V.P.:. On the other hand,

pathology

, which is associated with underdevelopment of the organ, the lower jaw in particular. In this case, there is a problem not only of an aesthetic nature, but also a violation of

occlusion, a violation of the function of chewing. Patients may also experience autonomic disorders. Therefore, in cases where there are functional disorders, it is necessary to predict treatment not only for the correction of external defects, but also for the restoration of function. In such patients, maxillofacial surgery can solve both problems

and.

Anatomical features and dealing with complications in the correction of the lower third of the face

Indications for Non-Surgical Chin Correction

V.P.: The use of injection techniques for chin correction is possible with mild anatomical deviations, as well as normal variants with aesthetic defects. This problem, in this case, is purely aesthetic in nature

, and usually has the goal of harmonizing the face and restoring proportions. Also, injectable chin correction techniques are successfully used for

age-related changes

, when there is a loss of projection of bone structures due to resorption.

There may be cases when there are changes in the functional nature, but the patient does not want or is not able to perform surgery. Therefore, in such cases, chin correction with fillers can be considered as a temporary intervention. It is a matter of choice for both doctor and patienta.

Filler requirements for effective chin correction

V.P.: are important for successful correction: it must have optimal viscosity, the ability to hold its shape, create soft tissue extrusion, and also provide a long-term stable result.

The chin corrector must be easy to use so that the doctor can manipulate through a fine needle and aspiration test to prevent the development of complications of a vascular nature

a. How to restore a clear facial contour with fillers

Possibilities and technique of working with Juvederm® Volux™ for chin correction

V.P.: I can consider Juvederm® Volux™ of the Allergan company

as an alternative to the use of implants. Because the goals, objectives and results of the use of implants and

Juvederm® Volux

are very similar. But it is important to keep in mind that this is an exclusively cosmetic chin correction, which will never replace maxillofacial surgery when correcting the shape of the jaw and bite, when the patient has functional disorders.

The safest and optimal level of filler injection Juvederm® Volux™ − it is periosteal. On average, the duration of the effect after the chin correction procedure is –

18 months, when the patient does not need a second procedure – 18 months.

How to effectively and safely perform a lower third of the face correction