Ggme
01-27-2001, 03:17 AM
My sister got one about a year ago. Her's was 6 mm, and her chin looks good but she says she wishes she'd gotten a 9 mm and may get it redone (she's a perfectionist about her appearance).
I am considering a 9 mm but my consultation is on February 7th so I haven't gotten the doctor's opinion yet.
So, my question is: How large was your chin implant? Wish you'd gone bigger? Smaller?
Thanks.
I am considering a 9 mm but my consultation is on February 7th so I haven't gotten the doctor's opinion yet.
So, my question is: How large was your chin implant? Wish you'd gone bigger? Smaller?
Thanks.
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joy
02-08-2001, 04:45 PM
I guess you had your consultation by now. I saw an actress on one of the soap operas I had not seen in a long time, and she had a chin implant which looks ridiculous because it's so big. Whatever size you get, it should go with your features. I think this particular actress [who is older] really overdid it. It's so obvious. I hope your consultation went well.
Joy
Joy
Ggme
02-09-2001, 02:18 PM
Thanks, it didn't go as I expected. The doctor (who performed an otoplasty on me several years ago) referred me to his colleague who specializes in maxilofacial surgery. I did ask him how large of an implant he had used, and though he has not performed as many as his colleague he said that 7 mm was the largest he had used.
Have any photo links of this celeb who over did it? =)
Have any photo links of this celeb who over did it? =)
joy
02-09-2001, 03:49 PM
The actress [I think her name might be Erica Sleckzack] plays Vicky on One Life to Live, and been doing so for about 35 or 30 years. She must be well over 55-57 but looks good, except for her chin [in my opinion]. It's too prominent. Best to look more natural; not overdone [just my opinion].
Joy
Originally posted by Ggme:
Thanks, it didn't go as I expected. The doctor (who performed an otoplasty on me several years ago) referred me to his colleague who specializes in maxilofacial surgery. I did ask him how large of an implant he had used, and though he has not performed as many as his colleague he said that 7 mm was the largest he had used.
Have any photo links of this celeb who over did it? =)
Joy
Originally posted by Ggme:
Thanks, it didn't go as I expected. The doctor (who performed an otoplasty on me several years ago) referred me to his colleague who specializes in maxilofacial surgery. I did ask him how large of an implant he had used, and though he has not performed as many as his colleague he said that 7 mm was the largest he had used.
Have any photo links of this celeb who over did it? =)
fidgetyy
02-16-2001, 12:37 PM
Before getting a chin implant, make sure your mouth is not convex. Take two mirrors and look at your facial profile. does your mouth bow out at all? or does it cave in? If it bows out, (like a muzzle), the problem is not your chin - its your teeth. I have had two plastic surgeons suggest that I get chin implants as my chin is very 'weak'. but through my own research I discovered The thing that was making my chin look small was the protrusion of my mouth out past my chin. Look at pics for illustration of what I mean at my website : http://tsinfo.freehomepage.com/photo.html
If a convex mouth IS in fact your problem, then you'd look way way better after flattening that out. Your mouth will be more attractive, your chin will seem to come out further, it will solve several problems. Anyway, that's what I'm having done. I'd suggest anyone considering chin surgery take ALL their features into account.
If a convex mouth IS in fact your problem, then you'd look way way better after flattening that out. Your mouth will be more attractive, your chin will seem to come out further, it will solve several problems. Anyway, that's what I'm having done. I'd suggest anyone considering chin surgery take ALL their features into account.
Ggme
02-17-2001, 09:15 PM
fidgetyy,
Yes, I do have a convex mouth but I have already had orthodontic treatment. How could they possible "flatten it out" without removing teeth and pulling the rest in? Also, I have seen people with "convex mouths" who had stong chins and jaws to go with them and they were quite attractive.
But please do tell me more about this "flattening" business, your email wasn't listed. Thanks.
Yes, I do have a convex mouth but I have already had orthodontic treatment. How could they possible "flatten it out" without removing teeth and pulling the rest in? Also, I have seen people with "convex mouths" who had stong chins and jaws to go with them and they were quite attractive.
But please do tell me more about this "flattening" business, your email wasn't listed. Thanks.
Ggme
02-17-2001, 09:21 PM
By the way, I just looked at that page which seems to be about making females with masculine mouths look more female. Very interesting page.
However, I am male, so I don't know that I'd want to do something that would make my face look more feminine. :)
However, I am male, so I don't know that I'd want to do something that would make my face look more feminine. :)
fidgetyy
02-19-2001, 02:03 PM
I'm not even sure that mouth size changens anymore. I have done more research and it appears that the amount of white showing when you smile changes more than the actual size of your mouth. Any amount that your mouth will get smaller is minimal to the amount that your convex profile will recede. So I'd still choose the tooth span reduction over the chin implant, as you kill two birds with one stone (your oral profile AND your chin visibility). :)
Ggme
03-13-2001, 10:05 AM
Just as a point of interest, my sister had the consultation for her 2nd mentoplasty today and the implant is going to be a full centimeter out! I'll let you all know how the finished product looks. :P
Ggme
03-23-2001, 05:59 PM
Another update. My sister actually had 8 cm, and I just had a 7 put in two days ago, both with "wings."
Wings seem to add a lot of trauma/swelling to this procedure, hopefully the end result will be nice, I'll let you all know in a week or two when I see my result!
Wings seem to add a lot of trauma/swelling to this procedure, hopefully the end result will be nice, I'll let you all know in a week or two when I see my result!
MarkyMark
04-07-2001, 03:18 PM
Hi Ggme,
I had a chin implant put in twice, the first time the implant was too small and the secons time it was still too small, however Im having it redone again in 2 weeks, I had a "button" type implant put in before, however this time Im going to have the ones with wings put in as well as jaw angle implants to give my face a squarer more masculine appearance. I wanted to ask if you had a great deal of pain after the chin implant, if so did pain medication help? Im getting nervous!
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I had a chin implant put in twice, the first time the implant was too small and the secons time it was still too small, however Im having it redone again in 2 weeks, I had a "button" type implant put in before, however this time Im going to have the ones with wings put in as well as jaw angle implants to give my face a squarer more masculine appearance. I wanted to ask if you had a great deal of pain after the chin implant, if so did pain medication help? Im getting nervous!
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Ggme
04-07-2001, 08:50 PM
Originally posted by MarkyMark:
Hi Ggme ... I wanted to ask if you had a great deal of pain after the chin implant, if so did pain medication help? Im getting nervous!
I had general anesthesia and gradually woke up into horrendous pain. The first two or three hours after waking up was the most painful experience of my life. On a scale of 1 to 10, the pain was an 8, but it was constant. The pain medication (percocet, the strongest they can presribe they say) did little more than make me twitch all night.
The good news is, when I woke up the next morning (well, I was taking percocet all night, every few hours) I felt 10 times better than I did the previous night. I wasn't twitching, and the pain was bearable.
The pain was still, well, a pain until recovery day 6, at which point it was almost non-existant (and coincidentally the same day I got my bandages off).
My sister had local anesthesia with sedation (Versed, my sister called it a kind of "date rape drug" because she could barely remember a damn thing afterwards :P). She was in WAY less pain than me following the operation, but probably the same amount from day 2 onwards. This, of course, is because she was shot full of novocain when she woke up.
So, whether you do local or general - make sure your chin is full of novocain when you wake up . That is the only thing that will make the pain of the first few hours after surgery bearable.
Good luck.
Hi Ggme ... I wanted to ask if you had a great deal of pain after the chin implant, if so did pain medication help? Im getting nervous!
I had general anesthesia and gradually woke up into horrendous pain. The first two or three hours after waking up was the most painful experience of my life. On a scale of 1 to 10, the pain was an 8, but it was constant. The pain medication (percocet, the strongest they can presribe they say) did little more than make me twitch all night.
The good news is, when I woke up the next morning (well, I was taking percocet all night, every few hours) I felt 10 times better than I did the previous night. I wasn't twitching, and the pain was bearable.
The pain was still, well, a pain until recovery day 6, at which point it was almost non-existant (and coincidentally the same day I got my bandages off).
My sister had local anesthesia with sedation (Versed, my sister called it a kind of "date rape drug" because she could barely remember a damn thing afterwards :P). She was in WAY less pain than me following the operation, but probably the same amount from day 2 onwards. This, of course, is because she was shot full of novocain when she woke up.
So, whether you do local or general - make sure your chin is full of novocain when you wake up . That is the only thing that will make the pain of the first few hours after surgery bearable.
Good luck.