People always strive to look good and feel great about themselves. For some who believe that they need to correct something in their faces or bodies, they have turned to cosmetic surgery. There are a lot of procedures for different parts of the body and having something done purely for aesthetic purposes has become more commonplace nowadays. One of those treatments is the cleft chin augmentation which is a very common procedure that is performed to improve the balance of one’s facial profile by correcting a weak chin or a receding chin.
There could be several reasons that contribute to a person having a weak chin. It could be due to a congenital deficiency or an age-related bone resorption or even facial trauma. This condition leads to an imbalance in one’s profile wherein the nose may seem larger or the neck may seem shorter, fatter, and completely undefined. For those patients who have normally functioning teeth and normal jaw development they could be candidates for cleft chin augmentation with an implant. Some people who are born with a cleft chin, otherwise known as a butt chin embrace this unique mark on their face. However, there are others who want to get rid of it. Cleft chin augmentation is also the best procedure for this.
In order to correct or fill a cleft chin the chin augmentation can be done to reshape the underlying area. The surgeon has the option to use a real bone from another part of the patient’s body or to use a synthetic implant. This implant is placed below the muscle of the chin which is also known as the mentalis muscle in order to round out or smoothen out the shape of the chin. A small pocket is made directly over the bone to make sure that the implant does not shift or move. These implants come in various shapes and sizes depending on the patient’s desired change.
Chin augmentation is usually performed as an added procedure to other treatments such as nasal cheek implants, facelifts, or neck suctioning. Antibiotics are given to the patient before and after the procedure in order to avoid the risk of infection. The procedure is performed under general anesthesia and while the patient is still asleep a long-acting local anesthetic is administered to the affected area to provide several more hours of numbness. Patients should expect slight swelling and bruising on the chin and neck for several days but they should not worry as they will just subside within a couple of weeks.
Those who undergo cleft chin augmentation will not experience pain in the truest sense of the word but they will surely go through a lot of discomfort. The affected area may also stiffen in the next few days after the surgery therefore a change in the patient’s diet will be expected. There should be a complete liquid diet consisting of only juices, and soups for the next three to five days while food that are difficult to chew or swallow such as steaks, apples, corn on the cob should be completely avoided for as long as six weeks.
