Chin Implants

Procedure

The implant is made of soft silastic, a safe, rubber-plastic material that has been used medically in the body for more than thirty years (i.e. ear, dental, and eye surgery, replacement heart valves and blood vessels, replacement joints—hips, knees, fingers, etc.)

The body is compatible with this material. Supportive tissue forms around the implant after a few weeks, and once healed it usually feels like your normal chin. Absorbable sutures are used inside the mouth which absorb in seven to ten days. If an incision is under your chin, non-reactive nylon sutures are placed and are removed in six or seven days.

Usually a small amount of supportive tape is used for a few days. This may be removed as it becomes loose. Slight bruising and swelling, both of the chin and neck, occurs for a few days. This swelling may initially be bothersome, as your chin will, at first, appear larger and rounder than the final result will appear. This is less of a deformity than the appearance of a toothache.

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