Chin Reshaping
What is A Chin Surgery / Sliding Genioplasty Surgery?
A chin surgery / sliding genioplasty surgery procedure in Turkey is a plastic surgery. Plastic surgeons cut and move a part of your chin bone to reshape it. People whose chin is too forward or too back prefer this plastic surgery to meet their dream chin look. Also, chin surgery / sliding genioplasty changes the shape of very long and short chins, besides improving bite. On the other hand, osseous genioplasty is the other name of sliding genioplasty surgery.
What is The Difference Between Chin Surgery / Sliding Genioplasty and Chin Implant Surgery?
Chin implant surgery and sliding genioplasty surgery are chin augmentation procedures. Besides providing the look you want, they also help your jawline and chin to be more proportionate with the rest of your face. A chin surgery / sliding genioplasty surgery procedure in Turkey and chin implant surgery are very different.
Chin surgery / Sliding genioplasty
Plastic surgeons perform this chin augmentation procedure to reshape recessed, too forward, too back, too short, too long or misaligned chin. They use existing chin bones in this process.
Chin Implant Surgery
Unlike chin surgery / sliding genioplasty, surgeons use a silicone based implant to give the chin more volume. Moreover, chin implants provide more definition to the jawline and lower face.
Good Candidates for Chin Surgery / Sliding Genioplasty Surgery Procedure in Turkey
Mostly, people want to get sliding genioplasty because of cosmetic concerns. On the other hand, there are a considerable number of people who want this procedure to reconstruct their jawline and chin bone. The reason for this reconstructive surgery is generally accidents and injuries like fractures. Also, birth defects are another reason for reconstructive chin surgery / sliding genioplasty surgery procedure in Turkey. In addition, other reasons are:
- Crooked chin bone (chin asymmetry).
- Too long, too large chin (macrogenia), too small chin (microgenia), too forward chin (prognathia), too back chin (retrogenia), too backward jaw (retrognathia).
People who do not smoke. People having:
- a healthy jaw.
- completed developmental age.
- realistic expectations.
are good candidates for sliding genioplasty. In addition, your overall health must be in good condition as well.
The Details of Chin Surgery / Sliding Genioplasty Surgery Procedure in Turkey
Before the chin surgery / sliding genioplasty surgery
During your consultation and general examination process, your plastic surgeon will give you some instructions. Also, they may:
- Want you to stop smoking at least 1 month before and take blood thinner and inflammatory drugs before your surgery.
- Take images of your jaw and chin with CT scans.
- Prescribe antibiotics before your surgery as a precaution for infections.
- Plan your surgery with the help of these images.
- Ask for some blood tests before your chin surgery / sliding genioplasty surgery procedure in Turkey.
During the chin surgery / sliding genioplasty surgery
Plastic surgeons apply general anesthetic while starting the surgery. Thus, patients fall asleep and do not feel any pain. They make an incision inside your month along your lower lip. Then, they cut your chin bone. If it is too long or too forward, they remove the extra bone and reconstruct your existing chin bone. On the other hand, they leave the space open if your chin bone is too short or too backward. Eventually, a new growing bone fills this space. Then, they reconstruct your chin bone with special tools to make them proportionate to your facial features. Next, they suture your incisions and cover them with bandages or surgical dressing. Finally, they provide outside your mouth with a supportive dressing after your chin surgery / sliding genioplasty surgery procedure in Turkey.
After the chin surgery / sliding genioplasty surgery
On the day of your surgery, you can go home if you have someone to drive you. However, your plastic surgeon may advise you to stay at the hospital for a night. Your surgeon teaches you how to take care of your incisions. Also, you should not damage your incisions or dressings. Your incisions will dissolve in 2 weeks if your plastic surgeon uses dissolvable sutures. On the other hand, your sutures will be taken after a week if they are not dissolvable.
Risks and Benefits of Chin Surgery / Sliding Genioplasty Surgery Procedure in Turkey
Bleeding, infection, scarring, numbness, tingling and bruising are the potential risks of Chin Surgery / Sliding Genioplasty Surgery. On the other hand, a proportionate, symmetrical chin, reconstructed fractures and corrected deformities are the best advantages and results.
Recovery and Noticing Results
What to Expect After Chin Surgery / Sliding Genioplasty Surgery Procedure in Turkey
Recovery period takes at least several weeks, and you should not do strenuous activities after your sliding genioplasty surgery. Thus, it is good to have a week off from work.
In addition, you will need someone to assist you since you can not do heavy daily chores for the first week. Moreover, you should avoid activities that can damage your sutures like taking a hot shower, swimming and steam rooms. Otherwise, your sutures will not recover properly and they may get infected.
Bruising and swelling for the first two weeks are common. You can take painkillers and antibiotics that your doctor prescribed after your chin surgery / sliding genioplasty surgery procedure in Turkey.
Since you have incisions in your mouth, you should consume soft and liquid food for the first few days. Your incisions’ hygiene is also important. Thus, you can wash your mouth with salty water or a mouthwash that your doctor suggests.
To prevent swelling, do not sleep on your chin, face, or cheeks. Lastly, you can apply ice around the surgical area. It may help to relieve pain and reduce swelling. In addition, depending on your job’s demands, you can return to your job after a week or 2 weeks.
When To Call Your Doctor?
If you have any complications like chills as if you got the flu, fever, chest pain with shortness of breath, drainage in your incisions (infection signs), unusual heart rate. Moreover, you should call your doctor if you have swelling, and pain for more than a week.
A Note From Medworld Clinic, Antalya
To sum up, sliding genioplasty is a reconstructive cosmetic surgery to reshape your chin bone. It makes your chin more symmetrical and proportionate with the rest of your face. You should definitely consider having chin surgery if you have extremely long, short, forward or backward chin bone or a defect because of injuries. Moreover, click here to read about chin implant procedure.