Re: BIG, 15mm genioplasty, Facial proportions

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the replies.

I have found the following link of facial proportions

http://www.chinaugmentation.com/facial_formula.htm

It seems that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder after all, or

based on which formula one looks at. THere is so many " formulas " to

see where the relationship of chin,nose,lip etc. is. Accordign to the

link at least, the tip of the chin should not necessarily be at the

tip of the lower lip but inside it, and the alignement seems to be

with respect to the foreheard vertical line, not the nose slope mid

point. I remeber my surgeon mentioned the link's formuls is the

method he uses, but there is other proportion formulas out there.

Anyway, I do think my chin is still kind of short, but I have been

conscious about it for long so intuitiely my brain was to

overcompensate I guess. I will wait and see how it heals up and

settles, but if it's off by a couple of mm I doubt I will want to go

through it again. In your case you mentioned you still need more than

a cm to correct, so it was juistified to repeat.

Hope your recovery is going well. My only issue is swallowing, still

difficult. I am on milk shakes for the first 3 days.

> > >

> > > Just an update for those following my posts regarding my

> recent

> > > genioplasty. It is doing very well and I am still amazed that

> from

> > > " once upon a time " being roughly 30mm recessive and

> having

> > > two rounds of orthodontics, mandibular advancement,

> pallete

> > > expansion surgery, genioplasty #1, and now genioplasty #2, I

> > > have a perfect profile. Yes, if your case is quite severe and

> > you're

> > > willing to let your first genioplasty heal up, you'll have more

> > bone

> > > mass to work with and can attain full correction if that is

your

> > > ultimate dream. My recent genioplasty was right about

> 15mm

> > > using an alternate technique called a " box " or " sliding

> drawer " .

> > It

> > > was a bit rough on the lower lip, but that has healed quite

> well,

> > > the skin over the advanced area is a bit tight as would be

> > > expected, but is becoming more relaxed and natural with

> every

> > > day. I had to eat much like after jaw advancement for about

> 10

> > > days, but now I'm pretty much eating normally. I'm sure it

will

> > > take some time for the mentalis muscle to adapt to it's new

> > > foundation, but overall I would say that for such a large

> > > advancement, that all is going very well. If anyone desires

> > further

> > > information and particularly if you have had previous jaw

> and/or

> > > chin advancement but are still significantly recessive, please

> > > feel free to ask here or email me. I will post some post op

> pics

> > > in the next couple days.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the replies.

I have found the following link of facial proportions

http://www.chinaugmentation.com/facial_formula.htm

It seems that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder after all, or

based on which formula one looks at. THere is so many " formulas " to

see where the relationship of chin,nose,lip etc. is. Accordign to the

link at least, the tip of the chin should not necessarily be at the

tip of the lower lip but inside it, and the alignement seems to be

with respect to the foreheard vertical line, not the nose slope mid

point. I remeber my surgeon mentioned the link's formuls is the

method he uses, but there is other proportion formulas out there.

Anyway, I do think my chin is still kind of short, but I have been

conscious about it for long so intuitiely my brain was to

overcompensate I guess. I will wait and see how it heals up and

settles, but if it's off by a couple of mm I doubt I will want to go

through it again. In your case you mentioned you still need more than

a cm to correct, so it was juistified to repeat.

Hope your recovery is going well. My only issue is swallowing, still

difficult. I am on milk shakes for the first 3 days.

> > >

> > > Just an update for those following my posts regarding my

> recent

> > > genioplasty. It is doing very well and I am still amazed that

> from

> > > " once upon a time " being roughly 30mm recessive and

> having

> > > two rounds of orthodontics, mandibular advancement,

> pallete

> > > expansion surgery, genioplasty #1, and now genioplasty #2, I

> > > have a perfect profile. Yes, if your case is quite severe and

> > you're

> > > willing to let your first genioplasty heal up, you'll have more

> > bone

> > > mass to work with and can attain full correction if that is

your

> > > ultimate dream. My recent genioplasty was right about

> 15mm

> > > using an alternate technique called a " box " or " sliding

> drawer " .

> > It

> > > was a bit rough on the lower lip, but that has healed quite

> well,

> > > the skin over the advanced area is a bit tight as would be

> > > expected, but is becoming more relaxed and natural with

> every

> > > day. I had to eat much like after jaw advancement for about

> 10

> > > days, but now I'm pretty much eating normally. I'm sure it

will

> > > take some time for the mentalis muscle to adapt to it's new

> > > foundation, but overall I would say that for such a large

> > > advancement, that all is going very well. If anyone desires

> > further

> > > information and particularly if you have had previous jaw

> and/or

> > > chin advancement but are still significantly recessive, please

> > > feel free to ask here or email me. I will post some post op

> pics

> > > in the next couple days.