Hi @Teina, interestingly facelifts bulk up the midface/cheeks and may then make the chin look smaller as the skin is pulled up. If the face is pulled tight across the cheeks, it can even make the eyes look smaller. Some surgeons recommend a chin implant if the face looks too round after a facelift. A long face may end up rounder and it depends on whether the patient is okay with this. Even with v line surgery, some Korean surgeons want to create a sharp pointy chin by moving bone to the chin and fixing it there. I think it depends on what your aesthetics are. In Japan a small chin is desirable. In Korea, a pointy chin with V line jaw is desirable. In the US a square jaw is more desirable. I think my aesthetic is more towards the Japanese look.
The pro is a pointy V line chin if done well. But the cons with a chin implant is if a too big implant is placed, it creates a masculine, strong chin and if removed or exchanged there is still loose skin from the stretch. Or the chin implant may become infected or rejected as it is a foreign body and this can happen in the short term or long term. Have you tried fillers to see if you like a bigger pointy chin? I would say try fillers to achieve the V line look first before you spend $1000s on a chin implant. Once you put an implant in, you start the cycle of replacements every 2-5 years on average and rarely every 10 years. Prices of surgery escalate each year so one has to factor this in whenever one gets any foreign body implant as even removal costs $$$$. I have made it a point now never to get a foreign body implant after spending a fortune on implants with all its complications, replacements, removals and fixing sagging skin.
