Warning!
This is going to be a long read. Recently I undergone a chin surgery to remove my implant and I'm going to share my entire genioplasty experience. Apologies for the wordiness. Enjoy if you're the type who likes detailed reviews.
BACKGROUND
I have underwent chin augmentation in 2016 with Dr Seo at MVP plastic surgery clinic and successfully rectified existing short chin issue. A 6mm chin implant was deliberately chosen and expertly placed by Dr Seo to great effect, so much so that several surgeons have commented that it was a job well done. It looked natural and improved my chin projection and side profile greatly.
Fast forward to year 2017, I visited IDEA Plastic Surgery Clinic and consulted with Dr Jin Hoon on face contouring. The CT scan revealed a borderline class 2 maloccusion, yet it wasn't serious enough to warrant a majorly invasive two-jaw surgery.
Nonetheless Dr Jin of IDEA recommended the removal of the chin implant as they tend to lead to undesirable and inevitable bone loss at the implant site (chin bone). Advanced genioplasty was suggested in place of the implant to reproduce the effect of the existing chin projection and to stop and prevent further chin bone loss.
I ended up not having that surgery but only proceeded with the zygoma and lower smas facelift (See this thread: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...-idea-plastic-surgery-clinic-oct-2017.975644/).
Although I did not proceed with genioplasty, I knew that I'll have to remove the chin implant sooner or later. The more I read up, the more paranoid I felt about the potential side effects of having the implant. After going through months of obsession on the chicken n egg dilemma, whether to stop the potential side effects first or to wait for it to happen before I fix it, I finally come to the conclusion that since I'm going to have to fix it at some point, maybe it’s better to do it earlier. That is when my mind is set to have the chin implant remove and replaced with genioplasty surgery.
CONSULTATION
Have consulted with several doctors ( Dr Lee from TFD, Dr Lee and Dr Yoon from View, Dr Choi from Deesse) before I proceeded the surgery with Dr Jin Hoon at IDEA Plastic Surgery Clinic.
I learnt a lot during the consultation with these doctors from other clinics, and wanted to specially mentioned Dr Lee from The Face Dental. One thing I like about this clinic is you get to be in touch with Dr Lee directly through Kakao instead of through a consultant. Dr Lee speaks good command of English and was able to communicate n share his knowledge and honest opinion. He was very detailed and patience towards answering all my queries in the past months of Kakaotalk as well as during face to face consultation. Greatly appreciated the time communicating with him. Dr Lee too noted the thinning of my chin bone at implant site, and recommended genioplasty to replace the implant. The Face Dental is likely to be my next option from my final choice. Shall not go into too much details for the rest of the clinics else this post will go on n on. But you can PM me if you wished to know more.
Decision to choosing Dr Jin Hoon at IDEA Plastic Surgery Clinic:
Since I previously had zygoma n smas facelift done by Dr Jin, I believed he knows my face structure n anatomy best. While my main objective was to remove the chin implant, I'm also looking at making my chin sharper. Being aware of having more soft tissues on my face, my major concern is the possibility of sagging that can occurs. All the other doctors I consulted with suggested T- osteotomy and shaving some mandible bones for sharper chin effect. However was told that I'll likely encounter sagginess which require following up with another lifting to solve my soft tissues problem.
On the other hand, I learnt a different theory from the consultation with Dr Jin. He was the only one who highlighted the possibility of soft tissue (mentalis muscle) bunching at chin area if I were to remove too much bones. The mentalis muscle bunching will lead to an unnatural effect n it will be difficult to fix if it happens. He showed me photos of some patients who encountered that issue after surgery and I rest assured it is definitely a No-No if you had seen those photos. So Dr Jin suggested just advanced genioplasty would do me more good than bad. At that point I was somehow convinced a little. In regards to wanting a sharper chin and defined jawline, I was also told that the chin advancement would help to increase definition of my existing jawline since surface area of the bone structure would increase to hold n stretch the surrounding soft tissues. However, no shaving of the sides since that would removed more bones which contradict with the objective here to retain as much bone area as possible. Basically what Dr Jin had explained was unique but it did make sense to me. After the consultation, it really leads me to a tough decision making, whether to forgo wanting a sharper chin and avoid adverse consequences or to take the risk for a dramatic change.
Another factor that played an important part in my decision was, I've gone through a long way to achieve and pretty satisfied with what I'm having now. To undergo another round of surgery would involved the risk of losing any or bringing something worse, just like betting on a casino table for a Black Jack. Having another round of revision to fix a new arising issue is something I want to avoid.
Personally, I also like IDEA clinic excellent aftercare which I've experienced during my zygoma n facelift done there. It stood out from all the other clinics that I've had surgery. The ownership doctor took to attend the entire post-ops recovery personally is a plus point. Moreover, consultant Weina has been extremely helpful towards assisting me on my queries all these while and following up on my progress of recovery from my previous surgery. What's better than having someone whom you can really trust to take care of you from pre-to-post surgery. So my gut feel let me comes to my decision of going with IDEA PS Clinic.
This is going to be a long read. Recently I undergone a chin surgery to remove my implant and I'm going to share my entire genioplasty experience. Apologies for the wordiness. Enjoy if you're the type who likes detailed reviews.
BACKGROUND
I have underwent chin augmentation in 2016 with Dr Seo at MVP plastic surgery clinic and successfully rectified existing short chin issue. A 6mm chin implant was deliberately chosen and expertly placed by Dr Seo to great effect, so much so that several surgeons have commented that it was a job well done. It looked natural and improved my chin projection and side profile greatly.
Fast forward to year 2017, I visited IDEA Plastic Surgery Clinic and consulted with Dr Jin Hoon on face contouring. The CT scan revealed a borderline class 2 maloccusion, yet it wasn't serious enough to warrant a majorly invasive two-jaw surgery.
Nonetheless Dr Jin of IDEA recommended the removal of the chin implant as they tend to lead to undesirable and inevitable bone loss at the implant site (chin bone). Advanced genioplasty was suggested in place of the implant to reproduce the effect of the existing chin projection and to stop and prevent further chin bone loss.
I ended up not having that surgery but only proceeded with the zygoma and lower smas facelift (See this thread: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...-idea-plastic-surgery-clinic-oct-2017.975644/).
Although I did not proceed with genioplasty, I knew that I'll have to remove the chin implant sooner or later. The more I read up, the more paranoid I felt about the potential side effects of having the implant. After going through months of obsession on the chicken n egg dilemma, whether to stop the potential side effects first or to wait for it to happen before I fix it, I finally come to the conclusion that since I'm going to have to fix it at some point, maybe it’s better to do it earlier. That is when my mind is set to have the chin implant remove and replaced with genioplasty surgery.
CONSULTATION
Have consulted with several doctors ( Dr Lee from TFD, Dr Lee and Dr Yoon from View, Dr Choi from Deesse) before I proceeded the surgery with Dr Jin Hoon at IDEA Plastic Surgery Clinic.
I learnt a lot during the consultation with these doctors from other clinics, and wanted to specially mentioned Dr Lee from The Face Dental. One thing I like about this clinic is you get to be in touch with Dr Lee directly through Kakao instead of through a consultant. Dr Lee speaks good command of English and was able to communicate n share his knowledge and honest opinion. He was very detailed and patience towards answering all my queries in the past months of Kakaotalk as well as during face to face consultation. Greatly appreciated the time communicating with him. Dr Lee too noted the thinning of my chin bone at implant site, and recommended genioplasty to replace the implant. The Face Dental is likely to be my next option from my final choice. Shall not go into too much details for the rest of the clinics else this post will go on n on. But you can PM me if you wished to know more.
Decision to choosing Dr Jin Hoon at IDEA Plastic Surgery Clinic:
Since I previously had zygoma n smas facelift done by Dr Jin, I believed he knows my face structure n anatomy best. While my main objective was to remove the chin implant, I'm also looking at making my chin sharper. Being aware of having more soft tissues on my face, my major concern is the possibility of sagging that can occurs. All the other doctors I consulted with suggested T- osteotomy and shaving some mandible bones for sharper chin effect. However was told that I'll likely encounter sagginess which require following up with another lifting to solve my soft tissues problem.
On the other hand, I learnt a different theory from the consultation with Dr Jin. He was the only one who highlighted the possibility of soft tissue (mentalis muscle) bunching at chin area if I were to remove too much bones. The mentalis muscle bunching will lead to an unnatural effect n it will be difficult to fix if it happens. He showed me photos of some patients who encountered that issue after surgery and I rest assured it is definitely a No-No if you had seen those photos. So Dr Jin suggested just advanced genioplasty would do me more good than bad. At that point I was somehow convinced a little. In regards to wanting a sharper chin and defined jawline, I was also told that the chin advancement would help to increase definition of my existing jawline since surface area of the bone structure would increase to hold n stretch the surrounding soft tissues. However, no shaving of the sides since that would removed more bones which contradict with the objective here to retain as much bone area as possible. Basically what Dr Jin had explained was unique but it did make sense to me. After the consultation, it really leads me to a tough decision making, whether to forgo wanting a sharper chin and avoid adverse consequences or to take the risk for a dramatic change.
Another factor that played an important part in my decision was, I've gone through a long way to achieve and pretty satisfied with what I'm having now. To undergo another round of surgery would involved the risk of losing any or bringing something worse, just like betting on a casino table for a Black Jack. Having another round of revision to fix a new arising issue is something I want to avoid.
Personally, I also like IDEA clinic excellent aftercare which I've experienced during my zygoma n facelift done there. It stood out from all the other clinics that I've had surgery. The ownership doctor took to attend the entire post-ops recovery personally is a plus point. Moreover, consultant Weina has been extremely helpful towards assisting me on my queries all these while and following up on my progress of recovery from my previous surgery. What's better than having someone whom you can really trust to take care of you from pre-to-post surgery. So my gut feel let me comes to my decision of going with IDEA PS Clinic.
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