Small chin is when the tip of the chin is located behind the
standard line that is generally used or when the length of
the chin is not long enough.
Short chin is caused by the insufficient growth of the lower jaw. It makes
the face look short and the lips look protruded. This can lead to rather
spiritless image to a person.
- 01The tip of the chin is located 3mm ahead of the
imaginary line drawn perpendicularly from the
middle of the eyebrows. 
- 02Lips are located 1-2mm behind the imaginary line
connecting the tip of the nose and the tip of the chin. 
- 03Lips are slightly protruded that the innermost point
between the nose and the lips, as well as the imaginary
line at the tip of the chin. 
- 04Golden Proportion in face
- 01Serious case of short can be corrected.
- 02No foreign body sensation.
- 03Long chin and asymmetrical chin can be corrected
at the same time with horizontal & vertical sliding
osteotomy. - 04No unnecessary tension is applied to the chin and it leads to the natural looking chin after the surgery.
Surgery is carried out under general anesthesia. Horizontal osteotomy is carried out through incision inside the mouth. According to the degree of the short chin, the tip of the chin is moved forward and fixed using titanium plate.
- 01Implants such as Gore-Tex or silicone can be
inserted at the tip of the chin through incision in
the mouth. - 02Implant technique is permanent.
- 03Surgery is carried out with local anesthesia.
- 04Severe case of short chin can be corrected.
- Surgery is carried out under local anesthesia and through incision inside the mouth.
appropriate silicone is used aucording the severing of small chin.
- 01Autologous Fat Cell Grafting is suitable for the
patients with less severe case of short chin. - 02Autologous Fat Cell Grafting on short chin can
be combined with other autologous fat cell grafting
procedure on the other part of the face. - 03Re-touch may be required.
- 04The procedure is simple and easy.
After extracting pure fat from the rear side of the thigh,
extracted fat is then injected using multi-layer transplant technique to correct the short chin.
