What is V-Line Chin Augmentation? - Doctor Chiem Quoc Thai

What is V-Line Chin Augmentation?

V-Line chin augmentation is a modern popular cosmetic surgery which is non-swelling and less bleeding surgery. Perfect candidates for chin augmentation surgery are people with short chin, receding chin and unbalanced chin. V-Line chin augmentation will make your chin longer, more pointed and balanced for a beautiful toned face. 

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V-Line chin augmentation surgery can be combined with jaw angle reduction (using Botox injection or jaw angle reduction surgery) to achieve a much more beautiful well-contoured V-shaped face.

* Type of sedation:

- Local analgesia.

* Surgery time:

- 20- 30 minutes  

* Positions of incisions:

- V-Line chin Augmentation involves incision at one of two positions.

1. Intra-oral access V-Line chin Augmentation

This involves a small 3 cm intra-oral incision.

Advantages of intra-oral access V-Line chin Augmentation: No scarring  

Disadvantages: Because of the intra-oral incision, the patients must have light meals for the first 2 days, and only use disinfectant solution to wash their mouth instead of teeth brushing for the first week. The intra-oral incision requires a very good hygiene, since it is very susceptible to infection.  

2. Submental access V-Line chin Augmentation

Advantages:

- The patients may eat, drink and do oral hygiene normally after the surgery.

- Because the incision is not inside the oral cavity, infection is very rare.

- Submental access lessens swelling and pain, and reduces augmentation displacement, compared to intra-oral access surgery.

>> Therefore, submental incision is more advantageous and commonly used in V-line chin Augmentation nowadays.

Chin Augmentation material 

Korean artificial cartilage (solid silicon) is implanted, safe and less likely to cause complications. 

V-Line chin Augmentation post-operative care

- After the surgery, tape is placed on your chin for 3 days to reduce swelling and avoid displacement.

- The suture is removed after 7 days.

- Refrain from hard work during this first week.

>> In bottom line, V-line chin Augmentation is a popular, simple and unproblematic procedure which returns a beautiful balanced and toned face. The V-Line contouring effect depends on the host factor.  

Sliding genioplasty

- Sliding genioplasty is often performed as a combinative treatment which helps forming a perfect V-Line face. It involves a mandible incision inside the oral circumference (coinciding the incision for jaw angle reduction) allowing the surgeon to make a small cut in the chin bone to reduce the chin. The size of the fragment depends on the thickness of bone outer-part at the jaw angle and body. The bone fragment is fixed with titanium screws.

Sliding genioplasty allows the patient to use their own chin fragment to form a V-Line chin. 

* The result also depends on the natural disposition of each person.