Apgujeong YK PLASTIC SURGERY
Mentoplasty/Genioplasty
Operation time
30 minutes
Method of anesthesia
general anesthesia
Hospital admission stay
unnecessary
Suture removal
in about 14 days
Visiting for treatment
2 times
Recovery time
about 2 weeks
What is Mentoplasty/Genioplasty
These are procedures that transform the shape of the mentum. Through mentoplasty (chin reduction), a wide mentum (with a masculine feeling) is converted into a narrow mentum (with a feminine feeling). A receded chin is pulled forward in harmony with a facial ratio in genioplasty (chin augmentation), or a protruded chin is reduced by mentoplasty.
Conditions requiring Mentoplasty/Genioplasty
Cases with a long chin, showing a wide large lower face
Cases with a stumpy chin,
who wish to improve
maximally to gain a slim
chin.
Cases where lower chin has
not grown properly
and is receded
Cases where the line
connecting from the lips
to the mentum forms
an oblique line on a
lateral view
Cases with a mouth that cannot close properly when laughing
Genioplasty Method
STEP 01
tuberculectomy
STEP 02
Vertical shortening
STEP 03
Advance or setback
STEP 04
Plate & screw
T osteotomy
step 01
Round and short chin is cut in the shape of T
step 02
Dissected chin is gather
in the middle
step 03
Fix it with a plate
step 04
Mandibular angle is dissected and shaved to make a smooth line
Chin implant
STEP 01
small chin
STEP 02
Chin implant insertion through oral or submental incision
