The Chin | Non-surgical Profiloplasty to harmonize and beautify the face profile | Dr Cozanet

The chin supports and structures the lower part of the face. It is for this reason that the face’s side and front profiles are core essentials to a harmonious face.

The profile is essential to facial aesthetics and is defined by four distinct elements from the upper to lower regions: forehead, lips, nose and chin. Doctor Benjamin Cozanet, an aesthetic MD face specialist, can examine your facial profile and recommend a chin correction (genioplasty) with hyaluronic acid injections, if necessary.

The chin is a core facial feature, but also a light reflection point.

A hyaluronic acid treatment to the chin can be included in a broader facial treatment, known as an aesthetic profiloplasty, which combines, according to patient profile, a hyaluronic acid treatment of the nose, lips, or even the forehead to restore harmony to the facial profile.

The chin’s morphology has both emotional and psychosocial repercussions. Its contour and shape are crucial elements to facial harmony. Therefore, more and more patients are looking to treat this zone, whose impact is significant and easily visible.

A receding chin, a natural part of aging, is due to bone resorption or loss of tissue elasticity (skin and subcutaneous fat) on the lower face and neck which effects the facial oval which widens and becomes saggy while “jowls” and a double chin show up and the neck skin ripples, while deep horizontal wrinkles appear.

What to expect during your chin consultation?

A chin can change a face, it is crucial to consult an aesthetic MD face specialist who will provide a professional opinion and a highly specific analysis of the treatment(s) to follow.

Dr Benjamin Cozanet’s chin analysis is both static and dynamic:

POINTS TO CONSIDER

• The evaluation of the chin’s morphotype: Prognathism (forward chin), retrognathism (a receding chin), and laterognathism (lateral position of the chin)

• Evaluating the presence of chin anomalies: The protruding chin, double chin, or even triple chin

• A length/width ratio analysis which differs between men and women.

This dynamic chin analysis will reveal a lack of skin support by the chin (sagging beneath the chin with the head tilted forward), as well as a forceful chin muscle contraction which causes a “dimpling” effect, while aging the chin’s skin.

After the chin analysis, photos will be taken, from the front, side and ¾ views, to highlight the treatment zones and detail the result objectives.

Dr Benjamin Cozanet will provide all the necessary information and answer any questions you may have and provide a detailed estimate.

Chin Corrections with Hyaluronic Acid

Dr Benjamin Cozanet injects hyaluronic acid into the chin to correct:

• Chin dimpling or orange peel skin

• A receding chin (unshaped chin or projects slightly backward)

• A weak or short chin in relation to the rest of the face

• A pronounced submental crease or a deeply marked dimple

• To create a rounder and more feminine chin for the women who require a reshaping of that zone

• Or conversely, to make a man’s chin more square and more masculine.

The hyaluronic acid chin treatment equally improves the oral commissures by bringing in additional support byway of the injection, while better defining the facial oval line and tightening and improving the projection and frontal appearance of the chin.

Hyaluronic acid for the chin: the process

Dr Benjamin Cozanet performs hyaluronic acid injections at his aesthetic medical clinic in the 1st district of Paris.

Hyaluronic acid injection contraindications include pregnant women, breastfeeding, a localized skin infection on injection points. Certain precautions are also to be respected if you have any autoimmune diseases.

Dr Benjamin Cozanet only employs FDA approved hyaluronic acids, developed in the world’s best laboratories, to guarantee the safety and effectiveness of the treatment for his patients.

The hyaluronic acid injection into the chin can be performed with either a very fine needle, or through a layering technique with the help of a blunt-tipped microcannula, depending on the imperfection. This is a painless treatment since hyaluronic acid contains an anesthesia (lidocaine).

The injected hyaluronic acid dosage depends on the desired projection results to correct the problem.

Redness, some swelling and bruising can appear immediately or just after the treatment, these side-effects disappear rapidly. No social downtime is required. The hyaluronic acid chin injection results last between 12-24 months. A follow-up session 2-4 weeks after the treatment is required to monitor the results and guarantee your satisfaction.

How to treat a double chin

The double chin is due to an extra layer of fatty tissue situated beneath the lower jaw and is often accompanied by skin sagging.

Cryolipolysis by Coolsculpting® is today a safe and effective alternative treatment to surgical liposuction to treat the double chin. This non-surgical procedure, with no social downtime, can do away with submental fat.

Cryolipolysis uses cold temperatures to reduce selected fat deposits and then they die (cell death) through the natural process of apoptosis. The cooling is localized, controlled and safe thanks to the Coolsculpting® technology. It only targets the fat cells, without touching the skin, nerves, nor muscles.

The apoptosis or cell death is followed by the elimination of adipocyte cells through the lymphatic pathways. The natural inflammatory response results in a 30-40% reduction of fat layers.

The cryolipolysis Coolsculpting® double chin treatment results become visible as of 3 months after the session. In the case of a significant double chin, a 2nd session may be performed to optimize the ultimate results.

Treatment combos for the chin

The overall sagging of the lower face (facial oval, chin, neck) can equally be treated with focalized ultrasounds (Ultherapy Prime®) which are an alternative to more invasive surgical treatments, to reshape the facial oval contour and the zone below the chin.

Ultherapy Prime® has been FDA approved for its effectiveness and safety, based on clinical studies performed on tens of thousands of patients around the world.

Three-dimensional radiofrequency (Endymed 3 Deep) with micro-needling is also an effective treatment option for the below chin zone and facial oval contour sagging.