Hyaluronic Acid Injection (Chin: Restylane Lyft)

Treatment details: Hyaluronic Acid Injection (Chin: Restylane Lyft)

A short chin changes the whole lower face, and correcting it with filler rather than an implant means the change can be assessed and adjusted before anything permanent is considered. Lyft was chosen for its firmness; a softer gel would disperse under the mentalis and give width instead of projection. The volume sits deep against the bone at the pogonion. This photograph is from immediately after treatment, before injection swelling has settled, though chin work reads accurately early because the tissue there is tight. Numbness or tightness at the point of the chin for a few days is expected and resolves without intervention.

Because the gel used here is dense, the chin can feel like bone under the fingers for the first weeks and pressure on it is uncomfortable. Bruising below the lip and swelling of the lower face pass within several days. The outline may need refining at review if one side projects more, and the product can move slightly with muscle activity. Blocked vessels are a rare event that shows as pain and pale skin and calls for prompt dissolving. Volume drops away over about twelve months.