My jaw ate my chin.
At least, thats what it looked like to me.
Still, my lack of chin had made me feel self-conscious for a long time.
Courtesy of Dr. Melissa Kanchanapoomi Levin
Theres nothing wrong with my chin.
It does its chin job.
But I wanted more balanced facial features without undergoing a permanent procedure, such as an implant.
Before-and-after photos of associate beauty director Sarah Kinonen before and then immediately after filler and neurotoxin injections.
What is chin filler?
Fillers tend to be good options for those who have volume deficits.
Colloquially speaking, you might call this a weak chin.
Before-and-after photos of associate beauty director Sarah Kinonen before and then immediately after filler and neurotoxin injections.
(This has also applied toneurotoxin treatments,radio-frequency microneedling, andlasers.)
Before-and-after photos of associate beauty director Sarah Kinonen before and then immediately after filler and neurotoxin injections.
Because I am an ideal candidate for filler, she immediately approved.
Associate beauty director Sarah Kinonen two months after her chin filler appointment.
You have great skin: thick, healthy, robust skin, she says.
You don’t have any underlying skin laxity.
You really fit the profile of what makes for a good candidate.
Plus, I dont smoke, and I do have realistic expectations when it comes to results.
Patients should have an understanding of what fillers can and cannot achieve, says Dr. Levin.
Common side effects include bruising, swelling, and potential allergic reactions.
With any cosmetic procedure, there are always risks, says Dr. Bhanusali.
Thats why its important to always see a board-certified dermatologist or plastic surgeon for these types of in-office procedures.
Heres the thing about filler: Its not a one-size-fits-all treatment.
Volux is a filler that we use more for structural enhancement, she says.
We inject it onto the bone to help with that anatomical recession of your chin.
With Vollure, she used a cannula, a blunt-ended tube, to do the injection.
She adds, There is no perfect way to inject.
There’s no recipe that says, This is exactly how you do it.
It’s more like cooking intuitively.
After the filler was injected, Dr. Levin sculpted it into place.
There are certain places where sculpting helps with achieving the desired outcome when we’re using fillers.
The actual injections didnt hurt, and the pottery work didnt either.
Spoiler: I did end up eating McDonalds hashbrowns despite my doctors best wishes.
(Im sorry, Dr. LevinI couldnt resist!)
Again, this wasnt ideal: I was in the midst of training for a marathon.
Plus, my face (well, the lower half) was really tender.
Dr. Levin said it would feel like someone punched me in the chin, and she wasnt wrong.
It also felt like my face had just been injected with a foreign object…. Hmm, weird.
Bruising and swelling typically go down after five to seven days, and that was definitely true for me.
The outcome is subtle but noticeably beneficial to my overall facial balance, at least as I see it.
You have incredibly beautiful bone structure in your mid-face, says Dr. Levin.
You have a beautiful jawline.
Your enhancement is actually quite mild.
Mild or not, the procedure has changed my life (not to sound dramatic).
It changed my outlook on filler as a whole and gave me a big ol boost of confidence.
I have a chin!
I have a jawline!
And I can see both in photosfrom every angle!for the first time.
Its a beautiful feeling.
Associate beauty director Sarah Kinonen two months after her chin filler appointment.
The fact that I dont need to get a re-up every few months.
And as someone who literally justran a marathon, I get it.
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