What is medical genioplasty ?
Medical genioplasty reshapes the chin without surgery using hyaluronic acid. It corrects certain lower facial disproportions, improves chin projection and harmoniously balances the profile without general anaesthesia or prolonged downtime.
Naturally present in the body, hyaluronic acid is mainly known for hydration and treating wrinkles, volume loss and facial structure.
Chin injections increase insufficient projection, correct mild asymmetry, improve jawline definition and balance facial proportions.
Medical genioplasty can be a standalone aesthetic treatment when corrections are moderate. It can also complement surgery to refine morphological details or optimise results.
It frequently forms part of comprehensive facial harmonisation called medical profiloplasty.
How does the chin change with age ?
Certain changes occur in the chin over time.
- Bone and fat atrophy : resorption causes loss of support, chin recession and facial shortening.
- Cheekbone fat descends, creating jowls.
- An ‘orange peel’ appearance develops.
What imperfections can affect the chin ?
Chin imperfections may have different causes : genetics, ageing or trauma. The most common are :
- Retrogenia or receding chin : insufficient projection, creating less lower facial definition and a less balanced profile
- Protruding or prominent chin : excessive chin projection.
- Asymmetry : the chin may be deviated or offset from the facial centre.
- Overly prominent chin : this disrupts harmony, with the chin dominating other facial features.
- Volume loss : age-related loss around the chin can cause skin sagging and reduced definition, contributing to wrinkles and submental folds.
- Contour concerns : irregular or poorly defined chin contours.
How can chin shape be changed without surgery ?
Medical genioplasty improves facial harmony by changing chin shape, size or position. It can correct recession and asymmetry, feminise or masculinise the chin and define contours. For excess bone or skin, or an overly projecting or wide chin, surgery is often the only option.
These concerns can affect confidence, prompting many people to consider hyaluronic acid injections for a more balanced, harmonious chin.
Hyaluronic acid for the chin
Before hyaluronic acid injections, Dr Romano performs static and dynamic chin assessment during a preliminary consultation.
- The doctor asks patients to tilt their head and make a ‘kissing’ expression to assess chin support.
- The lower lip is protruded to assess chin muscle strength.
- The doctor assesses bite, shape, projection, angles, chin proportions relative to other facial structures and any double or triple chin.
Chin injections form part of facial and profile enhancement (medical profiloplasty). Assessment must always consider lips and nose.
What happens during a chin hyaluronic acid injection session
After skin disinfection, hyaluronic acid is precisely injected into targeted chin areas with a fine needle.
The procedure takes only minutes, with immediately visible results and no delay in resuming daily activities.
Which hyaluronic acid is suitable for the chin ?
The hyaluronic acid must be very firm and minimally hydrophilic to avoid displacement in this mechanically active area.
Product is placed against bone. More superficial dermal injections may complement the deep injection.
Are chin injections painful ?
Chin injection pain is minimal. Anaesthetic cream is unnecessary.
The product contains lidocaine, acting during injection to reduce pain. Sensation varies with sensitivity, but most describe slight pressure or tingling rather than pain.
When should chin hyaluronic acid injections be considered ?
Who is the ideal chin injection candidate ? Chin injections effectively correct various aesthetic concerns and improve facial harmony. Benefits include :
- Volume correction : correcting a receding or underdeveloped chin for greater projection and balance with the face.
- Redefined jawline.
- Asymmetry correction : strategic injections rebalance chin proportions.
- Treating chin ageing : orange-peel texture, volume loss and the crease between lip and chin.
- Increasing length
- Increasing thickness : for a more masculine chin, for example.
- Facial rejuvenation : restoring age-related chin volume loss. Restoring youthful fullness and firmness rejuvenates the face.
- Treating wrinkles and folds.
Chin injections to correct a double chin : are they effective ?
For certain indications, chin injections effectively improve a double chin.
Hyaluronic acid defines jaw and chin. Increasing chin projection lifts the double chin.
However, significant submental fat requires combined treatment with cryolipolysis for optimal results.
Bumpy chin skin
Bumpy chin skin can have two causes.
- Uneven age-related resorption of subcutaneous fat.
- Excess sebum, enlarged pores or small blemishes such as blackheads and microcysts.
When ageing is the cause (the first case), treatment uses very fine-particle hyaluronic acid, Skinbooster, injected very superficially into the dermis.
Chin injections for men
Chin injections for men are increasingly popular, masculinising the face through a more defined chin and stronger jaw. Unlike women, men often seek greater structural emphasis for a more angular, masculine profile.
Strategic injections define chin and jawline without changing natural expressions, providing immediate, lasting correction.
How can a chin dimple be removed ?
For patients wanting to reduce or remove a chin dimple, hyaluronic acid fills the depression.
During consultation, Dr Romano assesses its depth, shape and muscular component.
Muscle traction on the skin means injections can soften but not completely eliminate the dimple.
Chin injections before/after : results
Chin injections are important for facial and profile enhancement. Results are immediate.
For the face, this technique can :
- Improve facial symmetry : medical genioplasty corrects chin asymmetry for greater facial balance.
- Rejuvenate the face : greater harmony and proportion.
- Boost confidence.
What results can non-surgical medical genioplasty achieve ?
In the chin, hyaluronic acid injections can :
- Feminise or masculinise.
- Soften a dimple.
- Increase projection.
- Slim the chin, although wide chins often require surgery.
- Improve orange-peel chin texture.
- Improve the facial profile.
- Better define the jawline.
- Redefine the chin : chin reshaping improves harmony with the rest of the face.
How long does hyaluronic acid last in the chin ?
Hyaluronic acid lasts a year. However, the firm product used produces visible results for years.
Maintenance follows one year after the first injection. Thereafter, treatment is repeated every two or three years according to anatomy, genetics and the concern corrected.
Genioplasty : how much does it cost ? Price of chin hyaluronic acid injections
The price of chin injections mainly depends on product type (particularly firmness and cross-linking) and quantity needed. Generally, chin injection costs in Geneva are CHF 600 per syringe, with an average of 1 to 4 syringes according to correction, definition and anatomy.
The total cost of injectable medical genioplasty is determined after precise consultation assessment of aesthetic goals and anatomy.
Chin injection reviews
Chin injections are increasingly popular among patients seeking profile harmony without surgery. Many report high satisfaction, mainly because treatment is non-invasive with immediate results. Reviews highlight correction of recession, jawline definition and subtle, natural symmetry restoration. Most appreciate the quick treatment, around five minutes in the practice without downtime. However, success mainly depends on medical expertise and appropriate products. Patients recognise the importance of personalised consultation and precise assessment for optimal, harmonious results.
In 140 adults with a mildly to moderately receding chin, hyaluronic acid injections achieved an improvement in 81% of patients at twelve weeks, compared with 6% of controls. At 48 weeks, these proportions were 74% and 11%. Assessment used a scale specific to chin projection.
A multicentre trial compared 150 patients treated with hyaluronic acid with fifty controls for correcting a receding chin. At six months, 70% of treated patients showed an improvement of at least one grade, compared with none of the controls. This improvement was still observed in 54.7% of treated patients at twelve months.
Another comparison between hyaluronic acid injections and no treatment found an improvement in the chin in 83.3% of patients receiving injections at three months, compared with 10.8% of controls. Aesthetic improvement and satisfaction were maintained throughout the twelve-month follow-up.
Frequently asked questions
How can the chin be rejuvenated ?
- Use aesthetic medical treatments to reduce chin wrinkles and fine lines.
- Use aesthetic medical techniques to treat chin volume or firmness loss.
- Assess whether non-surgical lifting techniques are needed for reshaping and rejuvenation.
- Adopt skincare.
From what age can chin injections be performed ?
From 18, subject to medical assessment and an appropriate aesthetic indication.
Un menton fuyant nécessite-t-il toujours un traitement ?
Non. Une forme de menton peut être une particularité naturelle sans conséquence fonctionnelle. Un traitement esthétique se discute si cette forme vous gêne et si une correction présente un intérêt. Une gêne pour fermer la bouche ou mâcher demande en revanche un bilan.
Faut-il traiter le nez et le menton en même temps ?
Pas systématiquement. L’examen du profil porte sur les deux, mais une correction du menton peut suffire à modifier leurs proportions. La Profiloplasty consiste à étudier ces rapports avant de choisir les zones à traiter.
La forme recherchée est-elle différente chez l’homme et chez la femme ?
Certaines personnes souhaitent un menton plus large et plus anguleux, d’autres préfèrent une forme plus fine. Le choix dépend de la morphologie et des souhaits de chacun. Le sexe ne suffit pas à définir la correction.
Les exercices peuvent-ils changer la forme du menton ?
Les exercices ne déplacent pas l’os du menton et ne corrigent pas une anomalie de la mâchoire. Ils ne remplacent donc pas l’examen nécessaire pour comprendre un recul, une déviation ou un excès de projection.
Pour approfondir
Comment savoir si son menton justifie une correction esthétique
Comprendre les éléments examinés avant de proposer un traitement.
La différence entre génioplastie médicale et chirurgie du menton
Distinguer l’ajout de volume d’une modification de l’os.
Le lien entre le menton et l’aspect de la mâchoire
Comprendre ce qu’une correction du menton peut changer dans le contour du tiers inférieur du visage.
