For patients considering plastic surgery to correct their facial profile, changing the nose and chin simultaneously may provide the most satisfying results, Italian researchers say.
Moreover, success of the combination rhinoplasty (nose) and genioplasty (chin) appears to continue long term with minimal change, or instability, in the shape of the patient's chin, according to the new study.
"We can for sure improve facial profile with stable results with rhinoplasty alone, but the association with genioplasty is fundamental and necessary to achieve the best aesthetic result," .
The nose-chin-neck relationship strongly determines an "aesthetically proportionate" face, the authors explained in the study. This is why someone having a successful "nose job" can still end up with a face that lacks pleasing proportions.
The combination surgery, which is done regularly, is often the better solution, especially for people enlarging a small chin (microgenia), the authors added.
"Genioplasty, if performed with bone remodeling, is a stable operation which guarantees long-term results," Bertossi said.
Doing both procedures at the same time makes sense, said Dr., an assistant t Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn. It reduces overall patient costs and avoids a second procedure and recovery period, according to Salomon, who was not involved with the study.
Because these are usually cosmetic procedures, they are not covered by insurance and can run from $ Salomon noted. "You can double that for New York City or Miami. It's cosmetic, so whatever the market will bear," he said.
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Over three years of follow-up, the researchers found that almost half (45.6 percent) of those who had their chin reduced had no subsequent changes in the new chin.
