Chin surgery sequelae

Nowadays, even if a person's face has natural imperfections, it can be made perfect through surgery. This is why many women now undergo plastic surgery. But even plastic surgery is considered a major surgery. After surgery, you must take extra care of yourself. However, cosmetic surgery involves certain risks, and it is very likely that sequelae will occur due to one's own personal reasons or the doctor's inadequate skills.

Stiff jaw

Silicone chin pads are relatively safe, but it also depends on the specific situation. Many people experience a hardening of their chin after using silicone chin pads. This is because the doctor's violent technique during the chin pad surgery causes excessive bleeding, which leads to a hematoma in the chin and causes symptoms of silicone capsular contracture (capsular contracture refers to the body forming a membrane that tightly wraps the chin prosthesis, which can become hard in severe cases). When you get older, the silicone implant in your chin will become hard after being installed for a long time.

Light transmission phenomenon

There are many kinds of materials for chin padding. Among them, the silicone material used for chin padding has a certain degree of irritation to our human tissue cells. It is composed of organic silicon molecules. This material will cause some changes in the tissues that are in contact with it over time, manifested as thinning of the skin and subcutaneous tissue or dilation and congestion of subcutaneous capillaries. Therefore, after padding the chin with a silicone prosthesis, the chin area can often be seen shining and translucent under strong light, giving people the illusion that the skin has become thinner.

Infection of expanded tissue

Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene is also a material that can be used for chin padding. The structure of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene is composed of countless micropores, which form "dead spaces". Once bacteria enter, it is difficult to remove them through conventional methods such as flushing. Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene containing bacteria will inevitably cause infection if implanted in the chin. Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene is soft and difficult to process. Some inexperienced doctors will prolong the time spent carving the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene during chin augmentation surgery, thus prolonging the time the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene is exposed to the air. Since the air in the operating room cannot be absolutely sterile, the chance of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene being contaminated by airborne bacteria is greater than that of silicone. This makes many people feel the dangers of chin augmentation and infection when they are older.

Prosthesis removal and retraction

After 7 or 8 years of using silicone prosthesis to pad the chin, regular MRI examinations are required to prevent the silicone from cracking. Once any abnormality occurs, the silicone prosthesis for the chin needs to be removed. The chin of some older people will retract after removal, which is because the silicone prosthesis occupies the space of the chin tissue for a long time. Generally, it takes 2-3 months for the shrinkage damage after removal to recover slowly. In addition, swelling will occur after the silicone is removed.

Prosthesis exposed and crooked

Many older people and those who have had chin prosthesis for a long time will find that the chin prosthesis can easily penetrate the skin or mucous membrane of the chin and appear outside. The outline of the prosthesis is vaguely visible. When you touch the chin with your hand, you can feel the implanted silicone rubber chin prosthesis shaking under the skin. This is because the doctor placed the prosthesis in an inaccurate position when performing the chin augmentation surgery, which caused the chin prosthesis to be exposed and crooked many years later. If this kind of harm occurs, those who love beauty must contact a doctor in time to remove the chin prosthesis to prevent the prosthetic chin from being exposed and becoming crooked, which will affect the beauty lover's appearance.

allergy

Generally speaking, there will be no allergic reaction when using collagen to pad the chin as long as an allergy test is done. However, some people will still experience pain and itching symptoms. This is related to the individual constitution of the patient. It is the body's rejection reaction to the material implanted in the chin. It is also recommended to contact the attending physician.