“Will my lower lip go numb after a chin implant, and what if my smile looks uneven on one side?” — a fair question to put to any practice before chin augmentation. The nerve that gives the lower lip its feeling runs close to where the implant sits, so some temporary numbness of the lower lip is the usual change after surgery. A smile that pulls differently on one side, or pain rather than numbness, is not something to wait out: it should be examined by the surgeon who placed the implant. At Troell Cosmetic Surgery, Dr. Robert J. Troell, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, talks this through before surgery and sees every patient himself at every follow-up visit, in the same office where the consultation and the operation took place. He also teaches chin and jaw implant technique and complications management to other surgeons at Implantech’s hands-on workshops. Our medicalSpecialty is facial plastic surgery, and Troell Cosmetic Surgery & Facial Plastic Clinic is a cosmetic and facial plastic surgery practice. Individual recovery varies. The full answer is in our chin augmentation guide — tap Learn More to read it.
