Everything You Need to Know About Chin Filler

This Quick Treatment Delivers a Defined Profile and Harmony to Facial Features

By Jessica Cipriano, RN

Chin and jawline filler are making the news as celebrities and fashion icons are revealing more sculpted and contoured profiles. Trending posts on Instagram are highlighting the profile balancing and jawline filler. With all the buzz around one of our favorite injectable services, we thought we would take a moment to let you know everything you need to know about chin filler. 

As the stigma against injectables starts to recede, patients are asking questions like…

“What can chin filler do for me?” … “What is profile balancing?” … “How can I get a more V shaped face?” and, of course “How do I achieve a more contoured jawline?” Chin filler can not only correct age-related volume loss, but it can enhance a patient’s natural beauty by bringing greater harmony to the facial features. 

We often use strategically placed chin filler to correct a recessed chin, micronethia. This may occur due to genetics or lack of orthodontic correction. Many patients do not wish to undergo jawline surgery which may involves metal braces, implants, and wiring of the jaw during recovery. Chin filler gives patients the aesthetic result they were seeking to achieve without the invasiveness and downtime of jaw surgery. 

Profile balancing is an aesthetic term that involves bringing the nose, lips, and chin into greater harmony via augmentation or enhancement with filler. Celebrity profiles like those of Angelina Jolie, Bella Hadid, Dove Cameron, and Beyonce among others are examples of an aesthetic balance between the nose, lips and chin. Rickett’s line is a linear tool often used by aesthetic practitioners to help determine the degree of correction necessary to achieve this balance. However, it is important to note that this is only a tool. Ethnic and cultural differences need to be respected and appreciated to maintain a patient’s natural beauty and to avoid creating copycat, unnatural appearing features. 

 A V-shaped face is another common request of today’s patients. A small amount of chin filler can make a big difference when this is the goal. This subtle enhancements leads to a more feminine and delicate contour to the lower face. 

Jawline contouring goes hand in hand with chin filler. Often, rather than using 4-5 syringes of filler to enhance the angle of the jaw, we can tighten the skin and eliminate jowls using Morpheus8, radiofrequency microneedling, and add 1-2 syringes of strategically placed chin filler to sharpen the patient’s natural jawline without over masculinizing the feminine face. 

Downtime is minimal with chin filler injection. Generally, patients experience only mild discomfort in the immediate post-injection period. Any bruising is easily covered with makeup after just 24 hours. Swelling is typically mild and rarely lasts beyond 3-4 days with adherence to our advanced post-injection protocols. Maintenance is typically annual making this one of our most popular treatments yielding major results. 

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