Chinplants: The latest plastic surgery craze?
Want a new chin? So do thousands of other Americans. In 2011, almost 20,700 Americans underwent chin augmentation surgery, also known as a "chinplant," according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. That amounts to a 71 percent rise in the procedure since 2010. The procedure, in which a plastic surgeon creates a pocket in front of the chin and inserts an implant made of silicone or other materials, lasts between 1 and 3 hours.
What's behind the chinsanity? Dr. Malcolm Roth, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, said people see themselves on screen while video chatting and "they may notice that their jawline is not as sharp as they want it to be." Have to see it to believe it? Keep clicking for some photos of "chinplant" patients, and to see before and after shots...
Want a new chin? So do thousands of other Americans. In 2011, almost 20,700 Americans underwent chin augmentation surgery, also known as a "chinplant," according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. That amounts to a 71 percent rise in the procedure since 2010. The procedure, in which a plastic surgeon creates a pocket in front of the chin and inserts an implant made of silicone or other materials, lasts between 1 and 3 hours.
What's behind the chinsanity? Dr. Malcolm Roth, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, said people see themselves on screen while video chatting and "they may notice that their jawline is not as sharp as they want it to be." Have to see it to believe it? Keep clicking for some photos of "chinplant" patients, and to see before and after shots...
Want a new chin? So do thousands of other Americans. In 2011, almost 20,700 Americans underwent chin augmentation surgery, also known as a "chinplant," according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. That amounts to a 71 percent rise in the procedure since 2010. The procedure, in which a plastic surgeon creates a pocket in front of the chin and inserts an implant made of silicone or other materials, lasts between 1 and 3 hours.
What's behind the chinsanity? Dr. Malcolm Roth, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, said people see themselves on screen while video chatting and "they may notice that their jawline is not as sharp as they want it to be." Have to see it to believe it? Keep clicking for some photos of "chinplant" patients, and to see before and after shots...
Want a new chin? So do thousands of other Americans. In 2011, almost 20,700 Americans underwent chin augmentation surgery, also known as a "chinplant," according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. That amounts to a 71 percent rise in the procedure since 2010. The procedure, in which a plastic surgeon creates a pocket in front of the chin and inserts an implant made of silicone or other materials, lasts between 1 and 3 hours.
What's behind the chinsanity? Dr. Malcolm Roth, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, said people see themselves on screen while video chatting and "they may notice that their jawline is not as sharp as they want it to be." Have to see it to believe it? Keep clicking for some photos of "chinplant" patients, and to see before and after shots...
Want a new chin? So do thousands of other Americans. In 2011, almost 20,700 Americans underwent chin augmentation surgery, also known as a "chinplant," according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. That amounts to a 71 percent rise in the procedure since 2010. The procedure, in which a plastic surgeon creates a pocket in front of the chin and inserts an implant made of silicone or other materials, lasts between 1 and 3 hours.
What's behind the chinsanity? Dr. Malcolm Roth, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, said people see themselves on screen while video chatting and "they may notice that their jawline is not as sharp as they want it to be." Have to see it to believe it? Keep clicking for some photos of "chinplant" patients, and to see before and after shots...
Want a new chin? So do thousands of other Americans. In 2011, almost 20,700 Americans underwent chin augmentation surgery, also known as a "chinplant," according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. That amounts to a 71 percent rise in the procedure since 2010. The procedure, in which a plastic surgeon creates a pocket in front of the chin and inserts an implant made of silicone or other materials, lasts between 1 and 3 hours.
What's behind the chinsanity? Dr. Malcolm Roth, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, said people see themselves on screen while video chatting and "they may notice that their jawline is not as sharp as they want it to be." Have to see it to believe it? Keep clicking for some photos of "chinplant" patients, and to see before and after shots...