Profile & BalancePatients bring in photographs of jawlines and ask what to inject. In profile, the line they are actually reacting to runs from the chin to the throat, and no amount of work on the jaw itself will change it.
July 29, 2026 · Hamish Okuda
FoundationsThe facial skeleton does not simply shrink with age, it remodels in specific places and specific directions, and almost every complaint people bring to a contouring consultation in their fifties is a surface symptom of one of four skeletal changes underneath.
July 26, 2026 · Eulalia Tanabe
ExplainerBoth can strengthen a weak chin, but they build projection in different ways, carry different risks, and age differently. Here is a mechanism-first comparison.
July 24, 2026 · Darius Engelhardt
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Myth CheckThe cheek-slimming surgery went viral for creating 'model cheekbones.' A closer look at the anatomy shows why results vary widely, and why age matters more than most patients realize.
· Farid Castellano
ExplainerBoth procedures address a recessed or short chin, but they work through entirely different mechanisms, carry different risk profiles, and suit different anatomies. Here is what the evidence and surgical literature actually say.
· Darius Engelhardt
ExplainerBoth can strengthen a weak chin and rebalance a profile, but they work through different mechanisms, carry different risks, and suit different anatomy. Here is how clinicians actually decide between them.
· Darius Engelhardt
ExplainerThe surgery itself is straightforward. Predicting how a face will look with less midface volume ten years later is not. Here is what the anatomy actually says about who benefits and who should walk away.
· Darius Engelhardt
Myth CheckThe procedure trended hard on social media, but the anatomy behind it is more complicated than before-and-after photos suggest. Here is what the buccal fat pad is, what removing it can and cannot do, and why age matters more than most patients realize.
· Eulalia Tanabe
Profile & BalancePatients bring in photographs of jawlines and ask what to inject. In profile, the line they are actually reacting to runs from the chin to the throat, and no amount of work on the jaw itself will change it.
· Hamish Okuda
§ 04 · Frequently Asked
Facial contouring is a category of treatments that reshape facial proportion rather than a single procedure. It ranges from non-surgical options (cheek, jaw, and chin filler; masseter Botox to slim a wide jaw) to surgical ones (buccal fat removal, chin implants, genioplasty). The right approach depends on whether bone, fat, or soft tissue is driving the concern.
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