Alias Name
Gore-tex Implant Removal

Procedure Detail
Gore-Tex implants are easier to remove than Medpor but more difficult compare to silicon. Gortex chin implant removal can be done uneventfully and it can be removed intact with gentle dissection around all implant surfaces first before attempting extraction.

Features
Repair, reshape the beautiful chin, and get rid of complications.

Benefits
Chin augmentation; revision surgery.

Recommended
Implant Shifting; Infection; Personal Dissatisfaction.

Suitable Candidate
Implant shifted that cause asymmetrical or uneven chin; Wound healing problem after a chin augmentation procedure; not the ideal shape for your particular needs.

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Pros
Restore the shape of the chin to prevent further deterioration; it can be repaired to make the sculpture more suitable and beautiful.

Cons
The operation is difficult and requires high requirements for the doctor; it has trauma and requires a certain period of recovery.

Unsuitable Candidate
Those under the age of 18; those with local inflammation or infectious diseases; those during pregnancy, menstruation and lactation.

Scar
No

Treatment Time
About 30 mins

Anesthesia Method
Local/ general anesthesia

Treatment Course
Single time

Procedures Technique
Surgery

Sustainability
Permanent

Recovery Period
3-6 months

Qualification
Practitioner in medical aesthetics or plastic surgeon

Pain Scale
Mild

Before the Procedure

1. Do not take drugs containing aspirin within two weeks before the operation, because aspirin will reduce the platelet coagulation function.
2. Before the operation, make sure that you are healthy and free from infectious diseases or other body inflammations.
3. Women should avoid menstrual periods.
4. Brush your teeth and clean your mouth before surgery.

0-6th days
Severe swelling period from 0 days to 6 days Recovery Tips:
After the chin prosthesis is removed, use chin strap with pressure bandaged for 5-7 days. Do not remove unless necessary.  

Aftercare methods:

1. Do not take aspirin and other drugs after surgery, and check up regularly.

2. Keep the wound clean and dry to prevent infection, and avoid water on the incision within a week.
3. Take care to avoid chin collision.

7th days
7 days for the stitches to be removed. Recovery Tips:
7 days for the stitches to be removed at the hospital (because the procedure is different, the stitches must be removed at the hospital at the time of the doctor’s order).

Aftercare methods:

1. Keep the wound clean to prevent infection.
2. The wound should not be wet within 24 hours after the thread is removed.
3. The wound should not be rubbed.
4. Light diet and no spicy and irritating food.

8-15th days
Recovery tips:
The submental incision can be removed in about 5-7 days; the intraoral sutures can be removed about 10 days after surgery, and some will be gone naturally.

Caring methods:

1. It is forbidden to eat spicy and irritating food. You can eat more fruits and vegetables to promote wound healing.

2. Avoid eating hard food, as not to affect wound recovery.

16-30th days
Recovery tips:
The improvement can be seen, but it is not the final result. You need to wait patiently for full recovery.

Aftercare methods:

1. No smoking, do not drink alcohol or eat too spicy food.

31-90th days
Stable period from 31 days to 180 days Recovery tips:
Basically the wound has recovered, the chin should recovers dynamically, it is necessary to wait for the scar to soften, need to be patient

Aftercare methods:

1. Within three months after the operation, no facial beauty massage or rubbing the surgical site is allowed.

Reminder
The above postoperative care is for reference only. Due to individual differences and different surgical procedures, the recovery cycle, suture removal time and aftercare methods will be different. The specific plan is to follow the doctor’s advice.