A 36-year-old member asked:
could a fourteen year old recieve chin augmentation?
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Dr. Marcus Peterson answered
Plastic Surgery 35 years experience
Wait for maturity: It is always possible to do a chin augmentation but for a cosmetic correction it would be best if the patient was more mature. You do not want the implant to cause a problem with the growth of the immature bone. This skeletal maturity is about 16 years old in a female and 18 in a male.
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