How much does genioplasty cost?

Genioplasty is priced as a single surgical procedure, reflecting the surgeon's fee, general anaesthesia, the bone-cutting and fixation work involved, and theatre time, considerably more than a straightforward implant placement given the greater surgical complexity. The figures at the top of this page show what verified clinics currently charge, and the comparison table shows the same procedure across the countries patients most often travel from.

A genioplasty quote is built from:

• The surgeon's fee for the operation, reflecting the precision required for accurate bone cuts, repositioning and secure fixation with plates and screws.
• General anaesthesia, since genioplasty, unlike some implant procedures, requires it given the bone work involved.
• Which specific movement is planned, since advancement, reduction, vertical lengthening or shortening, and asymmetry correction each demand different planning and, in some cases, additional materials such as bone grafts.
• Imaging and surgical planning, since accurate genioplasty benefits from careful pre-operative imaging, sometimes including a CT scan and virtual surgical planning for complex cases.
• Aftercare and package inclusions, such as hospital stay, hotel nights, transfers and follow-up in a typical Turkish package.

Because the specific movement planned varies so much between patients, get a specific, assessed quote for your case rather than relying on a generic published average.

This is the single most important distinction to understand before comparing genioplasty prices against the chin augmentation figures covered elsewhere on this site, since confusing the two leads to comparing genuinely incomparable procedures.

A chin implant, covered in detail on this site’s chin augmentation cost page, places a solid material, usually silicone, over the existing chin bone to increase forward projection. It is a comparatively simpler, shorter procedure, sometimes performed under local anaesthesia with sedation, that can only add projection; it cannot change chin height, cannot reduce an over-projecting chin, and cannot correct asymmetry beyond a limited degree.

Genioplasty cuts the chin bone itself and repositions the freed segment, which means it can move the chin forward, backward, up, down, or rotate it to correct deviation, capabilities no implant can replicate. This is a longer, more invasive procedure requiring general anaesthesia and specific surgical training in facial osteotomy (bone-cutting) technique, reflected directly in a higher price than a comparable implant procedure.

If your specific goal is purely more forward chin projection without any change to height or symmetry, a chin implant may be a simpler, less expensive way to achieve it, and is worth discussing as a genuine alternative. If your goal involves changing chin height, reducing an over-projecting chin, or correcting deviation, an implant simply cannot achieve this, and genioplasty is the only surgical option that can.

Understanding the specific movement your case requires helps make sense of why genioplasty quotes vary and what you are actually paying for.

Sliding genioplasty (advancement) is the standard operation for a chin that sits too far back: a horizontal cut is made across the chin bone and the lower segment is slid forward, then fixed with a titanium step plate. Because the patient’s own bone is used, there is no foreign material and the muscle attachments move with the bone, which also tightens the soft tissue beneath the chin as a secondary benefit.

Vertical reduction or lengthening genioplasty changes chin height, something no implant can achieve at all: a wedge of bone is removed to shorten a long chin, or the segment is moved downward and grafted to lengthen a short one. Lengthening in particular is more technically demanding and may require a bone graft or substitute material to fill the resulting gap, which can add to the cost.

Setback (reduction) genioplasty moves the chin segment backward to reduce an over-projecting chin, again something for which there is no implant equivalent, since an implant can only add to a base shape, never subtract from it. This requires careful planning to avoid leaving excess soft tissue that bunches or a flattened, ill-defined result.

Asymmetry correction (rotational genioplasty) rotates the freed chin segment to bring a deviated chin point back toward the facial midline, directly correcting asymmetry that implants cannot meaningfully address. This is often planned with the most extensive pre-operative imaging, sometimes including CT-based virtual surgical planning, reflected in the price for genuinely complex cases.

Genioplasty is a genuinely technical procedure, and understanding what the surgeon must get right helps explain why experience is worth verifying directly rather than assuming any surgeon who performs chin augmentation generally can perform this specific operation equally well.

The bone cut must be placed precisely, generally below the level of the tooth roots and the mental nerve, which supplies sensation to the lower lip and chin, to avoid nerve injury during the procedure. The freed segment must then be repositioned exactly according to the surgical plan, secured firmly enough with plates and screws to heal in the intended position, and balanced against the surrounding soft tissue so the final result looks proportionate rather than simply moved. Getting any of these steps wrong can mean a result that under- or over-corrects the original concern, persistent nerve symptoms, or a chin that looks structurally altered rather than naturally reshaped.

This is a specific surgical skill, facial osteotomy technique, that not every surgeon who performs cosmetic facial procedures generally has developed to the same degree, and it is worth asking directly about a surgeon’s specific genioplasty training and case volume, separate from their broader cosmetic surgery experience.

Recovery after genioplasty is more involved than a chin implant, reflecting the bone-cutting and fixation work involved, and understanding the timeline explains both the trip length most clinics recommend and what to budget for.

Swelling is often more significant than patients expect from the incision size alone, since bone work and its effect on surrounding tissue create swelling out of proportion to how small the actual incision (inside the lower lip) is; this typically settles substantially over four to six weeks. Numbness of the lower lip and chin is common initially, given the proximity of the mental nerve to the surgical site, and usually improves over the following months, though it can occasionally persist longer in some patients. Most people manage on a soft diet for the first one to two weeks while the jaw and surrounding tissue settle.

Most clinics recommend a trip of around seven to ten days for genioplasty, longer than the shorter stay a straightforward chin implant typically needs, given the more significant swelling and the value of an in-person check before flying home. The final result at three to six months, once all swelling has resolved, is when the true shape becomes apparent.

Genioplasty in Turkey typically costs a fraction of the private price in the UK or the United States, for the same broad economic reasons that apply to surgery generally there: lower staff costs, lower facility overheads, much lower medical indemnity insurance than in the US or UK, and an exchange rate that lowers prices quoted in euro and sterling when the lira weakens.

Because genioplasty specifically rewards facial osteotomy skill, a distinct, more specialised training than general cosmetic facial surgery, verifying a surgeon’s specific genioplasty experience and their approach to nerve protection during the bone cut matters more here than simply choosing a destination known generally for cosmetic surgery volume.

In the UK, genioplasty is offered by a smaller number of surgeons than perform chin implant procedures, typically maxillofacial or facial plastic surgeons with specific training in facial osteotomy, priced privately in every case since the NHS does not fund it for purely cosmetic reasons, though functional jaw surgery involving similar bone-cutting principles is occasionally NHS-funded for medical indications unrelated to cosmetic goals.

In the United States, genioplasty is available at practices with a facial cosmetic or maxillofacial surgery focus, and pricing reflects the greater surgical complexity relative to implant-based chin augmentation. As with any procedure on this site, get a specific, assessed quote for your case rather than relying on a generic published average.

Yes, and combination is common enough to be worth understanding before comparing quotes covering different scopes of work.

Genioplasty is frequently combined with rhinoplasty, since the chin and nose profile are closely related in overall facial balance and some patients specifically seek both changes together as part of an overall facial harmony plan, covered in more depth on this site’s rhinoplasty cost page. It is also sometimes performed alongside jaw contouring or as part of a broader facial feminization surgery plan, covered on its own dedicated page on this site, where genioplasty is often one of several combined components.

A combined package is usually priced as the sum of each procedure’s individual cost, sometimes with a modest saving for sharing one anaesthetic and recovery period, but the practical consideration that matters most is whether combining procedures makes sense for your specific goals and anatomy, a judgement a thorough surgeon should make with you rather than simply agreeing to whatever combination is requested.

Because these are genuinely different procedures with different capabilities, understanding which one actually suits your specific goals is worth working through carefully before comparing prices, since choosing the wrong procedure wastes money regardless of how competitively either is priced.

If your only goal is a small to moderate increase in forward chin projection, with no other change to chin height, shape or symmetry wanted, a chin implant may achieve this more simply, at lower cost, and with a shorter, less invasive procedure. Many patients researching chin appearance concerns are, in fact, best served by an implant rather than genioplasty, and a thorough surgeon should discuss this honestly rather than defaulting to whichever procedure they personally prefer to perform.

If your goals include changing chin height (making it visibly shorter or longer), reducing an over-projecting chin, or correcting a chin that sits off-centre from the facial midline, genioplasty is the only surgical option that can achieve these specific changes, and an implant will not meaningfully address any of them regardless of size or placement. A proper consultation should assess your specific chin shape, height, projection and symmetry individually, and recommend the procedure, or combination of considerations, that actually matches what you want changed, rather than assuming one operation suits every chin concern.

Understanding how a chin change interacts with the rest of the facial profile helps explain why some surgeons recommend combining genioplasty with other procedures, and why a chin-only view in the mirror does not always predict how a change will look in profile photographs or in person.

Advancing the chin forward, through sliding genioplasty, also has a secondary effect of tightening the soft tissue beneath the chin and along the upper neck, since the muscle attachments move forward with the bone segment. This is sometimes specifically discussed as a meaningful additional benefit for patients also concerned about submental fullness or a less defined jawline, potentially reducing or delaying the perceived need for a separate neck-focused procedure.

Chin projection and height also interact directly with how the nose is perceived in profile, which is why genioplasty and rhinoplasty are so often planned together: a chin that is relatively underprojected can make a normal nose appear larger in profile, and correcting the chin alone sometimes meaningfully improves overall facial balance without any change to the nose being necessary at all. A surgeon who evaluates your profile as a whole, rather than assessing the chin in isolation, is generally giving you a more useful assessment of what will actually improve your appearance.