At MFI in San Francisco, we’re constantly amazed (but never surprised) by the results we can achieve without surgery, especially in the lower face. This collection of real patient before-and-after photos (including Dr. Mabrie’s own decade-long transformation) gives you a glimpse of what’s possible with chin and jawline filler. It may even inspire your own jawline upgrade!
An important note before you scroll:
Every patient featured here has achieved their results non surgically with injectables. Some patients were treated exclusively in the lower face, while others received chin and jawline filler as part of a more comprehensive full-face treatment plan.
Treatment timelines vary, and results may reflect care delivered over more than one appointment. For a closer look at each transformation, click the individual before-and-after photos below.
When the Doctor Is the Patient: Dr. Mabrie’s Own 10+ Year Filler Journey
Dr. Mabrie has been treating and maintaining his own chin through non surgical chin augmentation with filler for more than 10 years. His result is subtle by design: more structure through the chin, better lower-face balance, and a stronger, more defined profile.
This long-term transformation reflects one of the most important principles of well-planned filler. Rather than chasing a dramatic change in a single appointment, the goal is to build and maintain natural-looking structure over time—the same thoughtful approach that Dr. Mabrie brings to his patients every day.
What Can Chin Filler Do?
Create a V-Shaped Face
One of the most common applications of chin and jawline filler is to create the appearance of a more V-shaped face. For patients seeking a more tapered, feminine lower-face shape, filler can bring definition to the chin, elongate the face, and create a softer oval or heart-shaped appearance.
Chin filler creates structure and definition in the lower face, grounding this patient’s i360 Full Face transformation.
Treating the under-eyes, nose, mouth, and chin together harmonizes the features and sharpens the lower-face profile.
Adding projection through the chin shifts a wider, squarer lower face into a cleaner, more tapered shape.
Make the Chin Wider or Squarer
Chin and jawline filler can strengthen the lower face by creating a broader, more square-shaped chin. With skillful application, this treatment can bring greater definition, angularity, and presence to a “weak” chin.
See why this is one of our most requested treatments for male patients!
More projection through the chin and jawline gives the profile a sharper, more athletic read.
Extra width through the lower face creates presence without adding heaviness, while an under-eye refresh keeps the face looking bright and awake.
Greater jawline definition gives the lower face a firmer, more grounded frame.
Refining the edge between the lower face and neck changes the silhouette from softer to more squared.
Balance Facial Proportions
Having a small, soft, or recessed chin is (a) common and (b) totally treatable with filler. Whether you’ve always lacked a prominent chin or your chin seemed to disappear as you got older, sculpting a more proportional chin brings the entire face into harmony.
Correcting a recessed chin changes the way the whole profile reads, bringing more balance and structure to the lower face.
A more projected chin and cleaner anterior jawline bring her features into better proportion without changing what makes her face her own.
In the context of full-face treatment, more projection through the chin helps bring the entire face into better proportion.
Improve Facial Symmetry
Nearly everyone has some degree of facial asymmetry, which is part of what makes a face look natural in the first place. For people who feel their chin is notably crooked, unbalanced, or “lopsided,” the goal isn’t “perfect” mirror-image symmetry but a minor refinement to restore facial balance.
Small refinements along the chin, jawline, and midface bring the features into better alignment.
Building height through the chin and smoothing the transition into the jawline helps harmonize the lower face.
What Can Jawline Filler Do?
Reduce Jowling
Jowls, the excess skin that hangs below the jawline, create softness and undulations where there was once a strong, clean line. Filler can restore definition and visually straighten the jawline, minimizing the appearance of jowls.
Lower-face contouring sharpens the jawline, while support in surrounding areas keeps the result looking refreshed rather than heavy.
Small improvements along the chin soften the appearance of cheek jowling and neck shadowing.
Improve the Appearance of the Neck
The ideal neck is sleek, elongated, and visually distinct from the face and jawline. But when your jawline lacks prominence, your cheeks, chin, and neck can all blend together. When we add structure to the jawline with filler, it creates a more youthful transition from the chin to the neck.
A more contoured jawline creates clearer separation from the neck.
Restoring definition along the jawline sculpts the overall profile.
Greater chin projection gives the lower face a cleaner, more defined transition.
Make You Look Younger
Jawline filler creates a more youthful appearance by minimizing jowls and defining the neck. It also smooths indentations and shadows along the jawline—such as marionette lines—that can make the lower face look heavier and older.
Restoring volume through the chin, jawline, and corners of the mouth gives the lower face back the support it had started to lose.
Softer jowling and better lower-face proportion give this full-face result a more rested look.
Restoring the jawline and chin helps smooth the lower-face contour.
With more support through the chin and lower face, the jawline re-emerges stronger than ever.
Increase Mandibular Angles
A clean, prominent mandibular angle (at the back of the lower jaw) plays a key role in achieving a chiseled, masculine jawline. We inject filler to create the sharp, defined angles that separate the lower face and neck for a leaner, more muscular look.
Extra definition at the back of the jaw creates more masculine contours.
Refining the chin and jawline gives the lower face a stronger outline.
The difference here is in the angle itself: more distinct and defined than before.
Snatch Your Face
A snatched jawline can make the face look leaner, more sculpted, and more defined. Jawline filler brings more edge to the lower face and a more striking profile.
A straighter jawline sharpens the lower-face outline.
Strategic jawline contouring narrows the lower face and creates a cleaner side-to-side silhouette.
Chin shaping and smoother jawline contours give the lower face a more tapered look.
Treating the chin and pre-jowl lightens lower-face heaviness and gives the jawline more presence.
Ready To Level Up Your Chin & Jawline?
Backed by two decades of injectable experience, thousands of patient transformations, and his own long-term filler journey, Dr. Mabrie brings both clinical expertise and personal perspective to lower-face contouring. If the results on this page have you wondering what your chin and jawline could look like, we’d love to help.
Simply request a consultation with an MFI Injector online or call us at (415) 857-4722 to get started.
This post was originally published in June 2024 and has been updated for 2026.
none of these treatments are done in isolation. i see fat transfer, maybe threads, lip, cheek enhancement. Be truthful
Hi Lynda, thank you for the compliment! While our results may seem ‘unbelievable’, I can assure you they are all real and all done non-surgically with dermal filler and neuromodulators. You also have a great eye! As our blog mentions, many of our most significant transformations involve the chin and jawline. While ALL of these patients had chin and jawline filler, many of them received this filler as part of their Full Face treatment. We recommend treating the face holistically and looking at all areas, but many patients, including some in this blog, treated their lower face only.
To be completely clear: the patients shown in this blog were treated only with injectable filler and neuromodulators (like Botox). No fat transfers, no threads, no surgery, and no additional procedures. There are no tricks, gimmicks, or hidden treatments involved.
We specialize exclusively in filler and neuromodulators treatments, and the results you’re seeing are achieved through careful assessment, precise placement, and a full-face approach using those tools alone. When done thoughtfully, injectables can create meaningful structural improvement without layering on other procedures.
We believe transparency matters – an we’re always clear about exactly what was done.
I agree with the previous commenter; you only mention “filler injections” for sharper angles and a snatched face. Dishonest and not the whole story; most plastic surgeons list all of the procedures performed (i.e., face lift and eye lift) even if the patient is just shown under one of them. You don’t.
We understand your concern, and want to assure you that all of the results shown are 100% real and achieved non-surgically — only with dermal fillers and neuromodulators. We DO NOT perform facelifts, eye lifts, or other surgical procedures, so there’s nothing “left out” in that regard.
If you’d like to see exactly what was done for each patient, you can click on their image, which will take you to their individual case description and list all the areas we treated.
For patients with mandibular deficiency both in the vertical and transverse plane, what type of filler is best to simulate bony support and create a harmonious that both increases ramus height and mandibular width?
I’m concerned that filler injected in this area without proper bone supporting it (if you want to make the jaw angle appear “lower” on the face, you have to inject below the actual bone right?), would eventually migrate down towards the neck. Or am I just mistaken about the structure and ability to migrate of the correctly chosen filler?
This is an excellent and very thoughtful question. Thank you for commenting on our blog.
Mandibular deficiency is often three dimensional. A patient may lack projection anteriorly at the chin, vertically at the ramus, or transversely in jaw width, and sometimes, all three. The first step is deciding which vector or combination of vectors actually needs correction to create balance and harmony.
You are correct that where we place the product determines the aesthetic effect. Anterior, lateral, and inferior projection can all be influenced by customized placement relative to the bony border.
It is true that supraperiosteal placement offers the most direct way to stimulate skeletal support. However, augmentation does not have to be exclusively on the bone. In the mandibular angle and ramus region, there is a relatively tight fascial and subcutaneous environment. When filler is placed deeply within that contained space, even if not strictly supraperiosteal, it can remain structurally stable. In my experience, when appropriate technique and product selection are used, downward migration has not been a significant issue.
The key variables are plan and rheology.
For true structural support, we typically choose a product with high elastic modulus and strong cohesively. That may be a high G-prime HA filler, a calcium hydroxylapatite product, or in some cases a strategic combination of the two. The decision depends on the degree of deficiency, tissue thickness, and whether we are primarily simulating bone projection or adding contour refinement.
When filler is placed deeply, in a controlled plane, and in appropriate volumes, it behaves more like structural augmentation than soft volumization. What some interpret as “migration” is more often soft tissue relaxation or contour softening over time rather than true product displacement.
That said, filler has limits. In cases of significant skeletal deficiency, surgical augmentation remains the only way to truly change the underlying framework. Our job with injectables is to understand the three dimensional deficiency and use the correct plan and product to create proportional balance safely.
I hope that helps!