Plastic surgeons employ an extensive range of techniques to help patients look and feel their best. As medical devices, materials and methods continue to evolve, facial implants are becoming a more popular choice for patients seeking to enhance their appearance. These implants can sculpt more defined facial contours, create a more harmonious balance between facial features and restore youthful fullness to the face. Facial implants are available in a variety of sizes, shapes and materials, and may be combined with other facial rejuvenation or facial contouring procedures to maximize your results.

Facial Implant

WHAT BENEFITS CAN FACIAL IMPLANTS PROVIDE?

Facial implants have both cosmetic and reconstructive applications. For younger patients, facial implants are frequently used to bring more aesthetically-pleasing proportions to the face. For mature patients, facial implants can help restore youthful volume to areas of the face that appear sunken or tired. Facial implants can also restore shape and symmetry to the face following traumatic injury or illness. Common reasons for seeking a facial implant procedure include:

  • A receding or disproportionately small chin

  • A poorly defined jawline

  • Lack of fullness or definition in the cheeks

  • Volume loss as a result of aging

  • Facial asymmetry

WHAT HAPPENS DURING FACIAL IMPLANT SURGERY?

The specifics of your implant procedure will depend on the area you wish to augment or define. The most common areas for facial implants are the chin, cheeks and jaw.

Chin Implants: A “weak” or receding chin can be enhanced with a chin implant to improve facial balance. During the procedure, a small incision is made under the chin or inside the mouth, and a pocket is created over the front of the jawbone. An implant of the proper size and shape to achieve your aesthetic goals is placed into this pocket. Sutures are used to close the incision. These will either dissolve or be removed during a follow-up appointment.

Cheek Implants: vferted through incisions made for that procedure to reduce scarring.

Jaw Implant: Jaw implants widen the lower region of the face for improved balance and definition. Incisions for jaw implants are usually made inside the mouth in the crease where the cheek and gums meet. As in other facial implant procedures, a pocket is made through these incisions, the implants are vv and the incisions are closed with sutures that will later dissolve or be removed.

WHAT RESULTS CAN FACIAL IMPLANTS ACHIEVE?

Facial implants can rejuvenate, redefine, reconstruct or augment your facial contours. Depending on the specifics of your implant procedure, your results may include:

  • Improved balance between facial features

  • Improved facial symmetry

  • Improved chin projection

  • Improved jawline definition

  • Lifted or more prominent cheekbones

  • A fuller, more youthful appearance

  • Minimal or invisible scarring

  • Natural-looking results

Facial implants are designed to offer long-lasting improvements. While the specific outcome varies from patient to patient, the results are essentially permanent. Implants will continue to enhance the underlying structure of your face while your soft tissues (skin, fat, muscles) age naturally over the implants.