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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Restoring Chin Masculinity with a Custom Implant

Background: Off-the-shelf chin implants are widely available and generally effective for patients seeking minor horizontal chin augmentation while preserving their natural shape. However, these standard implants often fall short in cases requiring more complex, multidimensional enhancements—especially when addressing uncommon chin deficiencies. A particularly challenging problem is vertical chin deficiency. This condition involves either a purely Read More…

Custom Forehead Augmentation in Men: A Case Study

Custom Forehead Augmentation in Men: A Case Study Background While the forehead is not the initial focus of facial masculinization for many male patients, it often becomes relevant after lower facial enhancements—such as jawline augmentation—are complete. At that point, attention turns to balancing the upper third of the face with what has been surgically achieved Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study : Secondary Jawline Augmentation After Chin Wing Osteotomy

There are two fundamentally different approaches to achieving a more complete jaw augmentation: the chin wing osteotomy and the custom jawline implant. (This discussion excludes standard chin and jaw angle implants, as they lack a connected effect.) The chin wing procedure uses an autologous technique, splitting and repositioning bone, whereas a custom jawline implant is Read More…

Cheek Augmentation in Men: Custom Implants for a High Cheekbone Look

Cheek augmentation in men is typically performed using the same off-the-shelf implants designed for women. However, it doesn’t take much thought to recognize the gender differences in ideal cheek aesthetics. The male cheekbone has distinct structural characteristics compared to the female: it is generally higher and more angular, whereas the female cheek is rounder and Read More…

Custom Chin Implant Design: Achieving a Precise and Square Jawline Appearance

Chin augmentation using implants remains the most common method of surgical facial bone enhancement. In recent years, the number of chin implants performed in the U.S. has grown significantly. This trend is partly due to the popularity of injectable fillers, which allow patients to “test drive” a more defined chin. While fillers can be maintained Read More…

Combining Forehead Augmentation and Frontal Hairline Advancement: A Case Study

Combining Forehead Augmentation and Frontal Hairline Advancement: A Case Study The forehead is one of the most prominent thirds of the face, and its size and shape significantly influence facial aesthetics. Forehead reshaping generally involves either reduction or augmentation, which can address both the soft tissue and bony components. A common soft tissue reduction is Read More…

Injectable Fillers and Custom Facial Implant Designs

Aesthetic facial enhancement can be achieved through three primary methods: injectable synthetic fillers, injectable fat, and implants. Each of these has unique advantages and limitations, and no single option is ideal for every patient or every area of facial enhancement. It’s also not uncommon for patients to undergo more than one of these methods over Read More…

The Aesthetic Importance of the Jaw Angle: Measurement, Design and Custom Implants

The jaw angle is a critical element of lower facial aesthetics, particularly in men. While perceptions of an attractive jawline vary by individual preference, most people instinctively recognize a strong, well-defined jaw angle when they see it. Beyond subjective impressions, however, the jaw angle can be quantified through several established cephalometric measurements, which have been Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Jawline Implant for Improving Bony Irregularities of the Jawline After Sagittal Split and Chin Osteotomies

Background: Double jaw osteotomy surgery is very popular today for multiple reasons. Several of the reasons for the surgery today are quite different than they were two or three decades ago. While once reserved primarily for the correction of malocclusions the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea as well as for aesthetic purposes has expanded the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Medpor Square Chin Implant Replacement

Background: Custom facial implant designs offer a wide variety of potential facial augmentation changes. On the patient’s 3D CT scan virtually any implant design can be done. But the one important consideration that is not evident in a custom implant design is can it be surgically placed. Because of the overlying soft tissues and incisional Read More…