Category: custom facial implants | plastic surgery case study

Background: The historic and still acceptable method for total jawline augmentation is with the use of standard chin and jaw angle implants. The most common problem with the use of such standard implants is malposiiton of them affecting the symmetry of the result. But even when such chin and jaw angle implants are well placed Read More…

Background: Midface deficiencies are an interesting area of the face to augment as it is one of the few facial areas that has a significant concave shape to it. It also poses some anatomic issues with the prominent location of the infraorbital nerve. Traditionally midface augmentation was perceived as only being able to be effectively Read More…

Background: The desired shape of the chin can be very gender specific. Men often prefer a wider and even a more square chin shape. Conversely women usually prefer a more narrow chin shape and most contemporarily a tapered v-shape. While achieving a wider chin shape in men usually requires addition using an implant, attaining a Read More…

Background: Undereye hollows are a very common aesthetic concern. It occurs for a variety of anatomic reasons from fat atrophy/loss to skeletal deficiencies. The most common treatment is injectable fillers which can have good success but is not complication free. Irregularities and over/undercorrection are not uncommon post injection outcomes. But the one outcome issue that Read More…

Background:  Lower jaw augmentation surgery is requested for a variety of aesthetic reasons. Most commonly patients are interested in improvement in their jaw shape, feeling that is weak or ill defined. While this is often perceived as being in the horizontal direction for the chin and at the width of the jaw angles, more patients Read More…

Background: The traditional approach to aesthetic jaw implant surgery is a combination of intraoral (2) and external incisions. (1) The intraoral incisions are needed to access the jaw angle region where that portion of the implants are placed on the bone under the masseter muscle. While the intraoral approach to the jaw angles is scarless, Read More…

Background: Total jawline augmentation has historically been done by a combination of standard chin and jaw angle implants. While effective for some they ‘fail’ as often as they succeed for three reasons. First when three implants are placed around the curve of the jawline perfect placement of symmetry of them is very difficult to achieve. Read More…

Background: Ample projection of the midface is determined by numerous bony and soft tissue landmarks. The most classic sign of a midface deficiency is an underbite. The more posterior positioning of the maxillary arch compared to the mandibular teeth can occur in isolation but often is also part of a more global midface deficiency. In Read More…