Category: custom facial implants | plastic surgery case study

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom MIdface and Jawline Implants in Reconstruction of Hemifacial Atrophy from Parry-Romberg Syndrome

Background: Facial asymmetries often have a contributing bony basis to them whether they are developmental, traumatic or pathologic in origin. One extremely unique cause of facial asymmetry is Parry-Romberg syndrome also known as craniofacial linear scleroderma. In this well known but biologically not yet understood syndrome atrophy of the facial soft tissue starts usually along Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Midface Implant for Aesthetic Periorbital- Cheek-Maxillary Augmentation

Background: Midface augmentation is a common aesthetic requested procedure done today by either injectable fillers or implants. But no matter how the augmentation is performed it is really a ‘spot’ technique which focuses on specific midface areas like the cheeks and undereyes which are common areas of aesthetic deficiencies. Available off the shelf implants clearly Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Ligamentous Muscle Releases in Custom Female Jawline Implants

Background: Augmentation of the lower third of the face frequently involves placing an implant at the jaw angle area. Whether done as an isolated jaw angle implant or part of an overall custom jawline implant placement of the implant involves knowledge and manipulation of the masseter muscles. This is distinctly different than that of chin Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Forehead Asymmetry Correction with a Custom Mirrored Implant Design

Background: Like all facial features the forehead is prone to asymmetries. Given its large surface area such forehead asymmetries can readily be seen. Forehead asymmetries that are developmental in origin are most commonly caused by abnormalities in skull development (plagiocephaly) due to a rotational twist of the craniofacial axis. As a result there is a Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Significance of the Chin in Custom Jawline Implants

Background: The most frequent implant augmentation of the face is the chin. As only one of two solitary projecting structures of face (the nose is the other) a visible and proportionate chin shape has long been recognized as an important aesthetic facial feature. As a result chin augmentation has been practiced for half a century Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Jaw Angle Implant Replacements for Severely Malpositioned Standard Jaw Angle Implants

Background: Of all the standard facial implants that are available none is harder to properly position than the jaw angle implant. This is due to three reasons; 1) the working end of the jaw angle implant can not be seen from the intraoral incision, 2) the implant placement is in the most posterior part of Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Female Facial Feminization with Custom Facial Implant Replacements

Background: The aesthetics of an appealing lower facial shape from the structure of the lower jaw is certainly influenced by the patient’s gender. While a desire for a well defined jawline is universal there are specific differences between what that constitutes for men vs women. A strong lower jaw in a male tends to be Read More…

Technical Strategies – Transcutaneous Facelift Scar Approach for Jaw Angle Implant Overlay Placecments

The custom jawline implant is the definitive 3D method of reshaping the lower face. With a predetermined design made to fit the patient’s anatomy on an individual basis its effects are far more aesthetically powerful than any use of standard jaw implants. But the preoperative design is a best guess estimate of what the patient Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Vertical Lengthening Custom Jawline Implant for the Short Lower Face

Background: Jaw augmentation is the most frequented form of aesthetic facial augmentation. While chin augmentation has been around for a long time more recent focus has been on improving the shape of the entire jawline including the jaw angles. Standard chin and jaw angle implants exist, and they have their role, but the gold standard Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Jawline Implant for Female Subtotal V Line Surgery Reversal

Background: One of the common lower facial reshaping procedures done today is that of V line surgery. Originating in the Eastern part of the world where larger and more square shaped lower jaws exist, it is now performed in the Western world as well. It has a prominent role in transfemale surgery to feminize the Read More…