Category: custom facial implants | plastic surgery case study

Background: The most common bony changes done to the lower jaw are the sliding genioplasty and the sagittal split ramus osteotomy. (SSRO) Other types of bony changes less commonly done are chin wing osteotomies, v line surgery and TMJ joint replacements. All of these autologous jaw procedures can create very effective lower facialreshaping changes but Read More…

Background: The chin is the most commonly treated aesthetic facial augmentation area for which a wide variety of implants exist to perform it. All but one of these implant styles provides a horizontal augmentation effect only. While they can be positioned a bit lower on the chin bone to create some vertical lengthening effect they Read More…

Background: Chin implants, like all implants placed in the body, induces a biologic response at the implantation site. The most well known response is encapsulation or the surrounding of the implant with scar tissue known as the capsule. Regardless of the implant material capsules are formed. Chin implants have also been associated with ‘erosion’ although Read More…

Background: Cheek implant augmentation is uniquely different from that of chin implants. Besides being a different anatomic location the cheek is bilateral and not singular which are its two most obvious differences.  But when planning for cheek augmentation one has to look way behind these basic differences and treat them with their own unique dimensional Read More…

Background: Upper and lower jaw osteotomies, once known as orthognathic surgery, has undergone an evolution for what was its original purpose. Designed to correct dentofacial deformities for malocclusions, and while still used for that purpose today, its uses currently have expanded to the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and as a method to increase mid- Read More…

Background: The definitive method for complete jaw or lower facial augmentation is the custom jawline implant. Not surprisingly the vast majority of patients who seek this surgery are men and their goals are fairly consistent… a stronger and more defined jawline. While there are different flavors of what that means for each individual patient there Read More…

Background: When one thinks of a short chin it is almost always perceived to be a horizontal issue. (lack of projection) And while that is by far the most common deficient chin dimension it is not the only one. Chins can also be vertically short or not long enough in height. And while many horizontal Read More…

Background: Chin implants are a common facial augmentation procedure which can be very effective in the properly selected patient. It is almost always the procedure that is done when a patient presents to a plastic surgeon for  ‘chin augmentation’ or ‘jaw enhancement’. This is because it is the jaw augmentation procedure of which most surgeons Read More…