Category: custom facial implants | plastic surgery case study

Case Study: Custom WrapAround Implant for Male Jawline Enhancement

Background: The ideal male jawline is seen as strong and chiseled…at least by most men. (some women may prefer a softer jawline which creates a more nurturing appeal) For those men that do not have it, implants can be used to create a stronger or more pronounced jawline. While once traditionally seen as simple chin Read More…

Case Study: Endoscopic Placement of Custom Brow Bone Implant

Background: The forehead occupies one-third of the face and has a significant role to play in overall facial aesthetics. One component of the forehead is the prominence of the supraorbital rims, also known as the brow bones. How prominent they are affects the shape of the forehead and the appearance of the eyes. The more Read More…

Case Study: Custom Male Forehead Implant

Background: The male forehead is uniquely different from that of females. It has more prominent brow bones, a well defined brow break and a forehead that has no more than 10 to 20 degree angulation backward into the frontal hairline superiorly. This is quite different from a female’s forehead which ideally has little to no Read More…

Five Things You May Not Know About Custom Facial Implants

The use of facial implants dates back to over fifty years ago when the first chin augmentation was done. With the expansion of facial implant styles and sizes over the years, there are many options today for nose, cheek, chin and jaw angle implants as the standard facial areas treated. In addition to these areas, Read More…

Case Study – Custom Temporal Implants for Head Widening

Background: The head has a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Like the face, there are certain head shapes that are more pleasing than others. While one knows intuitively whether they like their head shape or not, there are certain measurements of height and width of the head that can help classify its beauty or Read More…

Case Study: Custom Vertical Lengthening Jawline Implant

Background: One of the original facial implants ever made was for a short chin. Chin implants are the oldest facial implant used and can do a job of lengthening a wide variety of horizontal chin/jaw deficiences. Other jaw deficiences in the angle area on the back end of the jaw can also be augmented by Read More…

Plastic Surgery Wisdom: 3D Custom Facial Implants

Facial implants are an invaluable aid in aesthetic facial rejuvenation and structural changes as well as less frequently in facial reconstruction. Facial implants are most commonly perceived as preformed implants of various styles and sizes to augment areas like the cheeks, chin, jaw angles and nose. (off-the-shelf implants) Less commonly, blocks or sheets of various Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Missing Element in Jawline Enhancement

A strong jawline is a well known perceived desirable facial feature. While an obvious aesthetic asset in men, it is even so in women as long as the chin does not protrude too much. What what makes up a nice and well defined jawline? The jawline comes from the mandible or lower jaw which is Read More…

Computer-Designed Custom Facial Implants for Aesthetic Enhancement

Synthetic implants play a valuable role in the treatment of both aesthetic and reconstructive facial problems. While there are a large variety of preformed off-the-shelf facial implants which can be placed in their initial shape or modified during surgery, some patient’s bone and soft tissue volume deficiences are not ideally treated in this manner. While Read More…

Contemporary Implant Concepts For Surgical Jawline Enhancement

‘All societies in history were and are preoccupied with facial beauty’ ‘ Facial balance and symmetry are the key features to attractiveness’ ‘All people regardless of race, class or age share a similar sense of what is attractive’ ‘Square jawed males are viewed as more masculine, gain higher ranks in the military and have Read More…