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 anatomically made up of five distinct components that is essentially a paired L-shape curvilinear structure that meets in the middle. Its anatomic components and their aesthetic corollaries are the symphysis (chin), parasymphysis (prejowl), body (middle of the jawline), ramus (angle) and the condyle. (jaw joint which has no aesthetic relevance) Chin implants increase the projection of the symphysis, jaw angle implants increase the width or length of the ramus and prejowl implants increase the fullness of the parasymphysis. But there is no off-the-shelf standard implant for the body of the mandible that would connect whatever is done at the opposite ends of the jawline. (chin and jaw angles) This is the missing piece of aesthetic jawline enhancement, the ability to make a smooth and stronger jawline along the sides. Currently, only custom made implants can do body jawline augmentation. or the wrap around jawline implant which includes all elements of making a well defined jawline.
Dr. Barry Eppley