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Facial Enhancement by Implants

Article Summary: Facial implants are a simple and proven method for enhancing one's facial profile and to improve overall facial feature balance. Whether it be chin, cheek, or jaw implants, or combinations thereof, facial implantation on deficient facial skeletal areas can make a subtle or big change depending upon the patient's desire.

In the pursuit of improved facial balance and shape, the use of solid facial implants is a simple and proven method. While there are facial implants made from different materials that can be used, the use of solid silicone (rubber) chin, cheek, nose and jaw implants are by far the most commonly used. They are soft, flexible, and slide easily into place on top of facial bones. These type of facial implants are placed deep to the skin down at the bone level. Since they are solid, not gel-filled, there is no risk of implant leakage or breaking. All facial implants can be inserted through very discrete incisions that often leave no visible scars on the face. While any implant (foreign-body) has some risk of infection, facial implants infection is quite uncommon.

Enhancing the chin with an implant is the most commonly performed facial implant procedure. With a small incision under the chin, a chin implant can be easily put into place, bringing the chin forward so that it is in balance to the nose and lips. Unlike the old style 'button' chin implant, there are many different styles of chin implants today. From curved styles to a more box shape, to those chin implants with a central dimple, there are many options to custom tailor a chin implant to fit most patient's faces. Usually the chin implant is sutured into place, a metal screw can be driven through the implant to the bone. This screw fixation method can eliminate one of the very few complications of chin implants, that of shifting or changing position after surgery causing chin asymmetry. Chin implants are commonly in conjunction with other facial procedures including rhinoplasty, neck liposuction, and facelifts.

Cheek implants also have a variety of styles, allowing fullness to be gained over the prominence of the cheekbone, filling out the hollow underneath the cheekbone, or allowing more fullness to be gained up to the side of the nose. By going through the mouth under the upper lip, there is no facial scarring. Cheek implants help bring fullness to a flat cheeks, help camouflage a prominent nose, or restore facial fat atrophy lost in HIV disease. Securing the cheek implant into place is of particular importance as they are the most prone of any facial implant to moving out of place after surgery.

Jawline implants are relatively new. Making a man's face more square and amsculine is done with jaw angle implants and is also used when there is facial asymmetry caused by the jaw developing differently between the two sides of the face. While swelling and recovery exists with all facial implant procedures, jaw angle implants has the greatest amount of recovery due to being placed under the chewing muscles. This causes some soreness in opening the mouth for several weeks after surgery.

In some cases, the use of different implants in the same patient, such as a chin and jaw angle implants in a male, can provide dramatic changes in one's facial appearance. Facial implants are a powerful tool, that is simple and usually uncomplicated, to achieve better facial balance and harmony.

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Dr Barry Eppley
Dr Barry Eppley, plastic surgery of Indianapolis, has two medspa practice locations at Clarian Health. To learn more about the latest trends in plastic surgery, spa therapies, or medical skin care, go to his daily blog, http://www.exploreplasticsurgery.com .