Do I Need To Get My Filler Dissolved Before Getting Jaw Angle Implants?

Q: Dr. Eppley, Looking to get custom jaw angle implants, I’ve had ~1ml of filler on both of my jaw angles to increase the frontal width/angularity and it looked great. I saw some of your results and i’m liking a lot of them and would like to possibly get surgery done as soon as possible. I currently reside in Canada, and would like to understand the process. I currently do have filler so i’m assuming that also needs to be dissolved before surgery. What’s the estimated wait time between consultation, implant design/shipping, dissolving filler (I had 1ml done 9 months ago but there’s still a bit of filler left).

A:I assume you have an HA filler which responds well to hyaluronidase injections. I would do that a month before the surgery.

For custom jaw angle implants that is a three month process from receiving your 3D CT scan and the surgery date.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon