To Widen My Face Do I Need Custom Implants?

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hello, I want to ask about facial implants, specifically cheekbone and jaw implants to widen my face and make it more angular. Do the implants need to be custom? How much do they cost if they are custom and how much if they’re of the shelf? Can asymmetries also be fixed? My recessed chin is a secondary concern of mine, so how much would a chin implant add to the total costs? Can the chin implant be customized to be angular like mine is at the moment and would it be possible for it to not add any vertical length to my chin and my face?

A: In answer to your facial implant questions:

1) when you look at what you are trying to dimensionally achieve the cheekbone and jaw implants would need to he custom made.

2) When bony asymmetries exist the only effective way to improve them is through custom implant designs.

3) When chin is done with jaw angle implants that is known as a custom wraparound jawline implant.

4) In custom implant designs you make them any way you want…whether that is to mimic the shape of your natural bone or change its natural shape.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon