Am I A Good Candidate For An External Approach to Jawline Implant Placement?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in jaw implant augmentation where a small external skin incision is placed either right at the back of the jaw angle or around the base of the earlobe.

A:A completely transcutaneous approach to jaw augmentation can be done provided at the amount of angle augmentation is not excessive. Such an incision is placed at the back end of the jaw angle. Coming from higher up at of the earlobe is not a good directional approach to placement of a bony implant.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon