Can Custom Jawline Implants Be Designed Around An Existing Medpor Chin Implant?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am very much leaning towards keeping my existing medpor implant and adding only custom jaw angle implants. However if a custom implant can be designed to extend from the jaw angles through the chin region, adding vertical dimensions on top of the Medpor, that would be ideal.

A:Trying to make custom jaw angle implants to extend far forward and fit on top of/underneath the existing Medpor chin implant is not a viable option. While that can be designed on paper executing it is fraught with complications particularly with an implant such as Medpor. You either remove the Medpor chin implant and go all the way with the custom wraparound jawline implant or settle for the ajw angle  implants coming forward and touching the back of the Medpor implant.

Dr. Barry Eppley

Plastic Surgeon