Can I Get A New Better Shaped Custom Jawline Implant?

Q: Dr. Eppley, Id like to talk about getting a revision surgery. I received a wraparound custom jawline implant than im unhappy with a year and a half ago. Its too wide laterally, it added 7 or 8 mm width. I think it would be far more aesthetic to add only 3mm laterally. It goes back too far towards the ramus bone which looks unnatural. It doesn’t blend with the natural gonial where it starts curving up. It goes past it which I dislike. It is too round in appearance. I would prefer sharper masculine lines. It also lacks the chin jaw separation that I want. I want to have a more forward projecting chin like 9mm instead of 5mm. I want it to be slightly squared with taper that creates separation between the chin and jaw. I also want to get cheekbone implants to balance the slightly long flat midface. Im not looking to add width laterally just upward and out 5-6mm. Id like them to be sharp and masculine. I want no added submalar fullness. Im seeking that model esque shadow under the cheek that photographs well. Id like them to be well blended so theres no obvious bumps.

A: One of the ‘advantages’ of having a custom implant design implanted and observing the long term outcome is that now you have a better understanding of the cause and effect relationship of an implant’s dimensions. I think you are well on your way to an improved jawline implant design.

For the cheek implants this is a new design concept but one which is fairly common in my experience with male cheek implant augmentation.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon