Can You Show me Exactly What I Will Look Like After 3D Custom Facial Implants?

Q: Dr. Eppley, Are you all able to also to do 3D models how the person will look after the face implants? Thank you.

A:While the concept of creating custom facial implant designs on the patient’s 3-D skeletal model and then knowing exactly what the aesthetic outcome is would be extremely helpful. However that technology with any accuracy does not yet exist. There is yet no known precise correlation between the push of implants on the bone and exactly how anyone’s very different overlying soft tissues will respond. Currently custom facial implant designs are done based on the patients desired the preoperative changes on their pictures via prediction imaging which serves as a target for the design. This works very well for most cases provided the surgeon is a tremendous experience in doing custom facial implants And has a good feel for how to make designs have a certain aesthetic effect.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon