Do I Really Need Custom Infraorbital-Malar Implants?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m considering infraorbital and malar implants. I’m from Germany . What are the next steps? virtual meeting or would you like photographs? I’ve had a couple of consults, my questions and their responses below: Are custom implants necessary? both doctors said no Do you provide imaging to design the implants? both doctors said no Do infraorbital and malar implants come in a combined single piece? One doctor said he’s going to check

A: 1) There are no standard infraorbital-malar implants, only surgeons trying to use a standard implant style to try an create the same effect…which never works out well.

2) When surgeons tell patients they don’t need a custom implant, almost always it is because they don’t do them and have never done them. They do the type of surgery they know how to do which you had better hope matches what you actually need.

 This then takes up back to point #1…what do you really need and what is the best way to accomplish it.

Dr. Barry Eppley

Plastic Surgeon