Cheek, Jaw and Chin Implants
Facial implants are used to enhance certain features of your face, including your cheeks or your jaw line. The surgery may be
elective, or needed as the result of prior surgery on the face. Through a facial implant, a plastic surgeon can aesthetically
improve facial contours.
Am I A Candidate For a Face Implant?
You are a candidate for this procedure if you
are in good physical and mental health. You should not expect perfection. Facial implants will not make you look like someone
else. However, they will enhance your current features.
How Do I Know If a Face Implant is Right For Me?
When you sit down with your surgeon for your pre-operative consultation, he or she will ask detailed questions about
your medical history. Among the things the surgeon will need to know is if you have had either cosmetic or reconstructive
facial surgery before.
Additionally, he or she will want to know what you seek to change about your appearance and
why you are unhappy with your features. Are there other surgeries you want or need to have done, such as a facelift ,
forehead lift , or other cosmetic procedure?
If you have dental problems, you will need to let your surgeon know about these.
How Are Facial Implants Done?
During your pre-operative consultation, you and your surgeon will decide together
whether you'll have local anesthesia with an oral sedative to help you relax or general anesthesia (which means you'll be put
to sleep).
In most cases, facial implant surgery is completed on an outpatient basis in a hospital, your surgeon's office or a
surgical center. Your surgeon will make this determination based on your particular case.
The length of surgery will
depend on which part of your face is affected, but it commonly lasts between one to two hours.
Where Are Face Implants Placed?
- Lower jaw implant. The
implant is placed inside of the lower lip. Incision site will be secured with
sutures that will dissolve in about one week. The procedure takes one to two
hours.
- Cheek implant. The implant
is placed internally through upper lip or externally via your lower eyelid.
Sutures will vary depending on whether they're internal or external. The
procedure take about an hour.
- Chin implant. The implant is placed internally to the lower lip, or under your chin. As with the cheek implant, sutures will vary depending on whether they're internal or external. The procedure takes 30 minutes to an hour
How Do I Prepare For a Face Implant?
The good news about facial implants is that the recovery is quick. You should need only to take one week off from work,
at most. Of course, your recovery will depend on your own personal habits and whether or not you're having other surgery performed.
You should plan to have someone drive you home from the hospital. If you live alone, you should also plan to have someone
stay with you at least the first night once you're home.
Make sure to wear a loose blouse or shirt that does not have to
be pulled over your face. Your surgeon will instruct you on which foods and medications to avoid before and after facial
implant surgery. If you are a smoker, your surgeon may ask you to quit smoking for a certain period before and after the surgery.
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