Emphasize Your Cheekbones

Facial implants for the chin and cheeks enhance the youthfulness and strengthen the features. The procedure for both implants includes placement of synthetic materials under the subcutaneous tissue and onto the bone underlying it. Implants whether of the cheek or chin are distinct because there are many options available and dramatic results follow.

How is a cheek implant done?

A cheek implant is done to add more emphasis to the cheekbones. The technique involves tiny incisions made towards the inside of the upper jaw area of the mouth. A pocket is created and the implant is scooped into and secured. A customized implant can also be used for the cheeks.

Types of cheek implants

Some recommended types of cheek implants include:

·      Submalar: This type of implant is designed to chisel a face with sunken cheeks at the side of the nose and below the eyes.

·      Malar shell: This surgery focuses on achieving fullness at the cheekbones.

·      Combined submalar: This procedure is a combination of the first two methods to augment the mid-face in particular.

How is a chin implant done?

Cosmetic surgery for chin alteration focuses on balancing the features and bringing them in proportion with each other such as the forehead, nose, lips, chin and the neck. Whilst a protruding chin can be operated on to make it smaller, a small chin can be made of the proportionate size with the help of implants.

Implants can be inserted with an incision inside the mouth, behind the lower lip and below the chin. A pocket is created and an implant is placed and secured in it. Visible scars are avoided as the incision is made inside in both the cases. Once the incision is closed, the chin is held firm with a tape, to treat swelling and to prevent the accumulation of fluid.

Risks

Some risks associated with both cheek and chin implants are:

·         Infection, for which antibiotics may be prescribed after surgery.

·         Often a rare outcome, but sometimes the implant can come out through the skin.

·         The implanted site can swell up.

·         The skin over the implant can experience discoloration.

·         Tingling sensation can be experienced temporarily and will disappear with time.

·         The synthetic materials have reported no case of any sort of disorder or disease, though bone erosion was seen as an outcome in some studies. Even then, chin erosion does not cause any problem to the gums or teeth.

              Cost:- The Malar implants can cost upto Rs 1.2 lacs

       Recovery time is about 2 weeks