Read on to know more about what goes into the chin implant size and shape selected by your plastic surgeon for a chin enhancement surgery.
Patient’s who want to insert implants into their chin to define their jawline and add volume to their faces have a range of chin implants they can chose from. Cosmetic surgeons can make use of metals like titanium but they often corrode and erode the bone.
On the other hand, polymers like polyethylene (Dacron, Medpor) and even PTFE’s like Teflon have been found to be very versatile and common.
Silicone however, remains the chin implant material of choice for many doctors due to its adaptive nature and quality. When chin or malar augmentation was first developed (1970’s), split calvarial bone, rib and iliac crest grafts were used. Later alloplastic chin implants were utilized.
The best route plastic surgeons take to predetermine the suitability of a chin implant for a particular candidate is by checking up on the medical history. Thus they can know if the specific implant will cause an allergy or if it will react adversely to the host body.
At times patients request a less invasive material like collagen, Restylane or even Botox (injectables) to be implanted into the chin. These fillers gradually get modified or get absorbed into the patient’s body calling for repeat treatments.
Get the Plastic Surgery Institute of California to help you decide which chin implant material is best suited for your chin enhancement surgery.
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