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Facial Implants
Q: WHAT ARE FACIAL IMPLANTS?
A: Facial implants are man-made (synthetic) substitutes for your own body
tissues. They are most often used to enhance the nose, cheeks or chin
regions. Your own tissues (for example rib bone or cartilage) may be used
for the same purpose, but the risks and costs are usually much greater.
Your face, more than any other part of your body, is what defines you. You
use it to communicate, to be recognized, and to influence other people.
Yet, at its most fundamental level, your face is a composite of structural
elements - chin, cheeks, nose, brow, jaw seen in the context of your whole
face. It is the relationship between these structural elements that
creates the look that is uniquely yours.
When one of these elements is too big, too small, too prominent, it tends
to throw the face out of balance. Facial contouring, using carefully
styled implants, can create a more attractive, harmonious balance among
your facial features. Facial implants can be used alone or in conjunction
with other facial procedures (such as combining chin augmentation with a
facelift to enhance the chin/neck angle).
Facial Implant Example 2: 26 year old female underwent rhinoplasty (nose reshaping and reduction) and insertion of chin implant.
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