A Surgical Procedure!

Facial implants can improve your cheeks or jaw line. For some people, Your surgeon will want to discuss why you wish to make changes in your appearance, to determine whether you have realistic expectations about implant surgery. Facial implants are sometimes done along with other cosmetic procedures, such as a facelift, brow lift, etc., depending on the desired results.

The Procedure: Depending on what you're having done, the surgery generally lasts two hours or less. The options:

• Lower jaw implant - placed inside the lower lip.
• Cheek implant - placed either via the upper lip or the lower eyelid.
• Chin implant - placed via the lower lip or under the chin.

Common Side Effects:

As with any surgery, you do risk certain side effects and complications. You will experience bruising and swelling, which can last at least two days. Your surgeon will let you know what to watch for, as far as excessive or abnormal swelling or bruising.

Recovery:

The recovery from this surgery is fairly 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.