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Chin Implant Revision

Chin and cheek implant surgeries augment the chin and cheekbone; revision implant surgeries, on the other hand, correct the results of a prior enhancement. Dr. Jacono specializes in these augmentation and revision surgeries.

Usually, patients choose to revise an implant if it is too small, too large, or too unshapely. Many years ago, chin implants over-augmented the center of the chin and made it look pointy, but today, chin implants come in many shapes and sizes, whether they be more square (masculine) or more ovular (feminine). Cheek implants, similarly, come in malar (cheekbone), submalar (below the cheekbone), and combined malar and submalar shapes.

Chin Implant Removal

No matter how much a surgeon and patient discuss the surgery and its potential outcomes, a small percentage of clients may desire a different implant after surgery and request a revision. The process entails the removal of the implant and the placement of a more desirably shaped piece.

Most implants, thankfully, are easily removed, especially if they are made of silastic, silicone, or hydroxyapatite. If the implant is made of MedPor or Gore-Tex, the body repairs itself around the piece, and removing it can cause post-operative trauma and bruise. However, Dr. Jacono can remove these particular implants through incisions of only 1 cm hidden under the chin.

Chin Implant Revision Patient: This young woman had a previous chin implant that resulted in a twisted, asymmetrical, and badly positioned lower third. Dr. Jacono removed the old chin implant and replaced it with a customized one.

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Chin Implant Revision After Photo

Sometimes, it is not necessary for an implant to be removed. If it is badly positioned, for example, Dr. Jacono will create a new pocket around the facial skeleton and secure the implant to a better place. He will also use titanium micro-screws to keep the implant steady.  

When a patient requests a complete removal of their implant, the piece is removed, and the incision is closed. Usually, the face will return to its pre-operative state, but if the implants were large and remodeled the broader facial anatomy, fat transfers and grafting may be required to compensate for a deflated chin, because if it is not, the chin pad can droop.  This is called a witch’s chin deformity.

Chin Revision Recovery

On average, recovery time is longer than that of a primary chin implant surgery. Whereas a primary chin implant will heal in around a month for most of the swelling to come down, a revision chin implant can take longer to heal completely, especially if a patient has had multiple revision surgeries.

The reason recovery times are longer is that the procedure causes more serious swelling or lymphatic obstruction. As a result, it takes more time for the chin to show proper definition, and the area will likely look bigger before swelling eventually subsides.

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Doctor Jacono’s desire to become a facial plastic surgeon was solidified in grade school. There was a girl on his school bus route who was born with a cleft lip and palate deformity. Unfortunately, whenever she spoke, air and words escaped through her nose. Kids teased her and were cruel, and nobody would sit next to her on the bus, so he decided to sit with her. One day, the girl had plastic surgery and returned to school with her face repaired. Suddenly, classmates saw her face instead of her deformity and immediately treated her normally. It was at that moment that Doctor Jacono knew he wanted to fix people’s faces and change their lives. This is why he has gone on over twenty plastic surgery missions to poor countries around the world and provided free cleft lip and surgery for birth defects to over 500 children.

Because of this experience in his childhood, Doctor Jacono understands that one of our basic needs as human beings is to feel confident about our appearance. It’s is Doctor Jacono’s passion to help his patients achieve their facial aesthetic goals, creating natural appearing results to either enhance their beauty and proportion or rejuvenate their aging appearance. He is a world-renowned leader in the field of facial plastic surgery and only performs surgery on the face, not the body. He has innovated many facelift, eyelid lift, and rhinoplasty surgical techniques, publishing in leading peer reviewed literature and lecturing at plastic surgery conferences all over the world. He is committed to sharing what he has learned teaching surgeons from around the world.

His approach is to maintain your uniqueness and facial identity; it is still you just better. To do this he uses a customized, bespoke approach to each patient employing the most minimally invasive, innovative, and cutting-edge technology. Doctor Jacono has never performed the same procedure on any two of the thousands of patients he has treated. He is committed to providing his surgical expertise in a caring, supportive environment with a professional staff that has you as their focus and concern.