As a facial trauma surgeon, Dr. Koyama routinely places cheek, chin and jaw implants for trauma patients. We now offer this service to our patients who want to enhance certain features of your face, including your cheeks or your jaw line.

Am I a Candidate for a Face Implant?
You are a candidate for a face implant if you are in good physical and mental health. You should not expect perfection. Facial implants will not make you look like someone else. However, they will enhance your current features.

How Do I Know if a Face Implant Is Right for Me?
When you sit down with Dr. Koyama for your pre-operative consultation, he will ask detailed questions about your medical history. Among the things he will need to know is if you have had either cosmetic or reconstructive facial surgery before.
Additionally, he will want to know what you seek to change about your appearance and why you are unhappy with your features. Are there other surgeries you want or need to have done, such as a face-lift, forehead lift, or other cosmetic procedure?
If you have dental problems, you will need to let your surgeon know about these.

How Are Facial Implants Done?
During your pre-operative consultation, you and Dr. Koyama will decide together whether you'll have local anesthesia or general anesthesia (which means you'll be put to sleep). In most cases, facial implant surgery is completed in our office. Dr. Koyama will make this determination based on your particular case. The length of surgery will depend on which part of your face is affected, but it commonly lasts between one to two hours.

Where Are Face Implants Placed?
• Lower jaw implant. The implant is placed inside the lower lip. Incision site will be secured with sutures that will dissolve in about one week. The procedure takes one to two hours.

• Cheek implant. The implant is placed internally through upper lip or externally via your lower eyelid. Sutures will vary depending on whether they're internal or external. The procedure takes about an hour.

• Chin implant. The implant is placed internally through the lower lip, or under your chin. As with the cheek implant, sutures will vary depending on whether they're internal or external. The procedure takes 30 minutes to an hour.


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