Facial Implants
in Melbourne, FL
What we perceive as facial beauty depends heavily on symmetry. When age or genetics lead to flat cheeks, a recessed chin, or noticeable facial asymmetry, non-surgical treatments like dermal fillers offer only temporary volume. At RENEW, facial implant surgery provides a permanent solution to sculpt your facial contours and enhance your natural facial features.
Led by double board-certified specialist Dr. King Kim, our facial cosmetic surgery practice in Melbourne, FL combines deep mastery of facial anatomy with artful surgical skill. By placing custom biocompatible materials along the underlying bone, Dr. Kim achieves a structural facial balance that delivers natural-looking results tailored to your aesthetic preferences.
Adds permanent structural definition, defines a weak jaw, lifts sunken cheeks, and helps correct facial asymmetry.
Includes chin implants, cheek implants (malar implants), and custom jaw implants made from safe synthetic materials like silicone implants.
Placed using incisions inside the mouth or within natural skin creases to avoid visible scars.
Performed with targeted sedation tailored to your surgical plan.
Facial implant surgery encompasses a range of specialized facial implant procedures designed to reshape, bolster, or rebuild the underlying facial bones. Unlike soft tissue volumizers that degrade over time, permanent implants provide solid structural support directly against the facial skeleton, giving the overlying skin and soft tissue a youthful, well-defined foundation.
Depending on your aesthetic goals, Dr. Kim selects from various implant types engineered from long-proven biocompatible materials. For patients seeking cheek definition, malar implants are placed over the cheekbones beneath the cheek muscles. For individuals with a weak profile, chin implants augment a recessed chin to harmonize the distance between the lower lip and neck. In cases involving prior trauma, reconstructive surgery techniques utilize implants to correct structural facial deformities and restore natural facial symmetry.
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On the day of their facial implant surgery Melbourne patients have their comfort and safety managed by Dr. Kim and our dedicated surgical team. Once general anesthesia or intravenous sedation is administered, Dr. Kim creates small, precise entry points.
To avoid visible external incisions, Dr. Kim often makes incisions within the oral cavity, such as behind the lower lip for chin placement or under the upper lip for cheek augmentation. Through these hidden access points, he creates a secure pocket resting directly against the bone, inserts the implant into its correct position, and anchors it to prevent shifting.
If external access is required, discreet incisions are hidden under the chin or along the lower eyelid margin, similar to techniques used in eyelid surgery. The surgical site is then closed with fine sutures that dissolve naturally as healing progresses.
For our Melbourne facial implants patients, custom implants provide lasting correction for structural and anatomical concerns, including:
Facial implant surgery does more than change a single feature. It recalibrates how your facial features relate to one another, bringing harmony to areas that may have always felt lacking or that have changed with age. By addressing the skeletal structure of your face, facial implants provide a depth of long-lasting correction that surface-level treatments cannot replicate. Benefits of facial implants include:
Implants add projection and shape to the chin, cheeks, or jawline, giving your face the angles and structure that define an attractive profile.
Implants can correct facial asymmetry, bringing balance between the midface and lower face and harmonizing the relationship between your nose, chin, and jaw.
As facial bones resorb over the decades, cheeks hollow and chins recede. Implants replace what time takes away at the structural level.
Unlike dermal fillers that dissolve over months, facial implants provide a permanent solution to enhance facial features without ongoing retreatment.
Properly placed implants maintain your underlying projection as you continue to age, supporting the soft tissue above them for years to come.
When your face reflects the way you feel inside, the psychological benefits are real and lasting.
Ideal candidates for facial implant placement are non-smoking adults in good health with fully mature facial growth who maintain realistic expectations. During your initial Melbourne facial implants consultation, Dr. Kim will review your medical history, evaluate your overall health, and examine your facial structure.
Patients should be free of active jaw or gum infections. You will be advised to stop taking certain medications and supplements that cause an increased risk of bleeding prior to your procedure. While facial implants cost more initially than temporary injectables, many patients find the single-procedure, permanent outcome a superior investment, and financing options are available.
Proper post-operative care during facial implant recovery ensures safe healing and optimal implant positioning. Mild tightness, localized bruising, and swelling around the treatment area are normal during the first week.
If oral incisions were used, you will be placed on a soft food diet for several days to protect the healing tissue lines. You will also use specialized oral rinses to keep the incision sites clean. Most patients manage mild discomfort easily with prescribed medication and feel ready to return to work and normal activities within 7 to 10 days. Strenuous sports or activities with a risk of facial impact should be avoided for several weeks to allow the implants to fully integrate.
As post-operative swelling subsides over the first few weeks, your new, defined facial structure will become clear. By 1 to 3 months, soft tissues settle smoothly over the implants, revealing balanced contours and a more youthful appearance.
Because biocompatible implants do not break down over time, your augmented profile provides a permanent structural foundation. You can expect your enhanced contours to maintain their balance and symmetry for a lifetime.
Achieving natural results with facial implants requires deep anatomical expertise and precise surgical skill. Double board-certified specialist Dr. King Kim approaches every implant procedure with an artistic eye, choosing implant shapes and sizes that complement your authentic features rather than creating an overdone look.
Our practice delivers comprehensive surgical and medspa care under one roof in Melbourne, FL. From your private evaluation through your long-term follow-up visits, our team helps you achieve a well-balanced profile.
Yes. Modern implants are made from solid, biocompatible materials like medical-grade silicone or porous polyethylene that have been used safely in surgery for decades. They do not leak and are designed to integrate safely with your natural tissue.
Not with Dr. Kim. Because implants are placed deep against the facial bones beneath the muscle and soft tissue layers, they feel like natural bone once fully healed and produce smooth, natural-looking contours. Dr. Kim works with you to select an implant size that properly frames your face and looks natural and symmetrical.
Yes. While implants are designed to be permanent, Dr. Kim can safely modify or remove them if needed.
Dermal fillers are temporary gel injections that require repeat treatments every 6 to 18 months. A chin implant requires a single surgical placement to provide permanent structural definition to a recessed chin.
In most cases, incisions are placed inside the mouth or within natural skin creases under the chin or lower eyelid, leaving no noticeable external scars.
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