The chin and cheeks, as well as the nose are the most important facial prominences. What we interpret as facial beauty depends directly on the relationship between these elements. A deficient chin or cheeks may take away a lot from a pretty face. That is why it is very important to make a balance between these elements.

The augmentation of the chin is made by an incision, 2-cm long in the crease underneath it. It is an ambulatory surgery, approximately 1-hour long; it’s performed under general or local anaesthesia plus deep sedation.

The augmentation of the cheeks is done in a similar way, by an incision in the interior of the mouth underneath the cheek itself.

Recovery from those and other facial surgeries is not painful but there may be a moderate swelling for 3 - 5 days. Nevertheless, the patient can be completely active the day after surgery. Dr. Gabriel Peralta uses Implantec trademark implants for these two kinds of surgery.