In the pursuit of improved facial balance and shape, the use of solid facial implants is a simple and proven method. While facial implants can be made of different materials, the use of solid silicone rubber chin, cheek, nose and jaw implants are by far the most commonly used.Facial implants are very natural-feeling and slide easily into place on top of facial bone areas. All facial implants can be inserted through incisions in the mouth that will leave no visible facial scars. Complications with facial implants are few, infection and displacement being the only major concerns.

Enhancing the chin with an implant is the most commonly performed facial implant procedure. With a small incision under the chin, a chin implant can be easily put into place, bringing the chin forward so that it is in balance to the nose and lips. Unlike the old style 'button' chin implant, there are many different styles of chin implants today. A wide variety of chin implant styles are available to custom tailor and adjust most people's faces. Usually the chin implant is sutured into place, a metal screw can be driven through the implant to the bone. The way to ensure that chin implants don't move from their location on the bone is to secure it with a screw. Chin implants are often used in combination with nose surgery, liposuction of the neck, or face tightening procedures of the jowls and neckline.

Cheek implants also have a variety of styles, allowing fullness to be gained over the prominence of the cheekbone, filling out the hollow underneath the cheekbone, or allowing more fullness to be gained up to the side of the nose. By going through the mouth under the upper lip, there is no facial scarring. Building up flat cheeks, camouflaging a prominent nose, or adding fullness to the midface in HIV disease can be done with cheek implants. Metal screw fixation seems to be of particular importance as the cheek implant is really sitting 'on the side of the cliff' so to speak and, therefore, is more prone to the risk of moving out of place after surgery.

Jaw implants of the mandibular (jaw) angle are relatively new. Making a man's face more square and amsculine is done with jaw angle implants and is also used when there is facial asymmetry caused by the jaw developing differently between the two sides of the face. Swelling and recovery after jaw angle implant placement is greater than with chin and cheek implants as the big chewing muscles must be lifted up to put the jaw angle implant in place. Opening the mouth can be sore for a few weeks after surgery.

In some cases, the use of different implants in the same patient, such as a chin and jaw angle implants in a male, can provide dramatic changes in one's facial appearance. Facial implants are a powerful tool, that is simple and usually uncomplicated, to achieve better facial balance and harmony.