Are customised cheek implants an all around more expensive surgery than off-the-shelf cheek implants?

Hello,Tear-Trough Implants are my specialty.  The "off the shelf" tear-trough implants do not provide any augmentation to what people traditionally thing of as the cheek.  In fact, the standard implants only go about 2/3 of the way to the outside corner of the eye.  Implanttech makes a combined sub-malar/tear trough implant that offers some additional filling but it is more below the cheek and it isn't a lot.  I have taken two approaches to patients like you.  One is to simultaneously do a cheek implant and tear-trough implant.  The two implants will overlap, which is tricky, but it does work.  The other, of course, is to use custom implants.  Custom implants are very nice.  They are pricey and bring the total cost of the procedure up to nearly $10,000.  However, the perfect fit is wonderful.  In my hands, I do this procedure entirely through the backside of the lower eyelid.  There are therefore no scars anywhere that anyone could see.  My experience with custom implants is that they do not bruise very much either.Best of Luck,Dr. AAustin, Texas

Only custom designed cheek implants can be made to go along the infraorbital rim and/or back along the zygomatic arch. No standard cheek implants has this design. They can be made to however the patient wants to augment the midface area. Custom cheek implant costs will be higher as they are designed from a 3D CT scan of the patient which entails additional engineering and manufacturing costs. While they are more expensive they are roughly twice the cost of getting standard cheek implants. In addition, getting standard cheek implants that do not create the desired effect will, in the end, be more expensive than having a custom design initially if the need for revisional surgery arises.