Jaw augmentation surgery is a cosmetic procedure designed to enhance the size, shape, or definition of the lower jaw. It is commonly performed using jaw angle implants or customised mandibular implants to improve lower facial contours and proportions.

Enhanced Jawline Definition: Creates a more prominent and defined lower facial contour. Improved Jaw Angle Projection: Increases the prominence of underdeveloped mandibular angles. Improved Facial Proportions: Enhances the balance between the jaw, chin, cheeks, and neck. Stronger Lower Facial Contours: Can create a more structured or angular jawline according to individual preferences. Correction of Selected Jawline Asymmetries: May improve differences in jaw contour or mandibular angle prominence. Personalised Jawline Shape: Allows augmentation of selected anatomical regions based on facial structure. Improved Side Profile: Can enhance the relationship between the jawline, chin, and neck. Long-Lasting Structural Enhancement: Implants and successfully healed bone grafts can provide lasting changes. Customised Surgical Planning: Three-dimensional imaging may support precise implant design and positioning. Potential for Combined Facial Contouring: May complement chin augmentation and other facial procedures.

Jaw augmentation primarily enhances the mandibular angles or lower jaw contours. Chin augmentation focuses on increasing chin projection, height, or shape. Both procedures may be combined when enhancement of the entire lower facial contour is appropriate.

Yes. Jaw augmentation can improve the appearance of the mandibular border and jaw angles in appropriately selected patients.

Yes. Jaw angle implants can increase the width of the lower face.

Yes. Selected implant designs can enhance the angularity and prominence of the jawline.

Jaw angle implants are biocompatible devices positioned over the posterior portion of the mandible to enhance jaw angle projection, width, or definition.

Custom jawline implants are individually designed using three-dimensional imaging of the patient's facial skeleton.

Jaw augmentation surgery typically takes approximately 1–3 hours, depending on implant design, surgical complexity, and whether one or both sides of the jaw are treated.

Swelling and bruising are common during the first 1–2 weeks. Many patients can return to light daily activities and non-strenuous work within approximately 1–2 weeks.

Yes. Jaw augmentation may improve a weak or poorly defined jawline when the concern is related to insufficient mandibular contour or projection.

Yes. Enhancing the posterior jaw angles or mandibular border may improve the lower facial profile.

Yes. Combining jaw angle augmentation with chin augmentation may improve the overall balance of the lower face.

Yes. Jaw augmentation and rhinoplasty may be combined in selected patients seeking improved facial proportions.

Yes. Jaw augmentation may be combined with facelift surgery when both skeletal definition and soft tissue ageing contribute to the patient's concerns.