Does Joel Defrancq do custom infra-orbital rim and malar implants like Eppley?

[Deleted member 399]

I want to go with Dr. Joel Defrancq because he uses PEEK and is cheaper than Eppley, but I can't find any examples of cheek implants or under eye implants work from him. So I'm wondering if he does this stuff at all. Anyone know? Thanks.

 

[KEy21]

How cheap are we talking? Say if he did a jaw implant for example?

Isn’t he in Germany?

 

[Deleted member 3043]

How cheap are we talking? Say if he did a jaw implant for example?

Isn’t he in Germany?

belguim, below 10k if i recall from others people who had it, prolly 9k

I want to go with Dr. Joel Defrancq because he uses PEEK and is cheaper than Eppley, but I can't find any examples of cheek implants or under eye implants work from him. So I'm wondering if he does this stuff at all. Anyone know? Thanks.

i'm not sure if he does orbital implants, but he does cheekbones implants.

 

[KEy21]

belguim, below 10k if i recall from others people who had it, prolly 9k

Not even worth the price difference if you don’t live there

 

[Deleted member 3043]

Not even worth the price difference if you don’t live there

yes obv, the only fact is that he is the only well know custom implant maker in europe, no ?

what's the price of yours, or on average with best surgeons in US ?

 

[Deleted member 399]

Not even worth the price difference if you don’t live there

but eppley is much more expensive and specializes in silicone, which has a tendency to migrate and catch infection. PEEK is more bioinert.

 

[KEy21]

but eppley is much more expensive and specializes in silicone, which has a tendency to migrate and catch infection. PEEK is more bioinert.

Infection aside

If Eppleys is 15k and the Belgium guy is 10k or so...

And ur in the US...

Cost like 1.5k to fly out there and back...

Between the communication across the country...Sifting through being able to find a place to stay there..passports..malpractice insurance...all the uncertainty..

Might as well just stay in the US and use peek or medpor here

 

[Deleted member 3043]

Infection aside

If Eppleys is 15k and the Belgium guy is 10k or so...

And ur in the US...

Cost like 1.5k to fly out there and back...

Between the communication across the country...Sifting through being able to find a place to stay there..passports..malpractice insurance...all the uncertainty..

Might as well just stay in the US and use peek or medpor here

tbh, but yet there is probably not only eppley for implants in the US

 

[Deleted member 399]

If Eppleys is 15k and the Belgium guy is 10k or so...

Eppley is 15k with cheap silicone, Defrancq is less than 10k with PEEK.

tbh, but yet there is probably not only eppley for implants in the US

There is Yaremchuk,
Ok I found one of Defrancq's patients who got cheek augmentation with PEEK. Needless to say, he's not experienced with midface augmentation. I guess Eppley it is.