Abstract: The facial implant is made of silicone and has a grid of horizontal and vertical grooves on a concave bone-facing rear surface. The grid pattern of grooves imparts flexibility to the implant to facilitate implantation. In addition, the grooves provide for ingrowth of tissue as well as providing reference marks to facilitate implantation of a pair of mirror-image facial implants in a symmetrical manner. The groove depth may be in a range of from 0.5 to 1 millimeter and may also be of variable depth relative to the cross-sectional thickness of the body.