CHEEK IMPLANT SURGERY

• It compensates the lack of volume of women's and men's cheeks.
• In some cases, it is a good idea to perform it together with a face lift, since it accentuates the rejuvenating effect.
• It makes women's cheeks look more attractive by making them more prominent and well-defined, two features that are considered characteristics of female beauty.
• It balances the relationship of volume between the cheeks and the nose. This is why this surgery is usually performed together with a rhinoplasty.

• Even though it will make your face look more beautiful and harmonious, and it will probably also improve your self-esteem, it will not be enough to make you look perfect. We must be realistic and accept the fact, that kind of perfection does not exist.

Local anesthesia and complementary sedation.

Between 30 minutes and 1 hour.

The surgeon makes an internal pocket right in front of each cheek bone or a little below of them, and inserts the implants. According to the kind of implants used, they can be attached to the bone with screws, to the muscle with sutures or simply remain in their place by internal pressure of the pocket. There are four possible incisions; the surgeon decides which one is best according to each case:

• Intraoral (inside the mouth, between the upper gums and the cheeks)
• Palpebral (on the lower eyelid right below the eyelashes, like in eyelid surgeries)
• Transconjunctival (inside the lower eyelids)
• Preauricular (near the ear). This incision is made in face lift surgery, so when these two procedures are performed together only one incision is necessary.

It is very likely that, before placing the implant in its final position, the surgeon will insert and remove it more than once so as to adapt the shape and size to the special needs of your face.

There is no need to be hospitalized; it is done on an outpatient basis.

The results of a cheek implant surgery are permanent, but completely reversible if you wish to look as you looked before the surgery. However, very few people feel unhappy with the results. Your profile will be much more harmonious and proportionate. It is very likely that no one will realize that you have implants under your skin: you will simply look much better and no one will be able to put the finger on what the difference is.