Over the years the mid-section of your face often loses roundness and mass. Your cheek areas might look sunken and flat. Cheek implant surgery, medically termed as Cheek Augmentation, is the most practical and productive procedure to enhance and remedy your cheeks. This surgery can fill cheeks areas and enhance surrounding curves or non-existent contours. In addition, cheek implant surgery is able to aid and condense loose hanging skin for those who this problem. Should skin be extremely loose, sometimes a mini-lift is recommended to do away with the large amount of extra skin.
The adverse results of getting older are not the sole purpose that perspective patients look into cheek implant surgery. There are those whose natural facial anatomy doesn’t have projection in the mid-cheek area. Cheek implants does fix this deficit, at the same time adding symmetry to the face which strengthens and magnifies your distinctive features. The greatest perspective patients for cheek implant surgery include but are not limited to the following:
- Non-smokers, without medical conditions and overall in favorable health
- Have small cheeks with insufficient soft tissue fullness
- Have facial unevenness and lack of balance
- In need of refreshing bulk to cheeks
- Wish to have all facial characteristics in proportion
The actual implants used in Cheek Augmentation surgery are constructed of silicone rubber and are available in many different shapes and forms based on different facial measurements. If custom implants are needed for anatomical differences then they can be ordered.
The Surgery and Some Details
Cheek Augmentation is normally carried out with patients under general anesthesia. The duration is usually two hours at most. Usually tiny incisions are made on the inner gums and will remain concealed. The implants are situated in a carved out area with facial tissue surrounding them, ensuring they won’t shift around. Your faces naturally changes with aging and there might be a possibility you will need a revision to allow your face to hold on to the original results, but, that is rare. If the procedure is performed by an experienced Board Certified Plastic Surgeon normally the implants used and expertise applied make for cheek implant surgery to be one for the duration of your life.
When You Get Home
You should be able to get back to your regular schedule approximately one week after cheek implant surgery. Rigorous activities and exercise cannot be resumed until a month. You will be swollen and sore for about three weeks after the surgery. During your period of recovery it is important to follow all instructions, take pain medications and rest. Your sutures will dissolve and Kole Plastic Surgery most likely won’t have to take any out but still needs to check your progress at scheduled post-surgical appointments.
When your cheek implant surgery initial recovery time is complete, little by little the results will begin to become apparent. You will see the definition, fullness, balance and any curves as you approach six months of full healing. Your scars won’t be anywhere to be seen and your enhancements will look extremely natural.
Please contact The Kole Plastic Surgery Center at 215-315-7655 to schedule your complimentary consultation with Board Certified Plastic Surgeon Kole Plastic Surgery. Our Office and Licensed Ambulatory Surgical Center is conveniently located at: 1122 Street Rd STE 100, Southampton, PA 18966.