Cheek Implants and/or Cheek Contouring

Cheek Implants and/or Cheek Contouring (osteotomy) enhance facial contours, and provide a more harmonious balance to the face and features.

Enhance your results by combining this procedure with:

• Quick Facts about Cheek Implants

  * Anaesthesia: local anesthesia combined with a sedative.

  * Duration of the procedure: 30 - 60 min.

  * Hospital stay: not required - outpatient

  * Recovery time / time back to work: 1 day

  * Incisions: No scars are ever seen, because incisions are done inside your mouth.

  * Results: This produce will help to enhance the size of the cheeks and make them more prominent, giving the face a more harmonious and sexier look

• What Can Cheek Implants Do for You?

  Facial implants, in general, are used to improve and enhance facial contours. Frequently, these implants will help provide a more harmonious balance to your face and features.

  Your surgeon will help you decide which type or combination of cheek contouring procedure, cheek implant or osteotomy (the treatment of the bone) is right for you. .

• The Surgical Procedure

  Cheek implant surgery usually takes about 30 minutes to 1 hour. When cheek implants are being placed an incision will be made either inside your upper lip or your lower eyelid. A pocket is then formed and an implant is inserted. After surgery, a dressing will be applied to minimize discomfort and swelling.

  Anesthesia

  Local anesthesia combined with a sedative..

• Post-Op Recovery

  Your plastic surgeon will provide you with instructions about post-operative care. There will be dietary restrictions as well as limitations to your activities. Your ability to move your mouth and lips may be diminished temporarily. Stitches used to close the incisions inside your mouth usually dissolve within about 10 days.

• Uncertainty and Risk

  Facial implants can produce some remarkable changes. Problems rarely occur, but you need to be informed about such possibilities. A facial implant can shift slightly out of alignment and a second operation my be necessary to replace it in its proper position. Infection can occur with any operation. If infection were to occur around a facial implant and did not clear up after treatment with antibiotics, the implant might have to be temporarily removed and replaced at a later time. Other, less-frequent risks may be associated with certain implants. Be sure to ask your plastic surgeon for a description of the risks associated with the procedure in which you are interested. Some of the implant materials are made of a solid silicone. Currently, there is no scientific evidence that this is a harmful substance. Your plastic surgeon will be happy to discuss any current scientific findings concerning the type of implant you're considering.

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