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Will Cheek Augmentation Lift Sagging Jowels?

asked 1 year ago by Researcher7 in Michigan
Latest answer by William Portuese, MD
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Tags: jowls, sagging

Can cheek augmentation also serve to lift sagging jowls. (ie. does it ever serve in lieu of a face lift?)

6 answers to Will Cheek Augmentation Lift Sagging Jowels?

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Cheek augmentation lift sagging jowels

It can give a false appearance of a jowl lift but the real answer is no. Photos would help and going to in person consultation is best. From MIAMI DR. B
Darryl J. Blinski, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon
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Cheek augmentation and jowling

Cheek augmentation can be achieved surgically with silastic implants or through injections in the office.  Although this can provide fuller, younger appearing cheeks and give the appearance of a "high cheek bone", it does not enhance or improve jowling.  Prejowl implants, injections, or a facelift may assist with your jowling issues.
Etai Funk, MD

Houston Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Cheek augmentation will not lift sagging jowls

No, cheek augmentation will not lift sagging jowls. Sagging jowls are best treated with a facelift. Cheek augmentation is performed for flat cheeks where the loss of soft tissue volume has occurred or there is just a flat bony projection of the cheek malar area. Cheek augmentation will not lift a sagging jowl.
William Portuese, MD

Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.seattlefacial.com

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Cheek Augmentation to Lift Jowls

Cheek augmentation with fillers, your own fat, or silicone implants will improve cheek contour and provide a minimal lift of the naso-labial folds (fullness between the nose and the corner of the mouth).This will not decrease the jowls. If jowling is your primary concern, some sort of a facelift to elevate the relaxed tissue along the jawline or a prejowl implant to camouflage this fullness would be more approriate. A good consultation will help you define your problem, establish... more
Richard W. Fleming, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Non Surgical Cheek Augmentation

Deep smiles on the sides of the nose, prominent "marionette"  ("sad") lines extending from the corners of the mouth down toward the chin, and jowls along the jaw line result in large measure from the loss of volume of the cheek pads and the downward descent of the remnant of those pads, as well as from the loss of bone from the cheeks and chin. Since the shrinkage of the once convex and heart-shaped cheek pad and the downward migration of the shriveled... more
Nelson L. Novick, MD

New York Dermatologic Surgeon
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Lifting Sagging Jowls

Since jowls are the result of both descent of lax tissue and some deflation of the tissues under the skin, a cheek lift can give some reduction of jowls. An implant will provide a little lift. By filling the hollow below the cheek also with an injectable filler, you will lift them slightly more, since the filling is closer to the problem. Neither will give total improvement, however. The only way to totally correct them is with a facelift. The newer facelifts, such as the MACS Lift, or... more
Robert T. Buchanan, MD

Highlands Plastic Surgeon

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