Cheek Augmentation: Q&A
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Cheek Implants or Permanent Filler - How Do I Decide?
For cheek augmentation, how do I decide between getting cheek implants or having a permanent filler injected into my cheeks?
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Permanent fillers are primarily used for naso-labial...
Permanent fillers are primarily used for naso-labial folds, and with the right type of filler patients can have excellent results. We prefer to use the temporary fillers such as Restylane and Juvederm.
If the cheek itself is flat, hypoplastic, and has poor projection and is sagging, a cheek implant can be placed over the cheekbone to augment the cheeks and give a nice rejuvenation effect to the mid portion of the face.
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Cheek Implants vs. Permanent Fillers
Cheek implants are the Gold Standard, compared to a permanent filler. Implants are also a reversible operation, adding a feature not available with injectables.
Once you have the permanent injection, it cannot be removed.
A temporary filler, or even sterile water, can be injected into your cheeks, giving you an idea of what a cheek implant would look like on your face.
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Fat Injections or Fat Grafting Provide a Safe, Natural Looking Alternative to Implants
Facial Implants for facial bone augmentation
A wide variety of facial implants are currently available for the enhancement of the skeletal elements of facial aesthetics. The most commonly used facial implants are used to enhance the profile of the chin and the cheeks. Facial implants very widely not only in shape and style, but also in terms of the materials from which they are fabricated.
My preference is to use structural fat grafting, as much as possible, to enhance facial...
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Real cheek implants are permanent
This is a simple question......If you have undersized cheek projection and you want a permanent solution that looks and feels natural find a surgeon with real experience in cheek implants. Fillers on the other hand are all temporary, and actually hard to make even looking....true they don't involve surgery and have almost no complications but its a poor trade off to have to do something once or twice a year at significant expense just to maintain your cheek bones. Cheek implants done by a
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Fillers vs Implants for Cheek Augmentation
Other than fat transfer, there is no other safe permanent filler. In particular - STAY AWAY FROM LIQUID SILICONE INJECTIONS as they can lead to serious complications even years later. Lipoinjection or Fat transfer I believe is a great way to help correct asymmetry of facial soft tissue deficiencies as well as to augment the cheek bone area giving the illusion of high cheek bones. It is a great technique with long lasting results which can be added to when there is continued loss of native...
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Permanent injectables have no place in medicine
In regard to cheek implants over time there is fat-loss under these devices, The implants then develop a significant depression below them that seems visually very peculiar , Using injectables to create naturally appearing cheeks is not simple but is very rewarding,Permanent fillers should not be used in that they can cause inflammatory reactions and move over time. I prefer Juvederm and it should be used to create the lateral ramus of the cheek and not a ball...
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Cheek Implants, Cheek Augmentaion, Cheek Enhancement
This is a great question that I answer during patient consultations each and every week. I have performed Cheek Augmentation with Cheek Implants for over 20 years. Here are the issues with using a permanent filler, in the face to shape the cheeks:
The current Fillers that are available should be placed in the subcutaneous fatty tissues
these fatty tissues shift with gravity and aging towards to nose and mouth creating the nasolabial folds and jowls
if...
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Filler vs Implants in the face
The decision on whether to use a soft tissue filler or a solid implant for volume augmentaiton of the face is purely based on whether the problem is related to skeletal underdevelopment (hypoplasia) or soft tissue deficiency. The former may treated with an implant and the latter with a soft tissue filler. However, the surgeon needs to be aware of the patient's goals and recovery. The patient may choose to use a filler to correct a skeletal problem to have a faster reovery but a...
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Fillers have many advantages over implants for cheek augmentation
Having strong cheek bones defines a face and makes it attractive. Most models and actors have great cheek bones. Most of us ordinary people have average cheek bones, and a few of us are unlucky enough to have deficient cheek bones. With deficient cheek bones, your face may appear bottom heavy, your nasolabial folds may deepen, and your face may develop deep hollowing and dark circles.
Cheek implants are very effective at improving this problem, but they can have a high...
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