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Post Paranasal Implants with Rib Cartilage: Will my Smile Return to Normal?
Several weeks ago, I had rib cartilage paranasal implants to balance out midface depression and protruding lips. My smile is now very different. Is there a chance that it won't return to normal 100%? Also, I can see the paranasal implants when I smile wide. It looks like a hunk of fillers is under my skin. Is this swelling, or is it permanent?
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Lena V
in Fairfax, VA
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Facial implants, after surgery
Actual photos would definitely help tremendously answer your question correctly.
You are still going through the immediate postoperative phase and, as with any surgery, some changes may be attributable to that (such as swelling, pulling, firmness, some irregularity and asymmetry). These changes should resolve with time, approximately over the course of next few months.
However, some of the changes you are describing may be secondary to the implants placed. In this case, these...
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This is an unusual surgical approach.
Lena
You did not provide photographs. However, you must have had an unusual anatomic problem to warrant the use of this surgical approach. these types of surgeries do place a lot of volume in an area that is not accustom to it. This will many have a long term effect on the shape of the mouth or even how you smile. Sometimes there effects are unanticipated by you or your surgeon. While this change return to the preoperative state? You did not tell us...
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Abnormal smile with paranasal implants.
Abnormal smile with paranasal implants may return to normal with time. Ask your surgeon since he knows what he did while putting in the implants.
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