Cheek Lift: Q&A
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Chrissy in Carson
in Reno, NV
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Malar bags are treated with surgery: see a plastic surgeon who does midface lifts.
Malar bags are from descent of the cheek which can occur with age. The most popular answer for treatment is to cover them up with fillers, which doesn't treat them and can make them worse. A midface lift or cheek lift is really the only way to effectively treat this difficult problem. A midface lift will last and I usually perform this through the lower eyelid. It is surgery and does have about a 2 week recovery. I tell my patients to forego fillers and get a cheek lift when they have...
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Malar Bags Require Multiple Arrows From the Surgeon's Quiver To Hit The Bullseye!
The correct answer to your question is that you should seek out a surgeon who has devoted the time to learning how to treat malar bags, and has the surgical judgment and skill to achieve reliable correction of this problem, regardless of his specialty. The important point here is that malar bags are not a simple problem to treat. There can be a number of contributors to the problem of malar bags, and the anatomy of this area is complex. Because the etiology is usually...
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Physician for Malar Bags
In general I recommend you see a Plastic Surgeon or Facial Plastic Surgeon. However, there are a few well-trained surgical dermatologists who would operate to fix this problem.
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Malar Bags
See a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon ( American Board Of Plastic Surgery). Malar bags are not easy to treat, there are multiple procedures including lower lid surgery and muscle suspension and some times direct liposuction.
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