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Dear zan786,Thank you for your question. Although it would be tough to say indefinitely without seeing you in person, Voluma might be a nice filler option for you. I suggest scheduling appointment with an experienced injector. Best of luck to you!
Your photograph shows that your cheek bone is fine but there is some hollowness below your cheek bone area. If your overall body weight is low, gaining weight could lead to some improvement. There are a variety of injectable fillers that could be used to add volume to the hollow area as well.
It appears from the photos that you have some flattening of the anterior cheek and some hollowing below the cheek bone. The cheek bone itself does not appear flat. If you wish to have more volume in your face, you can have hyaluronic acid fillers injected into the regions discussed above. The purpose would be do lessen some of the shadowing in these regions to create a more youthful look. I would recommend seeing a facial plastic surgeon in consultation to discuss all your options.
Symmetry and volume of the cheeks can be created with well-placed fillers (Voluma, Radiesse, Bellafill) and Sculptra. Implants or fat are alternatives. I recommend getting a formal evaluation with a facial sculpting expert. Best, Dr. Emer
It's hard to tell from your picture what your true diagnosis is.The cheek bone or malar eminence in particular is an important aesthetic landmark on the face. It helps hold the mid face up and gives definition around the eyes and orbit. Augmentation of this area is commonly performed by many health care providers using injectable fillers. This is a temporary treatment and will require reinjections yearly at the cost of thousands of dollars. Many patients are calling this FILLER FATIGUE. I have been performing augmentation of the Cheeks with safe screw fixated implants for 20 years and have found that most patients are very happy with the result and that they no longer have to get injectable fillers.
The one limited photograph demonstrates a flat maxilla and flat cheekbones. Consider cheek implant placement to augment that area. For diagrams of the implants and many before-and-after examples, please see the link and the video below
Hello Zan786,I would agree with the others that you have a nicely defined cheekbone but the area below the cheekbone is deficient. This can be improved with fillers or sculptra. I hope this helps and good luck.
Facial Fillers are a solution to this inevitable problem, and this is just one of the many things they can help with. Facial fillers are facial injections that consist of collagen, hyaluronic acid, and calcium hydroxylapatite. These products allow for your skin to be rejuvenated, and to volumize the cheeks. The injection of these products can also allow for scar depressions to be raised, enhanced or bigger lips, and it can even replace the volume of soft-tissue.
Your cheek bones are actually fine. It looks like there is volume loss in the medial cheek and buccal area. This can be improved with fillers. Lyft or Defyne would be a good choice to start off with but other choices are Sculptra, Radiesse, or Bellafill. I wouldn't put any on the lateral cheek area.
Hi, I have performed many facial shaping procedures using dermal fillers, silastic facial implants (cheek implants, chin implants, lip implants), liposuction and/or facelifts for over 30 years. Non smiling, resting photos of your face from the front and side would helping the evaluation. Following my beauty principles, women look the most feminine, youthful and attractive with heart shaped faces. Heart shaped faces have cheeks that are full and round in the front. If the cheeks are either flat or concave in the front, cheek augmentation with a dermal filler or using silastic cheek implants for a permanent enhancement will create full, round cheeks that will feminize the entire face. Conversely, men look chiseled and handsome when angularity exists (or is created) in the cheeks, chin and mandibular angles. Malar cheek implants are placed over the cheek bone (Malar Bone) and as such are able to re-shape the cheek(s). In contrast, Sub-malar (means below the cheek bone or Malar Bone) do not have the ability to re-shape the cheeks themselves but rather elongate the cheeks vertically which will not provide the necessary forward cheek projection to create a heart-shaped face in a woman or a chiseled angular face in a man. Cheek implants can be placed using several different approaches but using a small incision on the inside of the mouth remains the "gold standard" and most accepted manner of placement. This technique places the silastic "cheek implant" on the cheek bone itself below the tissue covering of the bone in what is called an "implant pocket or space". The tissues are closed in layers from the inside outward and a double water tight closure is done along the incision line. I have placed silastic cheek implants for 30 years in military, SWAT, LE, professional fighters, as well as actors and many regular people who are active. When placed below the covering of the bone and when the layers of the cheek are closed from the inside out, there is no need for fixation screws or sutures in my humble opinion. I do ask that all my cheek implant and chin implant patients sleep on a U-shaped pillow for 1 month following the surgery. In addition, I have had the opportunity on numerous occasions to replace silastic cheek implants (placed by others) that had been screwed into the cheek bone. During the replacement it was evident that the metal screws pushed right through the soft implant as it was tightened down on the hard cheek bone. Which makes perfect sense. So in the long run, these fixation methods alone are no guarantee that the implant won't move. Proper placement, proper implant pocket creation and meticulous closure of all the tissues layers is what is required in my humble opinion. In contrast, a sub-malar cheek implant is as the name applies placed below the cheek bone thereby being incapable of actually changing the shape of the cheek bone itself and since the implant isn't placed below the periosteum, the implant must be sutured to the tissues themselves which is why I do not use or recommend sub-malar cheek implants. There are many faces that have excess fat over the cheek area which hides the "true" shape of the cheeks below. In addition to obstructing the cheek shape, this excess fat will sag prematurely as it is pulled by gravity at an accelerated rate versus a face without excess fat in the mid face. Removal of the excess fat, with liposuction, is key when properly shaping the cheeks with cheek implants. I have used this in combination with cheek implant surgery for 30 years. In my experience these procedures when combined in a face with excess fat in the mid face are extremely safe, effective and reliable in the aesthetic results they produce. Be sure to see an expert facial shaping surgeon.Hope this helps.
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