Im 20 years old, good skin laxity, and im unhappy with my cheek implants as they my face look round and puffy. Im gonna get them removed. I had them in for 6 months. People have said that even when you remove it there is still a scar capsule that makes it look like the implant is still there. How long will that take to go away and i look somewhat like I did preop?
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Like any implant placement through the lower eyelids management of lip position is an important part of it. At the least a protective lateral canthopexy is needed. But if the goal is to eliminate the scleral show a lateral canthoplasty with spacer grafts are needed.
In our practice for over 30 years, we have been placing cheek implants through an intra oral approach with an excellent success rate. They're placed directly over the bone underneath the periosteum of the maxilla. That way, they don't shift around or float in the soft tissues in the face. It's...
The key question is whether you want a 'spot' area of mid face augmentation (paranasal region, I see no indication for needing any premaxillary augmentation) or more of the total midface augmented. (paranasal-maxillary-infraorbital) Knowing which approach is being used will determine whether...