I want to know what procedure you would suggest for a long narrow face/big forehead. Would cheek implants help?

Hello janabeeA facelift is a surgical procedure designed to remove the major folds and wrinkles that form on our faces with age. Gravity, sun damage, smoking, living in a dry climate, and a variety of factors contribute to the aging process of our faces. Facelift techniques vary from patient to patient to give each person a procedure tailored to produce the best possible surgical result.
A facelift will:
smooth out major folds and wrinkles,tighten the tissues beneath your skin,remove sagging and excess skin.A facelift can also reduce excess skin around the neck and jawline.

Visually the most striking part of your face is  high forehead. This can be corrected and balanced with the rest of the face by a hairline forehead lift which will shorten the distance between your brows and hairline, elevate brows and decrease the length of the upper third of your face that dominates your profile and front view. Cheek augmentation with implants and/or fat grafts will improve appearance of your midface as well as nose correction. It is a question whether small chin implant would further contribute to balance and harmony of the face. All these procedures could be done in the same time or separately. In-person consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon with excellent reputation in facial rejuvenation should be your next step. Good luck.

Hello and thank you for your question. Based on your
photograph, you may benefit from a nasal tip deprojection to make the overall length of your shorter.  Cheek implants may also help balance your face.  Make sure you specifically look at before and after
pictures of real patients who have had this surgery performed by your surgeon
and not just a computer animation system. The most important
aspect is to find a surgeon you are comfortable with. I recommend that you seek
consultation with a qualified board-certified plastic surgeon who can evaluate
you in person.
Best wishes and good luck.
Richard G. Reish, M.D.
Harvard-trained plastic surgeon

Without question the two most important procedures to change your face is a forehead reduction and rhinoplasty. The forehead reduction must do both frontal bossing bony reduction and a frontal hairline advancement. This may or may not require a first stage posterior scalp expansion based on your natural scalp laxity. A rhinoplasty to reduce the size and projection of your nose would also help your overall facial reshaping effort. Cheek implants may ultimately have a role but that decision is secondary to the two primary procedures of forehead reduction and rhinoplasty.

A full set of facial photographs, especially from the side profile are required to make a determination about which type of implants to use. Cheek implants are placed for patients who have a flat maxilla and a flat cheek profile in order to augment the mid-face. When patients have a narrow, pointy chin and a recessive  side chin profile, a chin implant is used to balance out the facial features. Both implants are composed of solid silicone and can be custom carved as necessary to match patient's unique anatomy. For more information and many examples of both procedures, please see the link and the video below

 Hi, I have performed many facial shaping procedures using dermal fillers, silastic facial implants (cheek, chin, lip), liposuction, Rhinoplasty and/or facelifts for over 30 years.  From the photos, your cheeks are very flat in the front, the frontal hairline is receded and the nose has a high dorsal bridge with a nasal tip that is over projected (sticks too far off of the face) and under rotated (makes the nose appear long).  These combine to create an elongated, oval shaped face.  
 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.  Cheek augmentation with a dermal filler or using cheek implants for a permanent enhancement will create full, round cheeks that will feminize the entire face.
 Closed Rhinoplasty can reduce the dorsal bridge, decrease the tip projection, rotate and and refine the nasal tip (thin and slightly elevate the tip).  Hair transplants can effectively and aesthetically lower your frontal hairline which will balance your face from the front.
Hope this helps.

The 2 procedures I feel would make the most dramatic changes would be forehead reduction with hairline lowering to improve facial proportions and a rhinoplasty to reduce the size of your nose to give you a more feminine appearance. I suggest the Irregular Trichophytic Hairline Incision technique that we described many years ago to reduce your forehead. Other procedures that you might consider are cheek augmentation with implants, the injection of fillers or your own fat, and a chin implant. I realize I've suggested many options but consult with an experienced surgeon to discuss your alternatives.