How to Even out Uneven Cheek? (photo)

Hello and thank you for your question. Keep in mind that everyone has a degree of asymmetry to their faces. However, if yours bothers you, there are nonsurgical treatment options to create more balance. Dermal fillers would likely be a good choice for you. This injectable treatment is quick and relatively comfortable. Results are seen right away and can continue to improve in the days following your procedure. Depending on the filler used and how quickly your body metabolizes the hyaluronic acid, you can expect your improvement to continue for 6-12 months or even longer in some cases. Regularly scheduled treatments will maintain your results indefinitely. Make sure you work with an experienced injector who has the expertise to produce the best possible result for you.

Patients often want their cheeks to be exactly even.  Many chase perfection to the point of looking altered.  I have seen young patients whose face has literally slid down with the many times their periosteum has been elevated during revisional surgeries.

Why does this occur?

If you look closely at your eyes, they are quite different, the height, cant of the eye, position within the eye bone.  There are also differences in brow height, cheekbone projection.  There are even differences on the lower jawline or mandibular contour.  The eye position is especially important relative to the cheek contour.

So by making the cheeks exactly the same, if this were even possible, new asymmetries and disharmonies can crop up.

It takes a patient doctor with an artistic orientation to point these asymmetries out, and thereby to prevent the search for perfection that results in a bad outcome.

 

Minor Face Asymmetry is Normal and is present in everyone. Further although you can improve minor asymmetry, it will still not be perfectly symmetric. Even if you could do this each side of the face tends to age differently.

Over concern when there is minor or negligible problems often is a sign of body dysmorphic syndrome and/or may indicated that you may have unrealistic goals and concerns.