Cheek implant revision, swollen after 2 months? (Photos)

Only custom designed cheek implants can be made to go along the infraorbital rim and/or back along the zygomatic arch. No standard cheek implants has this design. They can be made to however the patient wants to augment the midface area. Custom cheek implant costs will be higher as they are ...

Cheek implants offer a permanent augmentation to the mid- face area when there is loss of volume. The size and the shape of the implant is very important, which is usually determined  at the time of the consultation and examination. Experience of the surgeon also matters. It is best to under-do ...

This is an excellent question. Facial harmony and beauty depends on relative proportions of the features, not each feature in isolation. In other words, changing any one feature has an effect on overall facial harmony. Often a chin implant is done at the same time as a rhinoplasty. In terms of...

  If you are having a sliding genioplasty of the mandible and maxilla, cheek implants will probably not be necessary.  An oral surgeon is very well qualified to do a sliding genioplasty on either the upper or the lower jaw.  If you decide to perform cheek implants, they are usually placed at a ...

One would not expect cheek implants to make the eyes look wider apart. That is not usually an illusion that it creates in midface augmentation. It may help with facial symmetry and proportion however. But this can be proven one way or the other by computer imaging.

Hi Sherry, thank you for your question.  Your concern and anxiety is very understandable and I hope that your surgeon gave you a realistic preview of what to expect before he or she did the surgery.  Healing after any surgical procedure varies from patient to patient.  Overall, it takes 3-6 mon...