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If HA paste is placed on the cheekbones, can this be shaved off a year down the road?

slick_21Apr 22, 2020

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Edmund Kwan, MD

Cheek bone reduction surgery involves reducing the cheekbone or the zygoma. This is a very strong and hardy bone. Therefore, I usually do a complete osteotomy or cutting the bone. I make two cuts on the bone, one anteriorly and one posteriorly. Then the bone can be repositioned in a reduced...

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Hi, reviewing your photos, you have a wide cheekbone. The zygoma is extends from the front to the side of the face. The side of the face is called the arch of the zygoma. When a reduction surgery is done, the cheekbone is cut at two places. The front of the face and the side of the face. By...

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Your lower face appears slimmer than the upper face. This can happen after v-line surgery. The cheekbone can be reduced as well. I would narrow the width of your face by reducing the zygoma. The bone has two components, the body and the arch. I make two cuts on the bone, one in front of the face...

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