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Large chipmunk cheeks after deep plane facelift. Is there a correction for this?

RealSelfMember985242Oct 12, 2021
I had a deep plane facelift, browlift, upper bleph, and necklift about 6 months ago. Everything turned out well except for being left with large chipmunk cheeks which look like golf balls in the apple of my cheeks when I smile and the big cheeks also push up the fat from underneath my eye (did not get lower bleph because doc said I didn't need it) making it look even larger. Is there a correction for this? Doc that did surgery won't even consider doing anything to help.

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Dr. Ronald J. Edelson, MD
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Answered on Oct 13, 2021
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Dr. Jeffrey H. Spiegel, MD
Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
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