Eye bags and inverted cheekbones surgery question. I'm a 31yo caucasian male with a severe case of ugly face. The profile photo should sun it up. I want to get tear trough (infraorbital or orbital rim) implants. Want to find out which doctors specialise in this surgery, also the different types of implants, custom sculpted etc and how much each cost roughly. Also, should I get a lower bleph? Would prefer an Australian face specialist but can travel o/s if necessary.
Answer: Tear trough implants I would consider getting filler injections into your lower eyelids and upper cheeks instead of a tear trough implant. Filler injections are less invasive and more customizable - the injections can be optimized to your unique anatomy. Surgery is a great option in many situations, but I would opt against surgery if there is a non-surgical approach to achieve the same result.
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Answer: Tear trough implants I would consider getting filler injections into your lower eyelids and upper cheeks instead of a tear trough implant. Filler injections are less invasive and more customizable - the injections can be optimized to your unique anatomy. Surgery is a great option in many situations, but I would opt against surgery if there is a non-surgical approach to achieve the same result.
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Answer: Permanent tear trough correction I agree you would benefit from cheek implants. Although tear trough implants are available, I would not recommend them unless you have already had a previous lower lid blepharoplasty with fat removal. Excellent and often permanent results can be obtained by moving the extra fat causing the bags in your eyes into the tear trough area. This is done by leaving the fat attached to it's blood supply and creating a pocket underneath the lining of the bone in that area. You do need the foundation of good cheekbones to achieve the aesthetic enhancement that you desire.
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Answer: Permanent tear trough correction I agree you would benefit from cheek implants. Although tear trough implants are available, I would not recommend them unless you have already had a previous lower lid blepharoplasty with fat removal. Excellent and often permanent results can be obtained by moving the extra fat causing the bags in your eyes into the tear trough area. This is done by leaving the fat attached to it's blood supply and creating a pocket underneath the lining of the bone in that area. You do need the foundation of good cheekbones to achieve the aesthetic enhancement that you desire.
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February 6, 2019
Answer: Permanent correction of the unattractive mid cheek deficiency You are right in looking for a specialist who corrects deficiencies of the orbital rim, but there is more to your situation regarding the deficiency, as seen in your profile photo. The deficiency is more than just the orbital rim itself, the entire mid cheek skeleton is underdeveloped. The skeleton of the mid cheek is formed by 2 bones. The strong outer cheek bone is the zygoma and the inner cheek bone is the maxilla. Both these bones contribute to the orbital rim, in their respective parts. Usually the zygoma remains stable over time, but the maxilla begins to shrink in the ealy twenties and if the bone was not strong originally, this can have a significant effect which can be disconcerting. If either of your parents or a near relative has this bone structure it would be an indication that this is hereditary. I presume your facial appearance was like this in your teen years and hasn’t changed much between then and now. For someone who has this type of bone structure you are most fortunate that your lower eyelids are still sitting up where they belong. The bone beneath, being deficient, is not supporting the lower lid and most people with this bone deficiency have sagged lower lids with the white of the eye visible below the iris. This will happen over time and is a further reason to correct this situation sooner rather than later. You asked a question that invited some poor responses from some doctors, when asking abut the cost of different implants. This is your face and your identity, so you should be asking what is the best implant to correct this situation for your lifetime. The least expensive options are not real options for you. Injection of fillers or fat cannot replace the bone deficiency. These injections just add to the soft tissue to camouflage the look for a time. So being the least expensive initially will cost you in the long run. There is only one permanent solution and that is bone like implants. This is real surgery as it is a real problem. Porex implants as developed by Dr Yaremchuk in Boston are the standard correction; they are synthetic also, but much better over a lifetime than silicone implants. However, I much prefer to build up the bone using coral implants, which is a natural material made of hydroxyapatite. This is the same mineral our bone is made of, hydroxyapatite. Like Porex, it is permanent but the reason is that it causes your own bone to grow into the coral implant. So you end up with your own bone being of the size and shape determined by the surgeon based on your wishes. Because the facial muscles and ligaments are positioned as part of this procedure it looks as if you were born with this appearance. So nobody can tell you have had surgery and the benefit of good bone structure is that you look fresh and yet, importantly, age at a slower rate. Injections cannot achieve this. Incidentally, the implants are placed through the lower lid, so a lower lid correction is part of the procedure.
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February 6, 2019
Answer: Permanent correction of the unattractive mid cheek deficiency You are right in looking for a specialist who corrects deficiencies of the orbital rim, but there is more to your situation regarding the deficiency, as seen in your profile photo. The deficiency is more than just the orbital rim itself, the entire mid cheek skeleton is underdeveloped. The skeleton of the mid cheek is formed by 2 bones. The strong outer cheek bone is the zygoma and the inner cheek bone is the maxilla. Both these bones contribute to the orbital rim, in their respective parts. Usually the zygoma remains stable over time, but the maxilla begins to shrink in the ealy twenties and if the bone was not strong originally, this can have a significant effect which can be disconcerting. If either of your parents or a near relative has this bone structure it would be an indication that this is hereditary. I presume your facial appearance was like this in your teen years and hasn’t changed much between then and now. For someone who has this type of bone structure you are most fortunate that your lower eyelids are still sitting up where they belong. The bone beneath, being deficient, is not supporting the lower lid and most people with this bone deficiency have sagged lower lids with the white of the eye visible below the iris. This will happen over time and is a further reason to correct this situation sooner rather than later. You asked a question that invited some poor responses from some doctors, when asking abut the cost of different implants. This is your face and your identity, so you should be asking what is the best implant to correct this situation for your lifetime. The least expensive options are not real options for you. Injection of fillers or fat cannot replace the bone deficiency. These injections just add to the soft tissue to camouflage the look for a time. So being the least expensive initially will cost you in the long run. There is only one permanent solution and that is bone like implants. This is real surgery as it is a real problem. Porex implants as developed by Dr Yaremchuk in Boston are the standard correction; they are synthetic also, but much better over a lifetime than silicone implants. However, I much prefer to build up the bone using coral implants, which is a natural material made of hydroxyapatite. This is the same mineral our bone is made of, hydroxyapatite. Like Porex, it is permanent but the reason is that it causes your own bone to grow into the coral implant. So you end up with your own bone being of the size and shape determined by the surgeon based on your wishes. Because the facial muscles and ligaments are positioned as part of this procedure it looks as if you were born with this appearance. So nobody can tell you have had surgery and the benefit of good bone structure is that you look fresh and yet, importantly, age at a slower rate. Injections cannot achieve this. Incidentally, the implants are placed through the lower lid, so a lower lid correction is part of the procedure.
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July 29, 2014
Answer: Tear trough implants Your lateral view photograph shows the major problem in cheek bone development accentuating the tear trough. Injectables give tempoary benefit but consider a permanent solution with a cheek implant which corrects the discrepitancy between the eye and cheek projection.
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July 29, 2014
Answer: Tear trough implants Your lateral view photograph shows the major problem in cheek bone development accentuating the tear trough. Injectables give tempoary benefit but consider a permanent solution with a cheek implant which corrects the discrepitancy between the eye and cheek projection.
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