My face is very wide and bulky, I'm considering getting a reduction so I can look more feminine. Would it help with that? I'm a female in my mid 20s. I'm interested in finding a US surgeon instead of traveling to S.Korea. Is this surgery not as common in the US?
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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...
Thank you for asking about your cheekbone malunion.I am so sorry you had the cheek bone reduced. You need to see a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who does craniofacial surgery to evaluate you.If you are entirely asymptomatic, it might be better to leave it alone but I suspect you have s...
Your 3D CT scan shows that the left anterior osteotomy is more lateral than the right side. Because there is a 4 hole plate on it this is most likely the way it was set in surgery rather than 'popping out' afterwards. Cheekbone reduction osteotomies are never completely symmetric in both bone c...
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