cheek augmentation
Cheek augmentation is the procedure where filling of the cheek is done to lift and fill volume . some people lose cheek volume with age and some never gain cheek volume to satisfactory level . options for cheek augmentation are:
- Fat harvested from same patient
- Implants
- Dermal fillers
indications
- Loss of cheek volume due to aging
- To lift cheek and make more aesthetic
- Sagged skin after massive weight loss
anesthesia
depends on individual patients demands and amount of augmentation required:
- General anesthesia
- Local anesthesia
- Local anesthesia combined with IV sedation
hospital stay
depends on individual patients demands and amount of augmentation required. Can b performed as day care or inpatient surgery.
recovery
Dressings and bandages may be applied on your skin. You will be asked to keep cheek movements to minimal for initial few days. Recovery from the procedure takes about two weeks. Elastic compression garment may be required in case of implant augmentation for four weeks.
complications
- Anesthesia complications
- Bleeding
- Wound infection
- Fluid collection
- Fat necrosis
- asymmetry
- Implant displacement
- Implant capsular contracture
- Fat cysts
- Under correction/overcorrection
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