A, whose unusually prominent cheekbones are a source of insecurity. People around her sometimes compliment her, saying it is an attractive face, but the only thing filling her head is the comment "you'd look fine if you just reduced the cheekbones a bit". She also feels that hiding her cheekbones with makeup is no longer enough.
So lately she has been seriously considering cheekbone reduction, a form of facial contouring surgery. As she looks at results where cheekbones that protruded to the front and side have been turned into a smooth facial line, A is firming up her decision, but it is also true that she worries about side effects such as cheek sagging.
Dr. Soyoung Lee of TheLINE Plastic Surgery explains, "Like A, many people hesitate over surgery because they worry about side effects after cheekbone reduction. The biggest side effect after cheekbone reduction is cheek sagging," adding, "Soft tissue with little skin ageing and good cohesion recovers quickly, but concern about sagging after surgery cannot be dismissed."
According to him, the key to facial contouring cheekbone surgery without cheek sagging lies in checking the facial condition before surgery and in upward tight fixation. First, before surgery, the condition of the patient's own facial bones must be identified accurately through 3D-CT analysis. This allows individually tailored surgery suited to the overall face shape to be carried out safely, and by dissecting only the necessary areas minimally, side effects such as cheek sagging after contouring surgery can also be minimised.
Upward tight fixation is also effective in preventing cheek sagging. It goes beyond the usual method of fixing the bone firmly in place and fixes it from above so that volume can be given to the face.
A representative operation combining these two is 3D Cheekbone Contouring. 3D Cheekbone Contouring reduces the lateral and 45-degree cheekbone that protrudes to the side and makes the face look uneven, while preserving volume in the front cheekbone, allowing improvement into a three-dimensional face.
Dr. Yoosuk Chung advised, "Choosing a surgical method suited to the overall face shape through precise assessment by specialists in facial bone surgery with long surgical experience and know-how raises satisfaction with the surgery and removes the worry of facial contouring revision," adding, "Facial contouring surgery received with vague expectations and no information can be dangerous, so I recommend deciding on surgery only after thinking carefully and examining the details."
