Added: 01/23/2006 |
Cheek augmentation clients and their purposes vary depending on age factor. Young clients often tend to change their appearance trying to balance face features, resurfacing certain facial areas; older clients aim to restore youthful face look, fill sunken facial areas that have an effect of tiredness.
Cheek augmentation surgery duration depends on individual case complicity, cosmetic surgeon?s skills and chosen procedure technique, but common term contains 30-45 minutes. The recent researches proved that cheek augmentation surgery can be successfully and very effectively combined with great deal of other cosmetic procedures such as face lift, forehead lift eyelid surgery procedures as cheek implants or lower-jaw implants used while cheek augmentation surgery can be placed through the incisions made for above mentioned surgical operations.
The time of after surgery care and healing process depend on complex of procedures performed as the combination with cheek augmentation procedure. The healing process can be improved by close following of all cosmetic surgeon?s instructions and limitations that include a complex of medicines, diet restrictions and activities limitations. The patients got through diminishing of mouth and lips moving abilities that are in 90% of cases temporal effects.
Bruising and swelling effects are common problems after cheek augmentation surgery. Diet restrictions will depend on applied augmentation procedure technique and used type of incisions. In the case of mouth placed incisions the diet will be rather strict with some food limitations. It is preferable to run with drink meals.
Almost all cosmetic surgeons use dissolving stitches during the procedure that are to dissolve during ten after surgery days. Recovery process recommendations and instructions depend on surgeon preferences but common advice are use of cold freezing packs, prescribed medications, ointments, mouth rinses and salves. Please prepare special rolls for removing any discharge and bleeding to improve discomfort. The problems of after surgery complications are thoroughly discussed with surgeon before procedure performance. The probable variants include unusually: severe pain, swelling, bleeding that can be prolonged, sudden puffiness, abnormal discharges, cheek implant shifting, fever that indicates a possible infection.
Few days can make usual schedule possible. But in any case the patient should be especially careful during the next three four weeks and not run through the activities that impact much their face skin, avoid outdoors games, use defensive helmet while playing basketball, baseball, etc.
The best way to avoid all possible complications is proper choice of experienced surgeon, successful application of facial implants that entirely correspond to patient?s skin condition concerning your individual health history, and close following of all instruction before and after the surgery.
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