PLASTIC SURGERY TUTORIAL: CHEEK AND CHIN ENHANCEMENT

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Cheek and chin enhancement tutorial: Dallas Facial plastic surgeon, Dr. Sam Lam discusses cheek and chin enhancement with cheek and chin implants as part of his facial plastic surgery tutorial series. For more information about cheek and chin augmentation, plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery, and facial plastic surgery, please visit www.lamfacialplastics.com.

Flat cheeks can make a face look lifeless and dull. Prominent cheekbones are prized features in Western culture and are pervasive in media images of beautiful women. Cheek implants can help enhance a face and restore or create improved facial balance and harmony. Dr. Lam's philosophy is to target in particular younger men and women who desire this change, as older individuals have grown accustomed to the way they look, and cheek enhancement may make them look a bit "different." However, with the proper consultation and understanding, Dr. Lam will guide you in the best option for you.

For the mature patient who desires restoration of a sunken cheek, Dr. Lam prefers to apply advanced techniques in facial fat enhancement rather than placement of cheek implants to restore this loss. Fat enhancement along selective areas of facial fat loss can restore and enhance the aging face more naturally and evenly.

Chin enhancement can restore or create improved facial balance and harmony. In particular, a "weak" chin on a man may feminize the face and may even unjustifiably carry negative psychological overtones about his character. For the female, a weak chin may make a prominent nose appear even more so. Combining chin enhancement with cosmetic nose surgery may provide the ideal solution to perfecting one's profile while maintaining proper relationship between facial structures. For the individual with a relatively short neck, chin enhancement can provide the illusion of a longer neck and thereby improve one's profile. Neck liposuction in these individuals may further enhance the intended cosmetic benefit. For the maturing face, chin enhancement can provide a framework around which the lower face is supported and lifted. However, Dr. Lam does not routinely believe in combining chin enhancement with facial rejuvenative procedures, like facelifting, as chin augmentation can make a person who has grown acclimated to the way he or she appears at times look somewhat "different".

Dr. Lam is board certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He has authored three major facial plastic surgery textbooks, including Comprehensive Facial Rejuvenation: A Practical and Systematic Guide to the Aging Face, Cosmetic Surgery of the Asian Face, and the recently published Complementary Fat Grafting. Dr. Lam has also published over 100 book chapters and scientific articles on the subject of facial plastic surgery and lectures nationally almost on a monthly basis on facial plastic surgery and has lectured over 100 times to date. Visit www.lamfacialplastics.com.

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[cdevilx]

i want my face thinner and my cheeks not so round. i hate my cheeks!

[samlammd]

@cdevilx hard to reduce a cheek. sometimes that is because either one of three things: you are young and have baby fat, you are slightly heavier, or you were born that way. sometimes filling areas that are smaller on your face can actually make the cheeks look smaller without reducing them. that is what i call facial balance.

[dj6658]

if I want my face to look longer/narrower, should I have fillers injected into the apple of my cheeks or more to the side to create cheekbones?

[samlammd]

@dj6658 this is a hard question. i think someone needs to see your face in person to make that decision and do a proper consultation.

[JBiebershawty1]

I Want a smaller nose, i think that would really pop out my cheekbones, but then again im only 14...:/

[snowflake4000]

cheek enhancement with juvederm ultra plus + botox treatment to masseters to reduce the size of jawline. this will result in a more model like profile

[withluvefromcali]

I agree, I had a similar experience

[megangreeneyez]

hey i want a slimmer face the middle area between the cheek bones and jaline . The buccal area. I had buccal done and no change will lipo in that area look good ? Im not fat just want a very refine model type look shape . Any surrgestions ?

[math80r]

Hi Dr Lam, I recently heard that chin or cheek implants especially those made of solid silicon- are causing bone resorbtion and bone erosion.

Is this effect on the bone constantly increasing, or dose this erosion or resorbtion stop to a certain point?

What exactly causes this kind of bone resorbtion?

Is there less bone resorbtion with implants made of porous polyethylene (Medpore)

 because they permit tissue ingrowth and vascularisation?

[FrontPageStatuz]

lol