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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Custom Cheek Implant Replacements for Undesired Aesthetic Effects from Standard Cheek Implants

Background: Cheek implants have been around for over four decades and have undergone some significant evolution in their shapes and cheek augmentation effects. With three basic implant styles (malar, submalar and combined malar-submalar) and numerous sizes between them many different types of cheek augmentation needs can be met. But what all of these cheek implants Read More…

The Course of the Frontal Branch of the Facial Nerve in Cheekbone Reduction and Extended Cheek Implant Surgery

The frontal or temporal branch of the facial nerve courses in front of the ear on its way to the forehead. In so doing it starts deep as it exits from the stylomastoid foramen at the base of the skull and becomes more superficial on its way superiorly through the upper edge of the parotid Read More…

Assessing The Effect of the Ogee Curve in Custom Cheek Implant Designs

Ogee is defined generally as a curve. It has been given various descriptions such as an extended S, serpentine or having a sigmoid shape. In particular it is a double curve in which a combination of two semicircular shapes meet centrally in an inverse relationship. The arc of these semicircular shapes can vary widely. When Read More…

Facial Masculinization Surgery – Middle Third Reshaping – Cheek Bone Augmentation and Cheek Fat Removal

Cheek Augmentation Male cheeks typically have more fullness higher on the main body of the cheek bone (zygoma) and back along the tail of the cheekbone (zygomatic arch for more defined and angular cheek highlights. Standard styes of cheek implants are usually not sufficient in FMS as their creation of an ‘apple cheek’ look is associated Read More…

Achieving the High Cheek Look With The Infraorbital-Malar Cheek Implant Style

Implants offer an assured volumetric outcome for cheek augmentation. Just like chin implants a variety of cheek implant styles and sizes are available to use. While many of these implant styles are somewhat different in shape, most have an oval form which is designed to sit over the malar prominence and/or cover/extend down into the Read More…

Technical Strategies – Safe injection Techniques Around Cheek Implants

Cheek implants are a time-honored facial augmentation procedure that has been done almost as long as chin implants. With good patient and implant selection effective midface augmentation can be achieved. But the end result of cheek implant augmentation is only as good as the implant dimensions (shape and size) and its surgical placement. But even Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Cheek and Jawline Implant Designs Using Radiesse Filler As A Preoperative Guide

Background: In facial augmentation there are three methods to do so…injectable fillers, injectable fat and synthetic implants. Each has their own distinct advantages and disadvantages but none of these methods are perfect. With some surgeons advocate one over the other the reality is that they all have a valuable role to play and one often Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Custom Cheek Implant Replacements for Standard Cheek Implant Asymmetry/Undesired Aesthetic Effects

Background: Cheek implants are a unique area in male facial augmentation because, to a large degree, that is not the gender that were made to primarily treat. Standard cheek implants are historically more successful in women because they create the so called ‘apple cheek’ effect, a midfacial look that is more appealing to more women Read More…

Technical Strategies – The Geometric Split Technique for Custom Infraorbital-Malar Implants

The custom design approach to cheek augmentation allows for an extended and much more versatile midface effect for many patients. Many custom cheek implants become infraorbital-malar designs for a combined undereye and cheek bone enhancement. This is better for many patients as a weaker cheekbone is often associated with undereye hollows given that the bones Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Cheek Implants Designed Using The Tripod Base Concept

Background: Cheek augmentation is most commonly done in females. The traditional goal was to create an ‘apple cheek’ midface effect. This is defined as the part of the cheek that enlarges when smiling or laughing. This is anatomically over the main anterolateral projection of the cheekbone and has a rounded appearance. To no surprise this Read More…