Category: cheek implants

Anatomic Cheek Implant Designs to Decrease the Risk of Postoperative Asymmetry

Cheek implants are one of the three most commonly performed facial implant procedures. It differs from the other two (nose and chin) for a variety of reasons. First and foremost it is a bilateral procedure that requires two implants unlike a nose or a chin. It is also not a true profile structure without a Read More…

The Common Occurrence of Cheek Implant Asymmetry

Cheek implants provide a means to augment the zygomatic (malar) bones for centro-lateral midface augmentation. It creates its effects by pushing off from the underlying bone a specific amount based on the implant’s thickness to create an external facial contour change. The typical placement up through the mouth provides a scarless insertion technique that Read More…

OR Snapshots – Extended Arch Cheek Implant Replacements

Cheek implants can be the most difficult to decide preoperatively as to their style and size. Because the cheek is an oblique structure and not a profile one, it defies any exact measured target to achieve. The cheek does have very specific zones of augmentation, four to be exact, and it becomes important to consider Read More…

The Model Cheek Implant (Malar-Arch Design) for the High Cheekbone Look

Cheek implants have been around for decades and have undergone an evolution of design changes. While initially developed as small oblong shapes to sit on top of the malar eminence, newer designs have incorporated the area under the malar eminence as well known as the submalar region. This has led to a variety of current Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Cheek Implant Asymmetry Correction

Background: Augmentation of the cheeks is a frequently performed aesthetic facial reshaping procedure. While once only capable of being performed with implants, it is now more commonly done with synthetic fillers and fat. But the only assured permanent cheek augmentation result from a single effort is with the use of implants. Like all implants placed Read More…

Custom Cheek Implants for High Arch Model Look

Cheek implants come in a variety of styles and sizes to create slightly different midface augmentation effects. Many of the styles of cheek implants have surgeon names attached to them which does not help in understanding exactly what cheek effect they create. But fundamentally cheek implants effect either the malar or submalar regions. The malar Read More…

Zygomatic Arch Implants and the High Cheekbone Look

The zygomatic arch is the part of the cheekbone that extends back to the temporal bone in front of the ear. It is a thin bone and serves and looks like a bridge, allowing the temporalis muscle to pass underneath it. It can be thought of as the side of the cheekbone. While it Read More…

Custom Cheek Implants – Getting The High Model Cheek Look

Cheek implants are the third most commonly performed facial implant procedure. Trailing behind nasal and chin implants, cheek implants provide augmentation to a lateral facial structure and not a midline one. As a result most cheek augmentations are bilateral or paired and that poses a unique challenge in their surgical placement. But prior to having Read More…

OR Snapshots – Zygomatic Arch Implants for Lateral Midfacial Width/Prominence

Cheek implants are a well recognized form of facial augmentation that has been used for decades. By placing an implant on the cheekbones a permanent midfacial augmentation effect can be achieved. But cheek implants are not just one style or size fits all. There are over a half dozen styles of cheek implants designed to Read More…

Volume Comparison of Cheek Implants vs Injectable Fillers

Cheek augmentation is a common facial reshaping procedure that is done for both aesthetic enhancement and volume restoration due to aging. It is the one facial procedure that, while historically only done with cheek implants, is now done more often by injection methods using synthetic fillers or fat. The emergence of injectable methods is now Read More…