Sunken cheeks: can cheek correction reduce age

Sunken cheeks can be caused by the patient's dental problems, when the sunken cheeks are caused by the absence of teeth, or be a reflection of age-related changes. Cheeks that have fallen inwards break the harmonious contour of the face and give it an senile look. Today, plastic surgery has a sufficient number of methods that can be selected individually  for each patient, and then the correction of the cheeks will smooth out the oval of the face, give it a voluminous shape, help the face to gain more & nbsp; young and fresh looking.

Sunken cheeks are the result of soft tissues sagging under the skin on the face due to lack of sufficient volume. Facial volume is lost due to the following reasons:

• features of the structure of the facial skeleton;
• soft tissue ptosis;
• age-related contraction of the facial muscles;
• atrophic processes in the subcutaneous fat layer;
• abrupt weight loss;
• Loss of part of the teeth.

It is advisable to correct sunken cheeks, taking into account the reasons that caused them to sink. So, if the problem is to restore the dentition, the patient is sent to the dentist for prosthetics, but if we are talking about the correction of age-related changes – it is the task of the plastic surgeon.

Correction methods to help correct sunken cheeks

First of all, age-related changes in the face affect the area of ​​the cheeks, cheekbones, nasolabial folds, where the lack of volume characteristic of a young face is most clearly expressed. The main methods to correct sunken cheeks and give volume to the face today are lipofilling, the introduction of fillers, and the installation of implants.

Lipofilling – the introduction to the patient of his own fat cells, which were taken from the adipose tissue of the thigh, buttocks or other area, properly processed and microinjected under the skin in places where there is a lack of volume. The benefits of this method – in the absolute reliability of the injected material, since the patient's own fat cells will not cause a rejection reaction of the body.

The transplanted adipose tissue looks very natural, later grows into blood vessels and completely takes root, while maintaining the full shape of the face. The disadvantage is that over time, part of the transplanted adipose tissue is absorbed, and therefore additional, repeated correction of the cheeks is required.

Contour plastic – filling the missing volume of sunken cheeks with the help of fillers injected. With the help of fillers based on hyaluronic acid, you can form a clear oval of the face, giving it volume in the right places, and at the same time adjust the volume of the lips so that the face looks more harmonious. Advantage  method is that the patient can return to everyday life very soon, the operation does not require a long rehabilitation. Lack of – that the result is preserved for six months or a year, then a new correction of the cheeks is required.

Implantation – the introduction under the skin of special inserts of various shapes, from different materials. The implants are inserted into a specially formed pocket under the skin, after a month and a half it is encapsulated and securely held in the cheek.

Thanks to plastic surgery techniques, sunken cheeks are no longer a cause for despair for those patients who are afraid that sunken cheeks make them look old. Now there is an opportunity to choose a way that makes the face smooth, full and rejuvenated.