What is the Cheeks Surgery?
The Cheeks Surgery is a procedure intended to remove or dry a structure on the face known as the "Bichat Fat Bag". It makes the patient seem overweight when the person actually don't have that problem, or just because the aspect of this part of the face is out of proportion with the rest of the face.
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Who is the Cheek Surgery for?
A Cheeks Surgery is good choice for a patient in any of the following cases:
- The face displays an excessive roundness.
- If the patient wants to differentiate the middle third of the face from the lower third, with the purpose of mark a little more the cheekbones.
- When it's necessary to give a more youthful aspect to the face.
- When the patient gives a overweight aspect and she/he is not fat, caused by there is a lot of fat around the cheeks.
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What lab exams are required for this surgery?
With the purpose to avoid any risk, it is really important that your Plastic Surgeon ask you for lab exams like:
- Coagulation Times: Cto analyse the tolerance to blooding.
- Sugar Levels: to analyze the healing possibilities and prevent infection problems.
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Recommendations to avoid any problem
The Cheeks Surgery, like any other plastic surgery, could have some risks. Something important to take in mind to avoid problems:
- Verify that your Plastic Surgeon is a member of Colombian Plastic Surgery Society
- Follow carefully all the recommendations given by your plastic surgeon.
- Make sure that the procedure is practiced in a hospital completely equipped, not in the doctor's office.
- Ask your Plastic Surgeon to show photographies of the result of previous surgeries done by him/her.
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How is this Surgery performed?
In order to perform this surgery it is necessary to make some incisions inside the mouth (around 5 milimeters long). These incisions are made in the internal part of the mouth in order to avoid any external scar. Through these incisions are removed the fat structures around the cheeks.
We use in this surgery a very special tweezers known as Kelly-Adson. These ones reduce a lot the trauma caused to the patient during the procedure, and it helps to reduce the recovery time.
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How long can take this procedure?
Usually this surgery takes around a hour.
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What kind of Anesthesia is required for this procedure?
The Cheeks Surgery is performed with Local Anesthesia.
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About the Recovery Time after the Surgery
During the week after the Surgery the patient must drink only liquids and will have to take care of his mouth cleaning.
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