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Lavian Plastic Surgery Clinic · 그리운 어제, 행복한 오늘, 설레는 내일... · November 17, 2009
Let’s take a look at what the recovery is like after surgery to reduce the contour of the cheekbones, which shape the contour of the middle part of the face (the midface). I...
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Clinic: Lavian Plastic Surgery Clinic
Original post date: November 17, 2009
Translated at: April 24, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Medical note: This translation does not guarantee medical accuracy or suitability for treatment decisions.
Let’s take a look at what the recovery is like after surgery to reduce the contour of the cheekbones, which shape the contour of the middle part of the face (the midface).
If we honestly describe the normal and scientific recovery process, it is as follows.
In general, after surgery to refine the facial bones, swelling at the surgical site reaches its peak between 48 and 72 hours after surgery.
The swelling increases a little more the day after surgery than on the day of surgery, reaches its peak 48 to 72 hours after surgery, and then begins to go down.
This acute swelling will subside to some extent within about one week to ten days after surgery, and the face will become similar in size to before surgery.
Of course, the effect of reduced side cheekbones can still be clearly felt at this time.
It takes about 3 to 6 months for the swelling that has seeped into the soft tissue to fully subside and for the changed facial contour to become visible.
Sometimes, there are cases where photos taken on the third day or one week after surgery are shown as progress photos after cheekbone surgery and compared with photos taken before surgery. This is complete nonsense.
The reason is as follows. Immediately after cheekbone surgery, the swelling caused by side cheekbone surgery moves downward, and the area below the bulging side cheekbones swells, creating an optical illusion that makes it look as if the side cheekbones have been reduced.
Therefore, to know the proper results after facial contour surgery, photos taken after a certain period of time has passed can be said to show an honest and accurate recovery process.
Surgical methods that advertise fake cheekbone reduction by claiming to minimize swelling carry the risk of causing major misunderstandings and regret for many people because of this optical illusion.
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