Answer to Concerns from Someone Who Underwent Molding After Zygoma Non-Fixation

Q.

I’m writing after seeing your blog~

It’s been 14 days since my cheekbone surgery. I had it done under sedation anesthesia, with a non-incisional, non-fixation method. But my cheekbones are uneven. The right side is flat and the left side is curvedㅠ Can it be corrected with molding? And because it was non-fixation, I’m very anxious. I clench my teeth badly, and the hospital told me to just bite gauze with my front teeth and sleep, but won’t the bone sink down? ㅠ ㅠ

 

A.

In cheekbone surgery, the method of molding after non-fixation is a very irresponsible and dangerous idea.

As the expression suggests, it is explained as shaping the cheekbones by weakening the bridge-like cheekbone arch among the cheekbone structures so that the cheekbone can bend like clay, and then pressing it down by hand. However, those with extensive experience in cheekbone surgery have many doubts about this procedure.

 

The reason is that the weakest part of the cheekbone is the middle portion of the cheekbone arch (the bridge), and this area is also commonly fractured by traumatic impact; in many cases, it is the part that breaks in accident-related fractures.

Because of that, reconstructive surgery is often performed there as well.

 

However, if several areas are artificially fractured and then pushed in by hand, it is difficult to imagine what will happen afterward.

In our case, there are quite a few people who come to us because their cheekbone surgery was done incorrectly elsewhere and they are considering revision surgery. But in cases like this, revision surgery is often completely impossible.

 

Before it gets too late, I think it would be appropriate to check the 3D-CT and correct the bone if it has fused in an abnormal position.