[Etton TV] 6 Questions About Facial Contouring Surgery

When people hear about facial contouring surgery,

a lot of them think it is a very major and risky surgery.

So this time, I would like to look at

the misconceptions and questions about facial contouring surgery.

I will explain each one from the perspective of a doctor who performs contouring surgery himself.

Q1. What kind of surgery is facial contouring surgery?

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To put it simply, facial contouring surgery

means altering the shape of the face by working on the bones in the face.

Here is the biggest misconception many people have!

Is jaw surgery similar to facial contouring surgery?!

There are many people who tend to confuse jaw surgery with facial contouring surgery.

The most decisive difference between the two surgeries is whether the teeth move.

Jaw surgery is a surgery that involves tooth movement,

and facial contouring surgery does not involve tooth movement.

If the bite position of the teeth changes,

it can be categorized as jaw surgery or orthognathic surgery.

Q2. How much bone can be shaved down?

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How much bone can be reduced can be rephrased as how much should be left behind.

The safe range for reducing bone differs from person to person.

Simply getting smaller does not necessarily mean becoming the most beautiful,

so it is more important to find the prettiest shape that best matches your facial structure and bone shape and to leave that behind as safely as possible.

Q3. What is the standard for safety?

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There can be several standards, but in the lower jaw, the standard is clear.

The lower jaw refers to the mandible.

A sensory nerve that comes from the brain runs along the lower jaw,

and there is a pathway that the sensory nerve follows.

The canal through which the sensory nerve passes in the bone is called the nerve canal.

Through CT or X-ray imaging, you can check how far the nerve canal is from the lower surface of the bone and how deeply it runs.

A clear standard is that surgery should be performed within a range that does not invade the nerve canal running through the mandible.

Q4. What happens to the skin after the bone is shaved?

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If the skin is very thick or if there is a lot of fat or tissue, additional measures may need to be combined.

The skin and soft tissue were attached to a hard structure called bone, but if surgery removes that space, these tissues will have nowhere to move, so caution is needed.

In young and healthy patients, the tissue naturally shrinks, but if there is a lot of tissue and the amount of bone removed is large, additional procedures such as fat removal or lifting may be needed to create space.

Q5. I heard that among cosmetic surgeries, facial contouring surgery is the most difficult. Is it really that difficult and risky?

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Liposuction and lifting surgery are surgeries that remove and move soft tissue, so their importance is often overlooked, but they are actually major surgeries.

Surgery that deals with bone may feel intimidating, but you should understand that all surgeries involve difficulty.

In contouring surgery, controlling the soft tissue involves more variables, so a special sense is needed to do it well.

Surgery on bone requires certain techniques, but it can be relatively easy to cut away the necessary parts intuitively.

It is simply a different type of surgery, and I do not think any one surgery is especially more dangerous or extremely difficult.

Q6. After facial contouring surgery, I heard that there can be damage to nerves and blood vessels...

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In facial contouring surgery, protective guards are used in the locations of major nerves and blood vessels, and this helps prevent damage.

Also, even if the saw shifts during surgery, it is designed so that it can hit the guide without damaging the tissue.

Since prevention is handled through surgical technique, you do not need to worry too much.