Safe and Predictable Zygoma Reduction Surgery. Explained by a Plastic Surgery Specialist. (feat. Midline Plastic Surgery)

For people with prominent, protruding, and wide cheekbones,

cheekbones are a complex.

Bone surgery is scary,

so they try things like zygoma contouring injections or meridian massage.

But since there is not much change, they think that if that is the case, it would be better to have bone surgery.

Yes, that is zygoma reduction surgery.

Recently, there have been many names such as quick, soft, 3D, 4D, and rotating zygoma reduction surgery,

all of which tempt people with large cheekbones.

The methods are more or less similar for any surgery. However, among them, surgery done without directly looking at the bone may have a shorter operation time and therefore a shorter recovery time, but it is difficult to guarantee an accurate surgical result. And methods that do not involve fixation require caution, because they can lead to nonunion.

Many people have probably never properly seen the entire cheekbone.

The bone shown in green is the zygomatic bone (malar bone).

Zygoma reduction does not mean that only the zygomatic bone is cut and moved inward; the maxillary bone connected to the zygomatic bone is also cut and fixed with plates and screws.

At least two points are fixed from the intraoral incision site, and one point is fixed at the zygomatic arch area without fail.

Because....

The masseter muscle, the large muscle that we inject with Botox for a square jaw, is attached to the zygomatic bone, so when opening and closing the jaw and when chewing, a strong force pulls the zygomatic bone downward.

This shows the front part of the cheekbone and the zygomatic arch accurately fixed.

And what quick zygoma surgery cannot do is remove bone. To see the effect of a 45-degree zygoma reduction, bone must be removed. And the upper and lower bones must fit together seamlessly.

Quick surgery may make the side cheekbone smaller, but because bone removal is not possible, there is not much change in the 45-degree area. So if the 45-degree cheekbone bothers you, you should not have quick surgery.

In this way, even if the goal is the same (zygoma reduction), there can be many different methods.

I think that surgery is something where it is fortunate if it goes well, and if there is a high chance that the result will not turn out as expected or if there is a greater possibility of side effects, it is right to avoid that method.

So I always think that the basics and the standard for bone surgery are to look directly, remove as much bone as intended, move it inward as intended, and fix it accurately and securely.

I hope for the success and satisfaction of those considering zygoma reduction, and I will end here.

<If you have additional questions, please leave a private comment, and I will kindly answer them. Thank you.>

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A while ago, I went to The Stay Healing Park in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province. This is a video I filmed at the zoo called "Alpha and Parrot." It was a place worth visiting at least once, haha.

Alpaca and parrot