Analysis of the Effect of 45-Degree Cheekbone Shaving Through Cases

Hello, this is Dr. Jo Hyun-woo from 입체성형외과.

It feels like it has been a long time since I greeted you through a column. The COVID-19 situation is likely very difficult for everyone, but I hope you all stay strong.

Today, I will talk about whether 45-degree cheekbone shaving is really effective.

One of the questions patients often ask when they come in is that they heard at another hospital that shaving is not effective, or that they heard the bone will grow back after shaving.

However, the method of shaving bone is not a newly developed technique; it has existed as a surgical method for a long time.

A very long time ago, there was even a method of making an incision inside the mouth and grinding down the cheekbone entirely by shaving alone. And even recently, some hospitals have used shaving to reduce the side cheekbone as well.

The machine used for shaving is extremely powerful, so if you keep grinding for a long time, a great deal can be shaved away. There is even a method of performing square jaw surgery by shaving without cutting.

The existing quick cheekbone surgery rotated only the side cheekbone inward for the sake of front-view effects. Compared to the existing 3D cheekbone surgery, the 45-degree cheekbone was often not reduced enough, so many people did not feel the effect.

The 230-degree three-dimensional cheekbone reduction performed at our hospital addresses this drawback by shaving the 45-degree area, allowing the overall cheekbone volume to be reduced. In previous posts, I showed CT scans and explained this, but this time I will show actual patient photos taken during surgery and explain.

In this photo, the patient’s right cheekbone has been shaved, and the left side is before surgery.

You can clearly see that the 45-degree area on the right has been reduced.

Photo 1)

Photo 2)

This photo was taken after surgery on both sides, and compared with the photo above, you can see that the patient’s left 45-degree cheekbone has been reduced. Can you see it? ^^

As shown in these photos, the 45-degree cheekbone is an area where shaving alone can be very effective. Of course, this patient had thin skin and little fat, so the change is more visible, but for people with a lot of fat in the 45-degree area, if liposuction is performed in that area at the same time as the surgery, a more dramatic effect may be seen.

So far, I have briefly explained the effect of the 45-degree cheekbone using an actual case. Hot summer is approaching, so please take care of your health.

Thank you.