Facial Contouring Surgery, A to Z from Start to Finish

Provider: 입체성형외과의원

Surgery focused on facial harmony: facial contouring surgery

The start of a slimmer face: V-line square jaw reduction surgery

Chin surgery that creates a more three-dimensional face shape

A choice for a softer impression: cheekbone reduction surgery

230-degree three-dimensional cheekbone reduction surgery that improves face shape more conveniently

Accurate diagnosis, thorough surgical management, post-operative care for facial contouring

You have beautiful and harmonious facial features, but your face shape is angular and uneven?

You will be remembered by people as an image that somehow feels unbalanced and leaves only regret.

Recently, more and more people are looking into facial contouring surgery for both refined features and a smaller face.

In this post, let’s take a look at everything about facial contouring surgery.

Unlike other plastic surgery procedures, facial contouring surgery is an operation that corrects the bone structure. Through sufficient consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon,

it is important to understand the condition of the bones and find the surgical method and process that best suits you.

A safe surgery should be performed.

Facial contouring surgery

Facial contouring is a surgery that corrects the facial bones. By performing surgery on a square jaw, prominent cheekbones, or chin,

it is a procedure that helps the face appear aesthetically softer.

Facial contouring surgery can be broadly divided into three types: square jaw surgery, cheekbone reduction surgery, and chin surgery.

Facial contouring is a surgery that can be performed in a more harmonious way, without harming the facial structure,

allowing for a more natural result.

The highlight of facial contouring

Square jaw reduction surgery

Square jaw reduction surgery, also called square jaw resection, is a procedure

that has the advantage of producing noticeable effects from both the front and the side after surgery.

Square jaw reduction surgery is usually performed through an incision inside the mouth,

making an incision of about 3 cm in the mucosa between the lower gums and the lips.

After moving aside the masseter muscle surrounding the outside of the jawbone and peeling away the periosteum,

surgery is performed on the exposed jawbone while avoiding major nerves and blood vessels.

The average surgery time is within about 1 hour and is performed under general anesthesia.

In the case of earlier square jaw reduction surgery, only the protruding square jaw was removed,

which sometimes led to side effects such as a secondary angle being created.

However, recent square jaw reduction surgery offers a wider field of view and makes it possible to operate while clearly seeing the jawbone,

so long curved resection is often performed to remove the square jaw.

Long curved resection allows for safer surgery compared with conventional square jaw reduction surgery.

★ Of course, bone resection varies depending on the individual, but because the field of view is clearly secured, a high level of effectiveness can be expected. ★

Chin surgery (T-osteotomy)

As the number of patients wanting a V-line has increased rapidly recently,

T-osteotomy is being performed to make the chin sharper and smoother.

T-osteotomy has the advantage of allowing both advancement and setback of the chin at the same time,

and it is a surgery with the major advantage of safely protecting the nerve line.

Patients who do not undergo square jaw reduction surgery can also have T-osteotomy performed on its own.

The surgery takes about 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes,

is performed under general anesthesia, requires suture removal,

and is also a procedure that does not significantly interfere with daily life after about 3 to 5 days of recovery following surgery.

The side effect most commonly associated with chin surgery is concern that nerve sensation may not return.

In fact, if the nerve line is distributed low, long curved square jaw surgery may be difficult to perform,

but most chin surgeries, including T-osteotomy, can be performed without difficulty.

If the position of the nerve line is abnormally low and shifted too far toward the front,

chin surgery is possible, but it may be difficult to achieve a satisfying result.

However, this is a very rare case, so there is no need to worry too much about the relationship between chin surgery and the nerve line.

Cheekbone reduction surgery

Cheekbone reduction surgery cuts and moves back cheekbones that protrude toward the front and side,

and has the advantage of producing significant effects from both the side and the front after surgery.

In general, cheekbone reduction surgery is performed by making an incision inside the mouth, dissecting the cheekbone incision area,

and then performing the surgery either by making an incision in front of the ear for bone cutting or through an incision on the scalp.

The anesthesia method is general anesthesia, and the surgery takes about 1 hour.

The area that many patients worry about the most is sagging cheeks.

In the case of cheek sagging, if the medical team has extensive know-how and skill, there is no need to worry too much,

but if dissection is minimized during cheekbone reduction surgery and the cheekbone body and arch are firmly fixed to the maxilla so that they do not shift,

the likelihood of cheek sagging after cheekbone surgery becomes significantly lower.

230-degree three-dimensional cheekbone reduction surgery

Considering the long recovery time, which is a drawback of conventional cheekbone reduction surgery,

quick cheekbone reduction surgery has recently received a strong response because it shortens recovery time while achieving the same effect.

In the case of quick cheekbone reduction surgery, the operation is performed through a scalp incision and endoscopy,

and one advantage is that there is no discomfort in speaking or eating after surgery.

However, its effect was limited to the side cheekbones, so only a limited number of people could benefit from it.

To compensate for those shortcomings, 230-degree three-dimensional cheekbone reduction surgery was developed. It is a surgical method designed so that the advantages of the existing quick cheekbone reduction surgery—scalp incision and fast recovery—

along with 45-degree cheekbone shaving, allow effects to be seen from the front, side, and 45-degree semi-side views.

230-degree three-dimensional cheekbone reduction surgery is performed under sedation anesthesia, and the surgery takes about 20 minutes.

A small scalp incision of about 1 cm is made, and the operation is performed through an endoscope.

Because the scar area is not exposed externally, it also has the advantage of no risk of visible scarring.

Unlike conventional cheekbone reduction surgery, 230-degree three-dimensional cheekbone reduction surgery uses a natural adhesion fixation method without plate fixation,

which has the advantage of not making it obvious that you had surgery even during airport security screening or X-ray imaging.

Of course, if plate fixation is desired, fixation is also possible.

Because 230-degree three-dimensional cheekbone reduction surgery is performed without fixation,

many people worry that the bone may not attach properly or may protrude again.

However, recently, to prevent the bone from protruding during the process of pushing the cheekbone inward,

the cut surface is made at an angle, so there is no need to worry.

입체성형외과의원 provides direct treatment and surgery by a board-certified plastic surgeon, and based on the surgeon’s experience and know-how,

the patient’s condition is carefully checked before surgery, so safe and high-quality results can be expected.

With the unique know-how of 입체성형외과의원, you can expect natural and high-quality

results.