Facial Contouring Q&A 10. Zygoma Surgery / Hollow Cheeks / Sagging Cheeks / Side Cheekbones / Quick Zygoma / Long Face / Contouring Surgery / Recovery Period

Hello. I’m Director Jo Hyun-woo of 3D Plastic Surgery.

Today, through a YouTube live broadcast, I received a lot of questions, and I’ve organized some commonly asked questions and content that may be helpful to know.

Q1. If I get zygoma surgery, will hollow cheeks definitely happen?

A. Hollow cheeks do not necessarily occur because of zygoma surgery.

Basically, the area below the cheekbones is recessed, so the skin is very thin. For people whose cheekbones are prominent, hollow cheeks may even improve after zygoma surgery.

If you already have severe hollow cheeks before surgery, having hollow-cheek fat grafting at the same time as zygoma surgery may allow you to undergo surgery without worrying about hollow cheeks.

Q2. How long does it take for hair to grow back at the scalp incision site?

A. Hair at the incision site falls out, and after about 2 months, hair starts to grow again.

Hair does not grow on the incision line, but because the incision is very small, that area becomes almost unnoticeable over time.

Q3. What surgery should I get if my side profile looks wide?

A. There are actually not many ways to reduce the side profile.

If zygoma surgery and square jaw surgery are performed together, you can see a dramatic reduction. If, when viewed from the side, the jawline feels long, then surgery that trims farther down to the chin area can make the side profile slimmer.

Q4. I had zygoma surgery, but my side cheekbones still look wide. What surgical method is effective?

A. The effect of zygoma surgery can only be determined accurately after a CT scan.

If the side cheekbones were reduced properly, there may be a lot of fat in the cheekbone area, making the effect of the surgery appear smaller.

In such cases, cheekbone liposuction may help.

Q5. If the skull is large, is facial contouring surgery ineffective?

A. If the skull is large, even if the cheekbones are reduced, the face may still look large.

For people who feel they have a large skull, hair transplantation or forehead reduction surgery is sometimes used to reduce the empty space on the face.

In that case, if facial contouring surgery is performed together, you may see a bit more effect.

Q6. If I get revision cheekbone surgery, will sagging become worse?

A. Revision cheekbone surgery does not make sagging worse.

In some cases, sagging improves through revision surgery, so it would be best to get a CT scan and a consultation to determine the exact situation.

Q7. After facial contouring surgery, does sagging cause aging to come faster than in people who did not have surgery?

A. This is my personal opinion, but I do not think aging comes faster because of facial contouring surgery.

However, if air escapes from a balloon that is fully inflated, the outer surface will naturally become wrinkled. Similarly, when the cheekbones are reduced, there will inevitably be excess skin, and because of that, the extra skin may look less firm from the outside.

But under the condition that the surgery was performed accurately, it is actually difficult to confirm with the naked eye, and I do not think aging comes faster because of the surgery.

Q8. Can Quick Zygoma still produce a significant cheekbone reduction effect?

A. In both zygoma surgery performed through a scalp incision and zygoma surgery performed through an intraoral incision, the amount of reduction is the same in the side cheekbone area, where the cheekbone recedes the most.

Differences appear as the area moves up toward the 45-degree area. If the 45-degree cheekbone is not very prominent, zygoma surgery through a scalp incision can still provide sufficient effect.

Q9. How much rest is needed for facial contouring surgery? I’m curious about the recovery period.

A. On average, I say the recovery period is 2 weeks.

Here, 2 weeks refers to the period when major swelling goes down. After surgery, swelling gradually increases until days 3 to 4, and then slowly subsides. It usually takes about 6 months for all residual swelling to disappear.

Q10. Can facial contouring surgery help with a long midface?

A. In fact, if the midface is long, a solution through double jaw surgery is more effective. However, for people who do not have dental malocclusion and feel 부담 about double jaw surgery, I sometimes recommend philtrum reduction surgery.

Also, even if the midface is long, if the chin length is short, the impression of a long face can still be sufficiently improved, so it would be best to get a CT scan and a consultation to determine the exact situation.

Thank you.