The Story After Cheek Dimple Correction

Hello, I’m Director Jo Hyun-woo of 입체성형외과.

About two years ago around this time, I wrote a column about cheek dimple correction and also uploaded a YouTube video.

Based on my article, D&PS magazine asked me to contribute, so I published an article there as well.

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Since then, many people have read my article and come in to seek help with cheek dimples.

As I mentioned in my previous column, that area is connected by very firm tissue, so unless it is completely dissected and separated, the maximum improvement I can say is about 80%.

Today, I’d like to share what I have felt after performing cheek dimple correction on many people over the past two years.

As I kept doing these surgeries, what I noticed was that the results varied a lot depending on how strongly the skin and salivary gland were connected.

Cheek dimple fat grafting

If you look at this patient, there is cheek dimpling before surgery, but in the photo taken about two months after surgery, you can see that the cheek dimple has been corrected almost 100%.

How firmly it is attached before surgery can be seen when lowering the skin from the cheekbone area.

In fact, patients who are not strongly attached seem to be able to achieve dramatic results as shown above.

For these cases, fillers can also provide some degree of effect.

230-degree three-dimensional zygoma reduction, cheek dimple fat grafting

Most patients show an improvement similar to the patient above, and it seems to be about an 80% improvement.

Even if I cannot fully dissect with a scalpel and do the dissection as much as possible through a small opening, tissue that remains attached to some extent makes the skin look sunken.

Still, even this degree of improvement seems to resolve the concern for many people.

230-degree three-dimensional zygoma reduction, cheek dimple fat grafting

About 1 out of 10 people do not show much visible improvement even if I perform extensive dissection and place the fat well.

They show an improvement of about 30–40% in volume, but they still feel that their cheeks are sunken and want further improvement.

For these patients, it seems that a lifting procedure is the only answer.

Even while performing surgery, I can feel that there is a lot of tight tissue and that improvement is difficult, and unfortunately, for these patients, there are limitations with simple procedures. In fact, it is difficult to judge exactly how much improvement will be possible before surgery.

Still, I came to think that cheek dimple correction is a procedure that can improve the condition to some extent.

230-degree three-dimensional zygoma reduction, cheek dimple fat grafting

People who have undergone zygoma surgery, or those who have not had surgery but are concerned about cheek dimples, often consider correction at least once.

The surgery I perform cannot be a perfect operation, but because it can solve that concern to some extent, I think it would be good for people who are worried about cheek dimples to come in for a consultation.

Thank you.