madambutterfly89 Posted May 26, 2018 Posted May 26, 2018 If cheekbone revision is done to push bone back out--can a lift be done at the same time? Or must you wait 2-3 months after cheekbone reconstruction for any type of lift to help with sagging? Would Dr Lee from ASPS be a good surgeon to consult for facelift/fat grafting? Besides Korea, are there any good fat grafting/facelift surgeon in the United States? Also, Please no promoters. Members here are human beings who are looking for authenticity not here to full prey so you can make a profit. Thank you.
phoebebuffey Posted July 5, 2018 Posted July 5, 2018 Do you have contact info for ASPS? I can’t find their Kakao, line, or Facebook anywhere
madambutterfly89 Posted July 5, 2018 Author Posted July 5, 2018 Actually, I checked him off my list. There was a patient in this group had unsatisfactory results with him for cheekbone reduction.
l0vem3 Posted July 5, 2018 Posted July 5, 2018 https://www.eppleyplasticsurgery.com/can-a-cheek-lift-fix-my-sagging-face-after-cheek-bone-reduction/ Q: Dr. Eppley, I wanted to restore my cheekbones and the saggy soft tissue with an endoscopic midface lift after cheekbone reduction. I found a very good maxillofacial surgeon and a plastic surgeon who worked together to bring my zygomatic bone to the old anatomic position and lifted the sagging soft tissue. That surgery was exactly six weeks ago. I know that swelling from jaw surgeries are extreme and lasts a long time but I am very afraid because I still can’t see the Ogee curve and high cheekbones that I had before the zygoma reduction. There is an improvement but not so much. I don’t know if it is because of the swelling that are all around my mouth, nasolabial folds and upper lip or if he didn’t lift enough or what could be the reason for that? I know I have to wait six months until one year to see the result but what can I do if my surgeon didn’t lift enough. ( I trust him but I know that my case was difficult because of the cheekbone restoration at the same time) Is it possible to lift the fat pad again after one or two years or is it too difficult? Otherwise I don’t know what to do, it still look a little bit saggy (maybe because of swelling) A: With the scarred tissue from these two surgeries (cheek bone reduction and cheek bone elevation and fixation), it is highly unlikely you will get significant improvement with any type of attempts at midface or cheek lift. The tissues are both scarred and atrophic and their elevation will be both difficult and limited. While you need to let the swelling subside so you can judge the final result, I doubt it will be much different than before surgery. (remember the result is going to look worse as all swelling subsides. Any effort at cheek sagging improvement in the future can only use the approach of adding volume to lift the sagging tissues…but that is exactly what you were looking to avoid from the beginning. (too much cheek fullness) I am afraid you have reached the point where the cheek result you have is as good as it is going to get unless you are willing to acccept other trade-offs
gats Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 Just saw this article today, it's from 2009 so maybe more advancements have been made? Brad had an experimental eight-hour operation in May at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where doctors implanted cadaver bone into his face. They then injected Brad's own stem cells into the donor bone. From a medical standpoint, the results were miraculous. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/experimental-treatment-boy-cheekbones/story?id=8804636
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