My Zygoma Reduction Experience

[saddreamer]

Damn, I need zygoma reduction and I’m 27 so I guess I’ll definitely sag...
Could you pm what clinic you went to?

I hope you heal well and soon and the cheek/facelift worked !

 

[madambutterfly89]

Yes it does. You will absolutely lose the natural adhesion of skin to bones...among other things

 

[gabriellaa555]

Madambutterfly89 said: ↑

Yes it does. You will absolutely lose the natural adhesion of skin to bones...among other things

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What abouny "mini", "partial" "quick zygoma reduction? Several clinics offers to reduce only side zygoma. Less invasive. For example namu and grand.

 

[saddreamer]

Madambutterfly89 said: ↑

Yes it does. You will absolutely lose the natural adhesion of skin to bones...among other things

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Oh god... could they not somehow glue it back.... seems weird that since it’s a popular procedure that it has such a bad side effect

 

[saddreamer]

Gabriellaa555 said: ↑

What abouny "mini", "partial" "quick zygoma reduction? Several clinics offers to reduce only side zygoma. Less invasive. For example namu and grand.

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I only need my sides reduced and made a bit more even, I have a pretty flat and wide face. So there’s mini versions of the surgery? I must look into that, can’t remember if grand has a bad reputation or not tho

 

[itmeowshere]

The mini procedures use a green stick fracture on the front body of zygoma to allow it to bend. But there is a risk of breaking the whole bone instead of just part of the bone and thus malunion. The best result IMO would be a bicoronal incision. Yes it is more invasive but if you want as guaranteed of a result as possible that allows direct vision of the entire region. My surgeon used a behind the ear incision for direct vision but my issue was more minor and near the ear.

 

[madambutterfly89]

Was your surgery a revision or primary?

 

[gabriellaa555]

itmeowshere said: ↑

The mini procedures use a green stick fracture on the front body of zygoma to allow it to bend. But there is a risk of breaking the whole bone instead of just part of the bone and thus malunion. The best result IMO would be a bicoronal incision. Yes it is more invasive but if you want as guaranteed of a result as possible that allows direct vision of the entire region. My surgeon used a behind the ear incision for direct vision but my issue was more minor and near the ear.

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So will you recommend the "full" than mini? Where did you di your surgery? Are you happy
with your experience?

 

[amali9099]

widecheekbones said: ↑

Hi everyone,

I consulted a highly respected craniofacial plastic surgeon in my home country to do this surgery, rather than a Korean plastic surgeon as I was not keen on spending money on threadlifting. My new surgeon did say that even in young adults, sagging after cheekbone osteotomies or cheek implant removals can occur when the natural adhesion of a person's flesh to bone is altered. He also has experience doing these lifts in young individuals who have skin sagging from congenital cheekbone deficiencies.

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Dumb question - does that mean that a midface lift is not cheaper or available in Korea?

 

[sheonlylooks25]

SadDreamer said: ↑

I only need my sides reduced and made a bit more even, I have a pretty flat and wide face. So there’s mini versions of the surgery? I must look into that, can’t remember if grand has a bad reputation or not tho

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Found this on TL. According to them their technique has no sagging. They have a special on during September and USD8800 but if you are a complex case or having a revision different rates will apply.

 

[fortunecat]

SadDreamer said: ↑

I only need my sides reduced and made a bit more even, I have a pretty flat and wide face. So there’s mini versions of the surgery? I must look into that, can’t remember if grand has a bad reputation or not tho

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Yup. Grand has a bad reputation due to a 19 years old girl who suffered from brain damage and later passed away.
https://www.google.com.sg/amp/www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleViewAmp.html%3fidxno=15415

 

[littomssunshine]

widecheekbones said: ↑

Hi everyone,

Thank you for your interest in my experience. I’ve been a lurker of this website for quite some while, but I’ve never actually made an account or posted anything till now. This will be quite the long post, but hopefully it will be of benefit to you and/or others who are also interested in undergoing the same procedure.

A little bit about me first – I am in my early 20s and I am of Asian descent.


My Zygoma Reduction

So I had this procedure done around 7 months ago in Korea. I grew up with wide, asymmetric cheekbones which gave me a wonky face outline and made my face appear more masculine. I think Asians who have nicely positioned cheekbone prominences look stunning, but for me, my cheekbones were protruding laterally towards the sides of my eyes.

For me, zygoma reduction meant that I either have irregular cheekbone contours for the rest of my life or a smoother facial outline with less definition. I chose the latter. From a boney point of view, my surgeon did a great job considering the asymmetry that he had to work with. There were however, some soft tissue problems (aka sagging.)

I am young so the sagging was very very minor. My friends couldn’t tell but my mother definitely could tell. Since my soft tissue is naturally tighter, it didn’t have much room to sag downwards. The only form of sagging I could really pinpoint was that I had slightly deeper nasolabial folds, which were much more apparent under certain lighting.

Was I upset that I had sagging? Of course I was. To be sagging at such a young age, even if it was surgically induced, was devastating – especially in the first few months where I was psychologically adapting to my new look. But I would have still rather have chosen to do the surgery (that’s how badly I did not like my natural cheekbone structure.)

Was I angry at my surgeon? At first yes. But I had to also remember that I was quite the patient outlier. This is mainly because I have very thick skin, with a lot of acne inflammation and scarring to weigh it down even further. And also because I have huge buccal fat pads that surgeons always liked to point out (thanks parents.) I knew this combination of features would contribute to potential sagging as it means my cheeks are being weighed down even more, but I went through with the surgery anyway.


My Cheeklift

Fast forward to today, I'm actually two days post-op a cheeklift (or midface lift without skin removal) to correct the minimal sagging from my zygoma reduction. My sagging was minor, like I said, but it was still enough to bother me to do something about it. Yes, you read that right. I got a cheeklift in my 20s.

I consulted a highly respected craniofacial plastic surgeon in my home country to do this surgery, rather than a Korean plastic surgeon as I was not keen on spending money on threadlifting. My new surgeon did say that even in young adults, sagging after cheekbone osteotomies or cheek implant removals can occur when the natural adhesion of a person's flesh to bone is altered. He also has experience doing these lifts in young individuals who have skin sagging from congenital cheekbone deficiencies.

The cheek lift was done via incisions in my temple and reusing my oral incisions from the zygoma reduction. I'm swollen like a football and it feels like I'm going through the zygoma reduction recovery all over again. Whether the lift has corrected my concerns from the zygoma reduction, I won't know til the swelling has gone down considerably. But I truly hope it has considering the pain and effort and money I have spent.


I would love to keep updating you all on my experience. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me so I don't die of boredom during my second surgical recovery.

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Hi, can you tell me which clinic you went to for your zygoma.reduction? I was thinking about get mine done but now I'm going to have to do more research about it.

 

[saddreamer]

Fortunecat said: ↑

Yup. Grand has a bad reputation due to a 19 years old girl who suffered from brain damage and later passed away.
https://www.google.com.sg/amp/www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleViewAmp.html?idxno=15415

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Jesus....

 

[saddreamer]

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SheOnlyLooks25 said: ↑

Found this on TL. According to them their technique has no sagging. They have a special on during September and USD8800 but if you are a complex case or having a revision different rates will apply. View attachment 4187390

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ooh thanks! I’ll look into them!

 

[gabriellaa555]

SheOnlyLooks25 said: ↑

Found this on TL. According to them their technique has no sagging. They have a special on during September and USD8800 but if you are a complex case or having a revision different rates will apply. View attachment 4187390

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Can someone share opinion about TLPS , did you find something bad about them ?