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Overview

Zygoma reduction is the best surgery to reduce excessive cheekbones or an excessively wide face, which makes your face look bigger and more flat compared to the rest of your facial features.

Before surgery, the doctor and nurses will do a pre-op scan together with examinations to check exactly what kind of problem you have with your cheekbones and how this should be fixed. Zygoma reduction is used to treat patients who have cheekbones that are too large or too wide for their face.

Surgeons create incisions from inside the mouth so that no scars will be visible on the face after your surgery. You might need incisions in an area near your ear too, which will be covered with your hair. At the incision sites, the doctor cuts through the cheekbones to reposition them and restructure them. The cheekbones are then fixed in place using miniature titanium plates and screws.

If you are afraid of sagging after the procedure, you could do a (non-incisional) thread lift on the same day of your zygoma reduction to effectively lift the skin and prevent any sagging.

Zygoma Reduction Checklist :

· Are you concerned that your face is too wide? · Are you concerned that your face looks too flat? · Would you like to reduce the size of your face to match it to your other facial features? · Would you like to make your face look more feminine?

Surgery information

Surgery time : 1-1.5 hours

Anesthesia : General Anesthesia

Downtime : 14 days. Stitch out is done 14 days after surgery (Recommended to stay at least 2 weeks in Korea)

Fasting : No food, liquids or gum starting from 8 hours before surgery

Hospitalization : 1 day. You can go home or to your hotel the day after your surgery.

Surgery preparations
Please stop taking any non-essential medications and supplements, including but not limited to: Multivitamins, painkillers, Omega 3 Fish Oil, etc. Please also stop smoking and drinking alcohol starting a couple of days before your surgery.

After 2-3 months, 90% of the swelling and bruising will have disappeared. The remaining swelling will go down over the course of the next 3-12 months.

Follow-up appointments
2 or 3 check-ups.

Recovery time

1-2 weeks
You cannot eat solid foods and have to eat liquid foods such as porridge and juice for the first 1-2 weeks. You have to ice the area as much as possible during the first week.It is recommended to sleep with your head elevated during the first week as well. You should use the prescribed gargle everyday and take your medication as explained. You cannot remove the pressure bandage that the doctor will apply during the first couple of days. Please take all the prescribed medication and rest as much as possible, especially the first week.

3-4 weeks
You can still not eat very hard foods, but you can extend your diet to several different types of foods that are soft / slightly hard. You should be careful not to put too much pressure on the area. To prevent any drooping or skin loosening, we recommend using the head compression garment as much as possible. You will start seeing good results during the 3-4 week mark, since a lot of swelling and bruising will have gone down.

2-6 months
After a couple of months, you can start to notice your surgery results. Your face will look more balanced. From 3 months post-surgery, you can go back to any activities that you used to do before your surgery. You can get a massage or treatments done on the jaw area from 3 months post surgery.