Cheek Implants

For ages, strong cheek bones and facial angulations have been considered signs of beauty. Candidates for malar augmentation (cheek bone implants) frequently have flat cheek bones, which provide no facial contour. Malar augmentation can add this definition to a face.

Submalar augmentation is often used in patients whose cheeks have a sunken, hollow look. Submalar augmentation can fill this hollow sign of aging below the cheek bones and fill out the patient’s face. Patients who have been victims of facial trauma or have congenital defects may also be candidates for cheek augmentation.

Surgery Your facial contours will be studied very carefully to determine whether an implant will help you and if so, what type. These medical-grade synthetic rubber implants are pre-formed in various shapes and sizes and it is important to determine which is best for each individual case. The implant is placed through a small incision in the mouth. There is no visible scar and dissolvable sutures are used. For more information, feel free to call our office to set up a consultation.

Photographs are for illustrative purposes only. Individual results vary. No prediction of outcome is implied. Individual healing characteristics and unexpected complications can affect the outcome of any surgery.