Patient education
Zygoma Reduction: Guides
Twelve guides to the cheekbone as a decision rather than as a technique. They assume you have already read what a contouring operation is and whether to have one; what they add is that the width may not be skeletal at all, that the body and the arch are two structures, and that narrowing a midface and supporting it are the same operation seen from two sides.
All guides
12 guides
- Body and Arch: The Two Halves of the CheekboneAnatomy
- Width From the Front, Not the SideAssessment
- The Zygomatic Branch of the Facial NerveRisks
- Cutting the Body, the Arch or Both: Three Plans for WidthChoosing
- The Hollow That Follows ReductionRisks
- Midface Soft Tissue After the Bone MovesSoft tissue
- Asymmetry Before and After Zygoma ReductionAssessment
- Imaging the Cheekbone: What a Scan Adds to the PlanPreparation
- The Buccal Fat Pad and Cheek WidthDiagnosis
- The Swelling Curve After Cheekbone Surgery, and When to Judge the ResultRecovery
- Adding Volume Back: Grafts After Cheekbone ReductionRevision
- When Not to Reduce the CheekboneLimits
Start by finding out whether the cheekbone is the cause
Arrange an assessment. We will establish whether the midface width comes from the cheekbone, the masseter, the fat over the cheek or the proportions around it, which structure of the cheekbone is involved, and how much support the midface can give up.