Cosmetic Surgery > Face > Cheekbones

The Cheekbones
in Paris by Dr Weiss

The cheekbones, the upper part of the cheeks, represent the image of vitality and youth.
In babies and young children, cheekbones are well-filled and rounded, while flat, hollow or furrowed cheekbones give a tired, aged and sad appearance. They should be centred on the malar bone. The cheekbones are part of the facial contour.

Problems Encountered with Cheekbones

Often with age, or sometimes rapidly due to your genetic code, the cheekbones become flat, hollow and, in advanced cases, form tear troughs (which can be treated with hyaluronic acid).

Solutions for the Cheekbones

The cheekbones can be raised, filled and contoured by increasing their volume, by injecting high-density hyaluronic acid, or by performing grafts of your own fat cells or lipofilling, as part of a MACS-Lift facelift, one of whose features is cheekbone elevation.

Hyaluronic acid injections are performed in the cheekbones using a fine cannula into deep tissues. It is imperative to avoid over-correction resulting in a puffy, strange and disharmonious face: the result must be harmonious and must not change your personality.

The most important precaution to take after cheekbone volume augmentation is to avoid applying pressure (sleeping) on the filled areas, given the mobility of the injected material.