Chin and Cheek Augmentation

Conventional facial beauty does not require perfect features. Instead, facial beauty is usually the result of features that are in proportion to and in harmony with one another. Cosmetic plastic surgery can help achieve balance and harmony in facial features.

For example, sunken cheeks will magnify the appearance of any bags or fatty deposits under the eyes. Augmentation of the cheeks, also called malar augmentation, will fill out flat cheeks. When someone suffers from under eye bags, cheek implants may reduce the appearance of the puffiness under the eye without the need for a blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery. In other instances, a patient may simply desire more a pronounced cheek bone appearance to create better facial proportion and “lift” to the face. Dr. Zewert can lift the cheeks or redistributes fat in the cheek when appropriate.

Similarly, chin implants or reductions may be suggested in conjunction with or in place of nose surgery. A small chin makes the nose look larger and a large chin makes the nose appear smaller in comparison. Chin implants or fat-grafting can augment and reshape the chin. To achieve the most significant result to chin shape and size, the bone of the chin may need to be altered. This is called an osteotomy.

Please contact Dr. Zewert’s staff for more information about this procedure.