Sagging after facial contouring surgery. Reasons and ways to avoid it!

Sagging after facial contouring surgery

The biggest concern of patients that are interested in V line or cheekbone reduction is sagging after facial contouring surgery. In fact, there is a possibility of sagging in certain cases, and there are also ways to avoid it.

Reasons of sagging after facial contouring surgery

There are 4 reasons that can cause saggy skin:

1. • A lot of fat tissue on your cheeks

1. • Low skin elasticity

1. • Big amount of bone reduced

1. • Wide desquamation area (a lot of flesh separated from the bones)

The first 2 reasons depend on individual’s skin type and face structure, whereas another 2 reasons depend on the surgeon’s skill and experience.
For example, when you get cheekbone reduction, after cheekbones are reduced and fixed, the flesh has to be lifted and attached to its original position. However, if you have a lot of fat on your cheeks and your skin elasticity is low the skin cannot hold the fat and eventually sag.
So if you have lack of skin elasticity or too much cheeks fat, most likely there is a possibility of cheek sagging.

 

ID Hospital patient before / after facial contouring surgery

Also if the desquamation area is wide, it can become another reason of sagging. A skilled plastic surgeon need to perform the surgery with a minimal desquamation. The key of surgeon’s professionalism is to minimize the bone resection and give maximum reduction effect at the same time.
Moreover, the amount of bone resection might a reason of getting saggy skin. If you are over 30 and have low skin elasticity, it’s not recommended to get a lot of bone reduced. The shape of the remaining bone is more important that the amount of bone to be cut. The more bone is resected, the more possibility of sagging one can expect.

How to avoid sagging after facial contouring surgery

First of all, remember that not every patient has a risk of sagging after facial contouring surgery. If you think that you have predisposition for sagging make sure to get a bone reduction surgery when you have a good skin elasticity. If you have a lot of cheek fat, try to lose it first, or add accusculpt laser (Acculift) or Buccal fat removal to your surgery list.

 

ID Hospital patient before / after facial contouring surgery

Last but not the least: get a surgery from a professional facial bone surgeon because the desquamation area is the most important part of the surgery. Experienced surgeons can perform a surgery with less desquamation and better outcome.
Following these steps will minimize the risk of getting sagging after facial contouring surgery.

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Orthognathic double jaw surgery and natural V line experience, ID Hospital, Korea

Before surgery

My name is Marie, and I'm from USA. When I started doing my research about two jaw surgery I came across youtube videos of "Let me in" and the results and hope they gave those people are amazing! This was about 10 years ago and ever since then I told myself one day I will have my surgery at ID.

Consultation
The hospital is huge but they have a well-organized system. Everyone was professional and welcoming. I had a translator with me the whole time and the same translator were helping me throughout my journey which was nice.
I met my doctor, Dr. Lee Seok Jae a board-certified maxillofacial surgeon, I was really nervous because I was expecting the doctors there to be too serious. However, I kept a smile on my face and asked my questions politely. Dr. Lee was very nice, very professional and he is the type of doctor that knows exactly what he is talking about, he makes sense. What I also liked about him is that he was very honest and straight to the point. At first, I was wanting more surgery but he recommended not to do all of those surgeries at once for my safety. He gained my trust during my consultation because all of my concerns and questions were answered and he explained what type of procedure and how he is going to approach my case. I told him how I wanted my jaw to look like for Vline and told him I want it to look natural and not too pointy.

Presurgery
I had all the testings done (Xray and CT Scan, Cardiography, and Blood work). My before pictures were taken. Then I went to ID's Dental Floor to take impressions of my teeth for the wafer (kind of like retainer that they will use during the surgery to correct my bite, I would wear it as well until I get my braces).

After surgery

Surgery started at 10 am and I was awake at 1:30-2:00, I was transferred to the ward and stayed in the hospital for two nights. The nurses were so prompt and efficient in changing my ice pack and whenever I hit the call light button they were there right away. The doctor came to visit me just to check how I was doing. Nurses continued to monitor me until I can walk on my own. I was good at changing my ice pack and walking around the ward.



On the discharge day the doctor came in to check me before discharge and then the nurse explained where to get my prescriptions. They also gave me a care packet with skincare and mask that will help for deswelling. my compression band and extra ice pack to take home. I was using icepack for 4 days and then warm pack after will help a lot with the swelling. I made sure that I change my ice packs consistently to prevent swelling then my 5th day I was doing warm packs to help minimize the swelling. 5th day and 6th day was peak swelling for me.


Honestly, I did not feel any pain since surgery day except for the day they removed the stitches and the first time I had to replace my own elastic band stings.


Overall, my experience at ID Hospital and everyone that helped me were outstanding. I think they went over and beyond what I expected. It was a truly memorable experience for me and I will forever remember my life-changing experience with them. Here I am now after the surgery and I couldn't be more happier and satisfied with my face and smile. It is the best decision I have made for myself.

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3 months after double jaw, V line and double eyelid surgery in ID Hospital

Before surgery

I had a lot of insecurities about my face, and especially jaw. It's really hard to overcome it when you can't even laugh without worrying about how your face looks like.  I decided to get a plastic surgery and fix my jaw misalignment to gain more confidence.

My surgeons were Hyon Won Seok and Choi Jae Ho. They recommended me to combine double jaw surgery and V line surgery for my jaw, and also get a double eyelid surgery for a better dramatic change.

After surgery 

3 days after surgery

I experience the extreme swelling during first 3 days. I took medicine and went back to the hotel, and to be honest I worried a lot about my swollen face. The consultant said that it's ok, and recommended me some walking and drinking water to help deswelling.

1 week after surgery

Even though I was a little anxious about the way I looked, I got used to the swollen face. The recovery was uncomfortable, but I had a major surgery, so I just had to overcome it.

Around this time, the result of  double eyelid surgery became very beautiful.

1 month after surgery

I felt some inconvenience in the mornings when I woke up, but other than that, the pain seemed to be bearable. The swelling has gradually reduced.

2 months after surgery

At this time I could apply make up and I could see first permanent result from the surgery. My face looked much slimmer, and despite some swelling I started enjoying going out.

Before the surgery I used to apply heavy make up to hide my face. At 2 months point I've noticed that natural make up was enough for me to feel confident. I loved that feeling.

3 months after surgery

I'm looking forward to seeing my face gradually getting slimmer. The face shape changes from day to day, and it is very exciting.  I feel much happier compared to my life before the surgery. I can't say that recovery is easy, but in my case it changed my life positively 100%. Thank you, ID Hospital!

Kitiana from USA enhanced her beauty after V line, V3 lifting and forehead reduction

Before surgery

I’m Kitiana from USA. I was chosen as ID Model 2019 and had surgery back in 2019. I had V line, forehead reduction and lifting. I chose I because they are the most well-known plastic surgery clinic in Korea.

Consultation day

The surgeons have such skill in plastic surgery they knew what I was looking for before I even voiced it. Super impressive, as well as can explain everything in detail, come up with effective alternatives & money saving suggestions. Dr. Lim Jong Woo did my V line and forehead reduction , Dr. Kwon Ju Yong did my V3 lifting.

After surgery

The pain was bearable. The first couple hours after the surgery, you are in pain however after that it is bearable. I had pain killers prescribed so I didn’t really feel much pain on wards. It’s just mainly discomfort from swelling. the hospital staff really took good care of me. After the surgery, I felt very nauseated because of the anesthesia, but when I informed the staff, they allowed me to stay another night at the hospital and showed me ways to get rid of the nauseated feeling such as teaching me breathing exercise. The first week was difficult because I couldn’t really eat normal food; I mainly just had porridge and juice.

All in all I am more than satisfied. The way they did the surgery was very tasteful. I got just the right amount of feminine touch that I needed. I really love it.

Kristen Lanae had V line, V3 lifting and under eye fat repositioning

Before surgery

I'm Kristen and I'm a cosplayer from the US. I have started to think about surgeries around 1 year ago. I didn’t like my under eyes dark circles and jaw shape, so I decided to get V line and V3 lifting to make more defined and tight jaw line and under eye fat graft for a freshier, less tired look.

Consultation

The surgeon for all of my 3 surgeries was dr. Lee Kyung Min. I can't rave enough about him.  He really understood what I wanted as far as aesthetic goals go. I really admire that he didn't try to force a cookie cutter look on me that you would get at a lot of other clinics in SK. He understood that I was from the US and beauty standards are different. He also spoke English very well!

After surgery

The first 7 hours are the hardest recovery wise but ID took good care of me. I have followed all the post op instructions to a T and have been healing wonderfully. At 1 week post op I was already eating solid foods again. I am now 6 weeks and all bruising is gone and I only have a small bit of swelling left. Everything looks great already and is exactly what I wanted!

Quick and simple V-line creation, ‘Mini V-line surgery’

Holiday season is the best chance for people who are planning for plastic surgery. The best part of this season is that it is possible to have enough recovery periods after surgery without taking working days off, thus people who visit plastic surgery clinic during this period is continuously increasing every year.

However, we can often find people who hold over on plastic surgery that was planned for a long time because there isn’t enough time during holidays due to some unavoidable reason. Especially, facial contouring surgery such as V-line surgery that reduces facial bone unlike popular double eye lid surgery or rhinoplasty, is hard for employees who don’t have enough recovery period.

Facial contouring like V-line surgery usually requires 1~2 weeks of recovery period. However, if the patient doesn’t have severe square jaw and is possible for the patient’s face to look slim enough when dull chin becomes slim, it is worth consideration of ‘Mini V-line surgery’ that minimized surgery duration and recovery period.

Mini V-line surgery is a surgery that creates V-line by reducing wide frontal chin which is different to square jaw surgery that reduces whole jaw. It is possible to improve dull chin that was hard to be solved by square jaw surgery which has effect of making the face look way slimmer.

Dr. Jae Hyun Kwon, plastic surgery specialist at ID Hospital has explained “Round and dull front chin can be improved to V-line simply by T-osteotome, and is possible to obtain natural result when the surgery duration is not short and recovery is quick.”

Mini V-line surgery changes dull chin end to V-line and can reduce the length of chin end by T-osteotome (T shaped osteotome on the end of chin). It’s also possible to improve on short chin, asymmetric chin and slightly protruded chin as it’s possible to adjust on the location of chin.

The surgery finishes faster when the amount of surgery are is reduced even when the surgeries are the same V-line surgery. Mini V-line surgery’s duration is short (about 30 minutes) as the surgery is only done on frontal chin, and the recovery is quick as well so the patients can return to their daily routine in about 2~3 days.

Dr. Kwon has conveyed “It’s important to choose surgeons that can apply variety of surgical methods depend on individual’s difference if you want to obtain highly satisfying result with less surgery.”

He also added “It will be possible to complete ideal V-line face easily if you choose hospital leveled medical institution that can identify individual’s face structure by using high technology such as 3D CT, V-CEPH and X-ray.

Original article: Wstar news on 18/02/2016

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