Instituto Maxilofacial
We are an International Reference Center in Functional-Cosmetic Facial Surgery
Prominent cheeks are a symbol of youth and beauty. To date, many techniques have been described for achieving well defined, attractive cheekbones: cheek implants, injections of fillers or autologous fat. However, each of these techniques is accompanied by the following complications, respectively: the risk of rejection in the case of a prosthesis, the need for repeated injections of fillers and the unpredictability of the stability of the autologous fat.
New cheek augmentation technique at the Maxillofacial Institute
Dr. Hernández Alfaro and his medical team have proposed transferring Buccal fat to the cheekbone region, maintaining its vascular pedicle by employing minimally invasive techniques normally used for carrying out Le Fort I osteotomy in orthognathic surgery. See article published in the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery journal: Malar Augmentation with Pedicled Buccal Fat Pad in Orthognathic Surgery: Three-Dimensional Evaluation.
The Buccal fat pads are located in the cheeks, between the Masseter muscle, the main muscle used in mastication, and the Buccinator muscle, which demarcates the inside of the cheeks. This area is very accessible to maxillofacial surgeons, so Buccal fat pads are used in regular practice for covering or filling defects.
Cheekbone surgery allows to harmonize the patient's features, besides attenuating wrinkles, and correcting asymmetries of the middle third. This surgery is for those who wish to modify the facial structure of the cheek area:
Studies carried out by Dr. Hernandez Alfaro and his team have demonstrated that the cheek augmentation technique using buccal fat pads offers the following advantages:
This procedure is carried out on an outpatient basis under local anesthesia, in an average of 35 minutes and with immediate aesthetic effect.
