Hyaluronic acid fillers achieve a cheek lift when injected under the skin of the cheekbones.
When injected in the cheeks, fillers replace lost volume in the area, which, in turn, restores drooping and receding fat pads to their original position.
Cheeks. When doing filler injections for the cheeks, we typically recommend 2-6 syringes. Weight loss and illness can also negatively impact the fat pads in the cheeks, causing patients to need more filler to restore them to a youthful appearance.
Filling the temples can modify more than just the forehead area, “It affects the whole shape of the face because it lifts the cheeks and even the brows,” adds Dr. Levine.
When the dermal filler is used as a jowl filler, it is injected along the jawline in the pre-jowl sulcus and the marionette lines to regain jawline definition. Treatment of jowls with jawline fillers often involves treating the chin area.
One of the best ways to increase the cheeks' cheeks is to use dermal fillers, such as Voluma, Sculptra, Juvederm, or Restylane. Your plastic surgeon or healthcare professional can inject one of these fillers into the cheeks to give them the fullness you had when you were younger.
Fillers can change the shape of your face for sure. It does depend on the natural shape of your face, the amount and type of filler as well as the injector. Make sure you go to an expert, experienced injector.
Cheeks: Cheeks are very versatile and also the most challenging region of your face to treat. For each treatment, you'll need 10 to 15 filler syringes. Injecting too much filler might result in undesirable side effects, including a “duck-billed” appearance.
In general, the amount of filler you will need for your treatment will depend on the severity of skin laxity in your cheeks and your aesthetic goals. Voluma syringes are typically one cc and many patients need between two and four syringes to complete the treatment, which can be one to two syringes per cheek.
Injecting specific areas of the face with dermal fillers can lift and support sagging areas and re-construct facial contours, restore a lift to the lower facial areas and sculpt the jawline.
Hyaluronic acid (Juvederm, Restylane) and polylactic acid (Sculptra) are two types of dermal fillers recommended for use in the cheek and under-eye area. These types of dermal fillers are temporary. Other fillers, such as Radiesse (hydroxylapatite), are also used off-label for this area.
To make your face rounder you need to dil out the area between the cheek bones and the jawline. This non-bony supported area is best treated by fat injections to change it into more of a convex shape on the sides of our face.
Fortunately, dermal fillers work very quickly, and you won't have to wait twelve months to see the full benefits of your injections. That said, these injectable treatments take some time to integrate into your tissues, and it's normal for your dermal filler to take up to two weeks to fully settle into your face.
Fillers can sculpt and add more definition to the cheekbone area, as well as improve the nasolabial folds (also known as "smile lines"), where deep creases or nasojugal grooves develop with age.
"The most dangerous place for filler is the forehead, nose, and temples as these have the highest risks of tissue necrosis and blindness," says Paul Nassif, MD, and celebrity plastic and reconstructive surgeon.
Patients with sunken or hollowed out cheeks may feel as though they look older than they feel inside or actually are, causing embarrassment and mixed emotions. Juvederm can help these Corpus Christi patients restore their confidence by adding cheek volume and providing a fuller, more youthful contour to the face.
A non-surgical mid face lift can be performed in many different ways and one of the most popular treatments at The Cosmetic Skin Clinic is a non-surgical facelift using dermal fillers. A common misconception about this treatment is that you need a lot of filler to get a good result.
Fillers can provide dramatic results without the pain and necessary recovery inherent in surgical procedures. To counteract the formation of jowls, fillers can be injected to lift both the cheeks and the skin around the jawline and mouth.
Medical treatment for sunken cheeks
To give your cheeks a fuller appearance, a trained healthcare provider can use injectable facial fillers. Depending on the product used, these fillers can last from several months to several years. Popular fillers include Hyaluronic acid (HA) and Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA).
Adding volume is one the most popular methods to treat a flat cheek, especially of the middle and upper cheek regions. Volume enhancement comes primarily with facial filler injections, fat transfer, or cheek implants. A cheek lift procedure, often combined with a facelift, will also treat flat cheeks.