How to remove jowls on the face and sagging cheeks, tighten the oval of the face ⭐Expert Clinics

Why do my cheeks sink?

The most common cause of this deficiency is age-related changes associated with the loss of elasticity and firmness in soft tissues. The skin resists gravity less and less, the subcutaneous fatty tissue atrophies, loses structural proteins (elastin and collagen), and as a result, the cheeks visually “fall” inward.

The situation can be aggravated by constant stress, which leads to mental (nervous) and sometimes physical exhaustion. An unhealthy lifestyle with bad habits, especially smoking, disturbances in the rhythm of sleep and wakefulness, lack of physical activity in the fresh air, etc., is also of great importance. Another reason for sunken cheeks is excessive weight loss. Less commonly, missing teeth can lead to the appearance of such a deficiency. In this case, the cheeks “fall in” due to the fact that on the other side of the soft tissue there is no solid frame that forms the support. Finally, an ugly, sunken shape is sometimes caused by genetic features of the structure of the hard and soft tissues of the face.

When sunken cheeks are a dream

Clearly sculpted cheekbones are one of the canons of beauty. And women with round cheeks strive to achieve the ideal. After all, sometimes a large volume in this area gives the face a heaviness and a masculine appearance.

Causes of round and large cheeks

There are several culprits for a midface that is too plump:

Overweight. Often part of it settles on the middle, and over time, the lower lobe. The problem can be solved by getting rid of extra pounds.
Features of the facial structure. And with normal weight, it may look too voluminous.
Incorrect posture. Due to raised shoulders and a constantly lowered head, the face acquires excess subcutaneous fat.

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Exercises to reduce cheek size

Fat is unspent energy. You can get rid of it with physical exercises:

Pursing your lips, you need to suck in your cheeks as you inhale and hold there for a couple of seconds. First they do this with both at once, then in turn.
Take a deep breath into your mouth to make your cheeks round. Then move it under the upper lip, to the right side, to the left and finally to the chin.
Move the tip of the tongue along the inside of the mouth 10 times from the corner of the lips to the 7th tooth. Then do the same with the other.
Hold a pen with your lips and draw letters in the air with it. This should be done until your facial muscles feel tired.

How to create the effect of sunken cheeks using cosmetics

The right makeup will help make your face more graceful. It requires powder or matte blush a tone darker than the skin, a wide fluffy brush with an angled end. Having drawn in your cheeks, you need to draw a wide line in the middle of each of them from the ear to the center. Then you should shade it. The blush should be under the cheekbones.

Above these lines, light shimmer is applied to the skin. Then, using a natural pink blush, you need to put marks on the most convex parts of the cheekbones. It's easier to do this while smiling. Blush is shaded.

Non-surgical correction methods

Obviously, this problem is based on a change in the anatomical shape of the cheeks, so most conservative methods of solving it will have low effectiveness. So, gymnastics of facial muscles will help to correct the situation somewhat. Gaining weight as a method of correcting sunken cheeks is not suitable for everyone, since fat deposits will accumulate not only and not so much on the face, but mainly on the hips, abdomen and other problem areas.

The only effective option for non-surgical correction is only possible if the receding cheeks are caused by missing teeth. In this case, the problem can be effectively eliminated by installing implants or prosthetics.

Rehabilitation period

After plastic surgery, a course of necessary antibiotics is prescribed. In some cases, the patient is recommended to wear a compression bandage for the face to reduce swelling and prevent bruising. After surgery, small bruises and pain in the cheek area often appear. The plastic surgeon recommends that the patient apply ice to the cheek area from time to time during the first 24 hours after surgery. You also need to stick to a soft diet and not smoke. Often movements in the upper lip area are somewhat numb after surgery. This is not scary and will pass soon. The healing itself takes some time, and it takes two to three months for the swelling, bruising and slight numbness to completely disappear.

After about 8-10 weeks, you will notice that the bulldog face has disappeared from the mirror and a very charming young lady with pretty and not sagging cheeks is looking at you!

2021-02-04

Author: Svetlana Sergienko

Surgical methods

Specialists at the SM-Plastic clinic offer three options on how to remove sunken cheeks in women and men:

Lipofilling.
This technique effectively solves the problem if it is caused by a lack of subcutaneous fat. The idea is that the doctor removes fat tissue from other areas of the body, usually where there is excess fat. And then through a skin puncture it introduces them to where there is a deficiency. The great advantage of this method is the complete absence of risks of rejection of the transferred tissues, because they were taken from the patient himself.
Contour plastic.
The technique is most effective for correcting disorders caused by age. The doctor injects special fillers into problem areas of the cheeks. This is the name for substances that visually increase tissue volume. Most often they are based on hyaluronic acid. Both of the above methods allow you to model a new shape of the cheeks and are considered minimally invasive plastic interventions. Such corrections are usually performed under local anesthesia and by injection, without large surgical incisions.
Installation of implants.
This is a universal method for correcting sunken cheeks, but it is usually used only when the defect is highly severe or is genetic in nature. The implants are made from bioneutral silicone and are given an individual shape and size. The installation takes place under general anesthesia and is considered a full-fledged surgical intervention. But the result of such correction lasts for many years.

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What happens in the postoperative period?

After lipofilling or contouring, the patient goes home immediately or the next day. If implants were installed, you will have to spend 2-3 days under medical supervision in the clinic’s hospital.

The first few days the soft tissues of the face will be swollen and red. Cold will help speed up the disappearance of these symptoms. In addition, you need to try not to tilt your head or make sudden turns of your head for the next week. It is important to maintain a drinking regime (at least 2 liters of water per day), as well as a proper diet. Full recovery will take about 2 months. During this period, you should refrain from visiting saunas, swimming pools and solariums. The final result will be as natural as possible, and there will be no marks left on the skin of the cheeks.

To get a doctor’s consultation and indications for surgery, make an appointment on our website or by phone.

Enlargement of the cheek area

To get rid of a bulldog face and sagging cheeks, you need to increase their volume and increase their elasticity. Cheek augmentation is performed using non-surgical as well as surgical methods.

Non-surgical cheek augmentation involves the use of the patient’s own fat, that is, lipofilling or a special dermal filler, if there is nowhere to obtain the required volume of adipose tissue. Enlarging the cheek area using such methods is considered a more popular way of increasing cheek volume than implantation techniques and is safer. Suitable for patients in 90% of cases and allows you to get rid of a bulldog face and sagging cheeks for 3 to 4 years. Then it is recommended to repeat the procedure.

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How to make sunken cheeks

Severely sunken cheeks can add extra age to a woman. Men with sunken cheeks have a gaunt face. The causes of sunken cheeks can be different:

anatomical structure of the face;
sudden weight loss;
dental problems;
insomnia, depression, exhaustion of the body;
diseases such as tuberculosis, stomach ulcers, kidney failure and others;
aging.

If you don’t like the sunken shape of your cheeks, and it has nothing to do with health problems, then pay attention to the following ways to make your face plumper:

do not get carried away with exhausting diets;
stop smoking; when you inhale smoke, your cheeks constantly retract;
try to always sleep at least 7-8 hours a day;
regularly do special exercises for sunken cheeks;
visit a cosmetologist.

The last 2 points need to be discussed in more detail.

Those with a round face and chubby cheeks usually dream of highlighting their cheekbones, visually elongating their face shape, and wonder: how to make their cheeks sunken?

In order to correct the shape of your cheeks and make your face visually thinner, you need to use the following tips:

adjust your diet, give up fatty foods, do not overuse flour and sweets;
give up a sedentary lifestyle, walk a lot, walk to work, play sports;
do exercises to strengthen your cheek muscles, for example, take a pencil into your mouth (while pulling your cheeks inward) and draw geometric shapes or letters of the alphabet in the air;
apply makeup that visually makes your cheeks slightly sunken, highlight your cheekbones with blush;
If all this does not help, then seek help from a doctor.

Types of gels

Fillers are a group of drugs that are often used to correct the face and body. There are three types of fillers.

Synthetic

The active substance in these drugs may be:

Silicone.
Paraffin.
Polyacrylamide.

Advantages of the drugs:

long-lasting effect - these fillers do not dissolve and do not interact with the skin;
low and affordable cost.

Disadvantages of drugs:

often cause allergies and inflammatory processes;
may begin to migrate under the skin;
are not excreted from the body, and if the effect is unsatisfactory, then fillers can only be removed surgically.

Biosynthetic

They differ significantly from the first type in that the substances used in their production are most compatible with the skin.

Main components:

insoluble polymethyl methacrylate;
collagen;
carboxymethylcellulose;
hydroxyapatite;
polycaprolactone.

Biosynthetic fillers dissolve, but only slowly - over 2-3 years, and there is no need to inject them again.

A positive property of biosynthetic ones is that they very rarely cause inflammatory processes.

Flaws:

over time, severe swelling may be localized at the injection site;
vascular occlusion and necrosis;
ability to migrate.

Biodegradable

The safest and most effective group of fillers, which has a minimum of contraindications and side effects. The components of drugs in this group are completely absorbed and excreted from the body. Even if side effects occur, the drug can be effectively removed from the body by using antidote injections.

It is worth noting that preparations based on hyaluronic acid have disadvantages only from incorrect administration, otherwise there are no side effects.

We invite you to watch a video about the types of preparations for facial contouring:

You can read more about the types of fillers in this material.

Nutrition

Your diet affects your appearance, so you need to keep your face in perfect order. You should not eat fast foods, buns, fatty and fried foods, and also add a lot of salt. The diet should consist of:

cereals, legumes;
vegetables, fruits, herbs;
lean meat, fish;
fermented milk products - cottage cheese, kefir.

15-30 minutes before meals you should drink 1 glass of water. This is necessary not only to stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, but also to eliminate excess weight. Lack of fluid also affects the face: dry skin ages faster, loses elasticity, and sags.

Visual reduction of the face

As for a deep bite, its characteristic feature is the overlap of the lower incisors with the upper incisors by more than half (while the norm is one third). However, this may apply not only to the incisors, but also to the lateral teeth. With such a bite, the face appears flattened from below, and the lower lip often turns outward, since it has nowhere else to go. If the owner of a deep bite does not have a very high forehead, then the face looks very small, but if the forehead is high enough, then the disproportion of the upper part of the face relative to the lower becomes noticeable. If a person gets into the habit of pursing his lips (to avoid turning out the lower one), then the lips will appear thin, which will visually make the face appear even smaller.

Massage

This procedure allows you to stimulate facial muscles, improve blood circulation, and tighten the skin. Ideally, you should spend 20 minutes a day on this procedure, preferably after washing. You can do it for 10 minutes in the morning and evening. You can perform a massage with any cream that suits your skin, adding a little oil to it.

It is necessary to mix the composition and rub it into your hands for 15 seconds. Lightly patting your cheeks with your fingertips will improve blood circulation. After this warm-up, you can begin the procedure. First, the face is massaged from bottom to top along the massage lines. Lightly press your fingers onto the skin without making much effort.