Facial Contouring Surgery

Facial contouring surgery is a surgical method that makes a soft, small and beautiful face contoured by changing the form of facial bone such as in the following cases: square-shaped jaw, projected cheekbone, jutting chin or short chin.

The shape and size of the face is the most important factor that determines one’s character and impression. Although a person has remarkably beautiful eyes and nose, the square-shaped jawbone or the projected cheekbone creates a strong impression that it diminishes one’s feminine character. Especially in a modern society that prefers a small face, such type of facial shape finds it hard to create a good impression to others.

Facial contouring surgery is a surgical method that makes a soft, small and beautiful face contoured by changing the form of facial bone such as in the following cases: the square-shaped jaw, projected cheekbone, jutting chin or short chin.

Does bone treatment surgery hurt?

The most common concern of those who are thinking of having a facial contouring surgery is if they would experience severe pain after the surgery. There is a saying, ‘the pain as if bones are carved’ so that many people will worry about the severe pain after the bone-treatment surgery. However, there are no sensory innervations in bones themselves, thus the pain after the surgery should not be considered seriously. In fact, the sensory innervations are distributed to the periosteum that surrounds the bones. During surgery, this periosteum is peeled off before cutting the bones so there is no occurrence of pain as what is imagined.

The pain after the surgery is due to the incision of the membranes and the peeling off the adjacent soft tissues, and the same pain is experienced in other surgeries as well. The level of pain can be controlled with a pain-killing drug, but it depends on the person’s tolerance to pain, as others may not even need a pain reliever at all. In addition, this method involves peeling off the periosteum, thus the surgical technique. How a medical professional perfectly and neatly peels off the adjacent tissues is also related to the level of pain generated after the surgery. For this reason, a cosmetic surgeon, whose surgical technique has been sharpened through various experiences, will help lessen the pain after the surgery.

To minimize the inconvenience after the surgery and help you recover during your hospitalization, PCA (Patient Controlled Anesthesia) is adopted. It is a system that injects a pain-killing drug constantly at a certain period through the scan path connected to the patient’s blood vessel. By fundamentally reducing pain, it helps a patient recover without worrying about the potential pain after the surgery.

What are the things that have to be consulted before the surgery?

A consultation before the surgery is a process to confirm whether the facial contouring surgery is truly need or what surgical method would be appropriate given the patient’s facial condition. If a medical professional decides to have a surgery, a more specific plan for the facial contouring surgery will be decided depending on a face of each patient. Based on the analysis data through the facial x-ray checkup, the amount of bone to be cut or how much of the chin or cheekbone will be relocated is predicted.

In the case of a surgery for a jutting chin or the protrusion of gum that interferes the occlusion state, it requires a cooperative treatment with an orthodontist, thus, there will be a meeting with an orthodontist. In addition, most facial contouring surgery, which is not just an insertion of an implant, needs general anesthesia. Therefore, several basic examinations for the general anesthesia will be conducted for safety concern.

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