Sagging Cheeks

As you get older, the skin on your face weakens. This causes wrinkles, but your cheeks also fall in. The skin on your cheeks becomes saggier because less collagen is produced. This makes them look sunken in. More and more people have their sunken cheeks filled in later in life. After all, full cheeks give a youthful and fresh appearance. There are multiple causes for sunken cheeks. For example, sunken cheeks can also be caused by weight loss or because you have experienced a lot of stress. It is important to determine the causes of sunken cheeks together with the plastic surgeon prior to the treatment. Are your sunken cheeks caused by old age and would you like to get rid of them? Then Betan Clinics can help you. By means of a fairly simple procedure, your cheeks will look full again for a longer period of time.

Before the treatment, a consultation will take place. Prior to this consultation, you will receive a digital questionnaire with medical questions. It is important that you fill these out before your appointment with the plastic surgeon so that the results can be discussed during the consultation. Based on this questionnaire, it can be determined whether or not you qualify for a treatment of your sunken cheeks. If this is the case, the plastic surgeon will tell you more about the treatment, the intended result and the possible risks. During the consultation, you do not have to decide right away whether or not you want to have the treatment carried out. You can think about this quietly at home. Do you eventually want to fill your sunken cheeks? Then a treatment agreement will be sent to you, which you can digitally sign. Afterwards, photographs will be taken so that you can compare what has changed after the treatment. These photos will not be used for other purposes and will only be stored in your medical file.

Filling your sunken cheeks is done using fillers. So you don’t need surgery. Betan Clinics uses several types of fillers. These are all known for their subtle and even results. Firstly, the plastic surgeon can use fillers based on water and hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid is a substance that occurs naturally in your body and keeps your skin supple. Production decreases over the years, making the skin less elastic. By injecting hyaluronic acid fillers, this deficiency is replenished. Prior to the treatment, any make-up is removed, and the skin is cleansed. Then, the plastic surgeon will first anaesthetise the area to be treated with the agent lidocaine. Consequently, fillers are injected into your cheeks with a thin needle. The plastic surgeon will inject in several places for the best result. The plastic surgeon then massages the skin of the treated area so that the fillers are evenly distributed. You can also choose a treatment with Radiesse, consisting of water and calcium hydroxylapatite. The agent stimulates the natural production of collagen. Thanks to its thick structure, this type of filler is often used to apply more volume to the face, for example in the sunken cheeks. Here, too, you are first anaesthetised. Then, the Radiesse is injected with a thin needle at various places in the cheeks. In total, the treatment will take about 20 to 30 minutes.

After treatment, you often have few complaints. The skin will be a bit red and swollen at first, but this will disappear the same day. Sometimes fillers also cause some bruising on the treated skin. These will disappear within a few days. It is recommended not to use make-up immediately after the treatment and also not to touch your skin as much as possible. In addition, avoid the sun, sauna and tanning salon for the first 2 weeks. It is also wise to avoid active efforts for the first 24 hours and not to use alcohol or other blood thinners. It is also advisable not to go to the beautician in the first 2 weeks after filling your sunken cheeks. Other than that, you can continue your normal daily activities.