8 Specialized Fields

Lip Reduction (Cheiloplasty)

There is a state of art in the technique to reshape an oversized lip, as the size, shape and contour require both technical and artistic surgery to give an enhancing natural look result.

The aims of lip reduction surgery are to achieve a harmonious with the upper and lower lips and keep the balance with the nose and entire face, as well as to attain an aesthetic relationship of lips’ contour and volume. The lip reduction can be performed on one lip or both as desired.

The surgery removes excess lip tissue to reduce the size of your lips and redefine your lips appearance and volume. The results are permanent, and this surgery can be combined with other facial rejuvenation procedures such as rhinoplasty and double eyelid surgery.

The lip reduction procedure is performed under local anaesthesia with regional anaesthesia, sometimes with oral sedation. The facial plastic surgeon creates an attractive curve incision on the inside of the lips, then removes the strip of lip tissue along the ‘dry-wet line’, then direct closure with suture material and a change in the posture of the lip. The incision is invisible after surgery. The lip reduction procedure can be performed on the upper and lower lips to improve the patient’s appearance and balance.

Lip Reduction Risks

The side effect of lip reduction includes pain, swelling, bruises at the treatment area. Temporary numbness or tingling of the lips is common, but this usually subsides within the first few weeks.

The rare complications are infection, poor healing, scarring, or asymmetry. The well experienced and qualified surgeon can greatly reduce the chance for any complication.

Upper lip surgery incision

Lip Reduction Recovery

The days following the surgery, patients should take pain medication and put an ice bag on the lips to decrease pain and swelling. Oral hygiene is important to reduce infection risk, rinsing with an antiseptic mouthwash several times a day can minimise the risk. Patients should keep their head elevated for the first few days, and avoid any vigorous activities. A soft diet is often required for several days, while the lips begin to heal. Avoiding highly acidic foods that can irritate the incisions.

After the surgery, the lips initially appear larger because of swelling and this resolves over a period of weeks.

After day seventh, the light massage of lip with lip balm can provide the best result and prevent fibrosis.

The results are seen at about one to over three months after surgery.

BEFORE AND AFTER 1 WEEK

BEFORE AND AFTER 1 WEEK

Introduction

At The Face Plastic Surgery, we combine the best of aesthetic and rejuvenation result and improve your cosmetic appearance and functional problems. With our customized aesthetically analysis based on your eyes’ original appearance, together with facial plastic surgeon experience, we provide you the personalise eye plastic surgery that harmonising and proportionate with your ideal face.

Our eye plastic surgery procedures:

• The Asian eyelids
• Double eyelid surgery (Blephaloplasty)
• Lower eyelid surgery (Lower blephaloplasty)
• Ptosis

Rhinoplasty (Nose Job)

Minimal change in nasal profile create major impact in facial profile

Rhinoplasty is one of the most popular procedures in facial plastic surgical operations, sometimes referred to as a nose job, nose reshaping or “nose augmentation” by patients. Most of rhinoplasty in Oriental is augmented rhinoplasty. Oriental nose profiles are low nasal bridge, low height, low tip projection and broad nasal alar bases while Caucasian nose has long nasal length, prominent nasal tip projection and narrow alar base. The perception of beauty is important, which cosmetic facial plastic surgeons need to understand limitations in each patient.

This surgery enhances facial harmony and the proportions of your nose and it can also correct impaired breathing due to structural problems in the nose. The surgery brings improvement size of your nose which should be harmony with your facial appearance. It can improve nose with humps or depressed nasal bridge. It can reduce and reposition of nostrils. It creates a facial balance and brings more attractive facial look.

The Procedure

The facial plastic surgeon will evaluate your nose and face. There are a lot of factors to consider such as the length and width of the nose bridge, the width of the nostrils, the shape of your nose tip, the thickness of your nasal skin and the shape of your jaw and cheeks and other related facial appearance. Augmented rhinoplasty is aimed for increasing the height of nose bridge and also creating lifted nose tip by using your cartilage or Silicone implant. The expert facial plastic surgeon would customise the nasal implant for you for the better result and more natural look.

You will have both local and general anaesthesia for your comfort. During the closed procedure rhinoplasty, the facial plastic surgeon makes incisions to access the bones and cartilage that support the nose. The incisions are made inside the nose and they are invisible after the surgery. During the surgery, some bone and cartilage may be rearranged, or fat graft tissue may be added (from another part of your body). Then, the surgeon places the implant which could be your cartilage (from the back of your ear) or a Silicone implant.

Rhinoplasty Recovery

A packing may be placed inside your nose and a splint bandage may be placed on the outside to support and protect your new nose the during initial healing. There may be swelling within a few weeks. Cold compression will help minimise and reduce the bruising and swelling. Keeping your head elevated will minimise swelling. Avoid blow your nose and any impact to the nose while it is healing. An also avoid any activity that would increase the risk of nose injury. The results of rhinoplasty surgery will be long-lasting.

Rhinoplasty Risks

Rhinoplasty surgery risks are minimal such as infection, pain or numbness at skin, poor wound healing, difficulty in breathing and unsatisfied nasal appearance. Nasal tip perforation is rare.

With proper nose and facial analysis, your realistic expectations and the skills of an expertise facial plastic surgeon, rhinoplasty is a very impressive procedure

BEFORE AND AFTER 1 WEEK

BEFORE AND AFTER 1 WEEK

BEFORE AND AFTER 1 WEEK

Cheek Reduction Surgery (Buccal Fat Removal)

A simple procedure designed to slim down your face

Fullness in the lower cheeks cannot be changed with diet or exercise. Buccal fat is the fat at the lower area of the cheeks, it consists of pads of fat that augment the lower part of the cheeks. These pads give your face that rounded chubby look. Buccal fat removal procedures help to reduce the size of your cheeks by removing excess fatty tissue. The results include thinner and more defined cheeks.

The procedure is performed under light sleep sedation with local anaesthesia. It can be combined with other procedures to provide your new proportionate facial appearance. During buccal fat removal, your surgeon removes the fat pads that augment your lower cheeks. The incision is placed inside the mouth. After fat pads are removed the external bulky cheek will be reduced without leaving any scar.

Cheek reduction risk

The side effect includes pain, swelling at the treatment area, but this usually subsides within the first few weeks.

The rare complications are infection. The well experienced and qualified surgeon can greatly reduce the chance for any complication.

Cheek reduction recovery

The days following the surgery, patients should take pain medication and ice application to decrease pain, swelling and bruising. Keep your tongue away from your incisions and sutures. Oral hygiene is important to reduce infection risk, rinsing with an antiseptic mouthwash several times a day can minimise the risk. Patients should keep their head elevated for the first few days, and avoid any vigorous activities. A soft diet is often required for several days, while the area begin to heal. Avoiding highly acidic foods that can irritate the incisions.

Results are permanent.

Cheek dimple creation

A surgically create permanent dimples for brightening a smile and add character

Cheek dimples are the small natural indentation. Dimples are commonly considered an attractive facial feature, which enhance an attractive smile. A natural dimple is formed when there is a small defect in the cheek musculature. The skin overlying this small defect is stuck down and creates a dimple in the skin with facial smiling.

The procedure for creating cheek dimples is simple and it can be performed with other procedure such as cheek reduction surgery. It is performed under local anaesthesia and light sedation. During surgery, the skin and the cheek muscle are connected so that when the muscle contracts, it pulls the skin inwards to form a dimple, as the same way as a natural dimple. The facial plastic surgeon removes a circular core composed of mucosa, sub mucosal fat, and cheek muscle from inside oral cavity, leaving the skin intact. Then the incision is closed by an absorbable suture, which result in dimpling of the skin even without smiling. By a few months, the internal healing will connect the muscle to the skin, creating a dimple when one smiles.

Cheek dimple creation risk

The side effect includes pain, swelling at the treatment area, but this usually subsides within the first few weeks.

The rare complications are infection. The well experienced and qualified surgeon can greatly reduce the chance for any complication.

Cheek dimple creation recovery

The days following the surgery, patients should take pain medication and ice application to decrease pain, swelling and bruising. Keep your tongue away from your incisions and sutures. Oral hygiene is important to reduce infection risk, rinsing with an antiseptic mouthwash several times a day can minimise the risk. Patients should keep their head elevated for the first few days, and avoid any vigorous activities. A soft diet is often required for several days, while the area begin to heal. Avoiding highly acidic foods that can irritate the incisions.

Chin Surgery (Mentoplasty)

Chin implant can create a dramatic facial profile change.

A well-defined chin gives balance and harmony to the face and creates an outstanding of anyone profile. The aim of chin surgery is to improve attractive face by changing either the size or shape of the chin. The facial plastic surgeon may recommend chin surgery in addition to nose surgery when the surgeon sees that chin augmentation is necessary to achieve facial harmonization and pleasing facial profile. Chin augmentation surgery places an artificial implant underneath skin to provide additional volume and make chin appear stronger.

Procedure

Chin implants are permanent. The procedure is performed under light sedation and local anaesthesia. The implant size and shape is well selected for create facial balance and desire. The incisions for placing the chin implant inside the mouth where the gum and the lower lip meet. The surgeon creates a pocket into which the chin implant is placed and closes the incision with fine sutures. There is no visible scar.

Chin Reduction Risk

The potential risk associated with chin implant surgery include the risk of infection and implant shifting.

Chin Augmentation Recovery

The days following the surgery, patients should take pain medication and put an ice bag on the surgical area to decrease pain and swelling. Patients should keep their head elevated for the first few days, and avoid any vigorous activities for at least a few weeks. Oral hygiene is important to reduce infection risk, rinsing with an antiseptic mouthwash several times a day can minimise the risk.

A soft diet is often required for several days, while the chin begins to heal. Patient may feel that chin area is stretched, because of the additional volume of the implant. This sensation should subside within a week.

Most of the patients can see immediate results after surgery but there also may be swelling in the chin or face, which may last up to six weeks.

Chin implants are easy to place and are permanent but can be removed if desired.

BEFORE AND AFTER 1 WEEK

BEFORE AND AFTER 1 WEEK

BEFORE AND AFTER 1 WEEK

BEFORE AND AFTER 1 WEEK

Ear Surgery (Otoplasty)

Change how you look, Improve your self-confident

Cosmetic ear surgery can improve the shape, position or proportion of the ear. It creates a new natural shape and bringing balance and proportion to the ears and face. A change in ear shape will not affect hearing.

Surgical Procedure

The procedure is done under local anaesthesia and light sedation. It takes one to two hours, depending on how complex the ear is. The incision is behind the ear, at the skin fold where the ear is joined to the head. The surgeon will remove the necessary amounts of cartilage and skin required to achieve the result. Surgeon may trim the cartilage, shaping it into a more desirable form and then pin the cartilage back, fix with permanent sutures to secure the cartilage. But in other instances, the surgeon will not remove any cartilage, only using stitches to hold the cartilage permanently in place. Your facial plastic surgeon will provide you the options, risk and benefit about the surgery.

Ear Surgery Risk

The risks are minimal which include very rare infections, poor healing or possibility of recurrence of the deformity.

Ear Surgery Recovery

There will be soft dressings applied to the ears for a few days which may be mild discomfort. Be careful not to put any pressure on the ear areas during your sleep. You can use travel pillow for avoid ear pressure during sleeping time. Soft headbands are sometimes recommended to hold the ears in the desired position for two weeks after the surgery. Surgical scars are well hidden within the natural creases of the ear.

Customised procedures for your aging problems

There are surgical and non-surgical brow and face lift options that provide you the facial rejuvenation and skin tightening with less downtime. Aging causes face droops, loss natural volume of youth, skin sagging, loosening of skin elasticity and wrinkles. The aging signs appear to everyone, but the degree of aging is different in each individual and also appears differently in each facial area. At The Face Plastic Surgery Center, we provide customise consultation and treatment for your anti-aging solutions. You can have an instant look that is younger, attractive and natural in appearance.

Our anti aging treatments:

• Brow Lift
• HIFU Face Lift
• LED Light Therapy
• Wrinkle Treatment with Botulinum Toxin
• Facial rejuvenation with Hyalurolic acid Filler

Surgical Brow Lift – Before and After 1 Week

Revision facial plastic surgery

We are specialist in revision facial plastic surgery center

If you had facial plastic surgery and experienced less improvement or had a complication, you may consider for revision surgery. Result of each facial plastic surgery is subjected to variety factors. Patient personal factors include each personal healing response, tissue condition, smoking, advance age, sun damage, wound care and scar formation. Surgery-related factors may include unsatisfied rearrangement, removal despite your surgeon’s best effort. In each facial plastic surgery cannot guarantee a specific result, but your choice of board certified surgeon can reduce your risks for a revision surgery.

The revision surgical procedure is more complicated than general procedure because of the scar and disproportion tissue. To properly perform a revision procedure, your surgeon should have extensive experience in revision facial plastic surgery, well understanding of procedure risk and expected result.