Cheekbone reshaping plays a crucial role in facial enhancement. Common procedures include: anterior-medial zygomatic osteotomy, posterior-medial zygomatic osteotomy, and zygomatic reduction surgery.
1. Anterior-Medial Zygomatic Fracture Surgery
Procedure: The zygomatic process is cut, a small segment of bone to be reduced is removed, and the remaining zygomatic process is folded inward and fixed with bone screws. The zygomatic arch remains completely intact.
Suitable Face Shape: Not overly wide, but with pronounced frontal prominence.
Advantages: Entirely performed intraorally with no external incisions.
2. Posterior Zygomatic Fracture Surgery
Procedure: Reduce zygomatic process volume via bone shaving while maintaining its original position. Make a small incision in front of the ear, fracture the zygomatic arch, and fold it inward.
Suitable Face Shape: Wide face with noticeable hollows at the temples.
Advantages: Adjusts the position of the zygomatic arch, with corresponding modification of the zygomatic process, resulting in a significantly narrower facial profile.
3. Zygomatic Bone Reduction Surgery
Procedure: Both the zygomatic process and arch are fractured, with excess bone removed. The entire zygomatic bone is repositioned inward and restructured.
Suitable Face Shapes: Wide and prominent facial contours from both front and side views.
Advantages: Currently the most mainstream approach, offering substantial cheek reduction with pronounced visual effects; can be performed entirely intraorally, minimizing external incisions.