Mr Mattine · Definition and volume for flat or narrow cheeks
Cheek Enhancement
Cheek implants, fat grafting and fillers to improve definition and volume where the bone is weak or tissue has been lost with age.
Cheek enhancement
Restoring definition to the cheeks
Cheek augmentation improves facial form where the cheeks lack definition or volume. This may be due to a weak bony structure, or to tissue lost with age, which can leave the face narrow or flat.
Definition can be added with soft tissue augmentation, using fillers or fat grafting, or with more solid and longer-lasting facial implants. Mr Mattine offers the full range.
Cheek implants
Choosing the right implant
Implants range from off-the-shelf designs to customised, patient-specific implants designed individually for each patient.
They are made from materials such as silicone, PEEK or Medpor, and each has its own indications.
Getting it right
Why some implant results disappoint
Cheek implants are a relatively simple option, yet many patients report dissatisfaction. The main causes are poor diagnosis of the type of deformity, poor placement, and an inappropriate size, shape or type of implant.
Another cause is failure to fix the implant. It can then migrate, causing facial asymmetry and sometimes recurrent infection from movement.
With extensive experience in complex facial deformities and a deep knowledge of facial anatomy, Mr Mattine has developed techniques that minimise these risks.
Implant advantages
What implants offer
Short, relatively safe surgery
The operation itself is brief.
Permanent results
The improvement is dramatic and lasting.
A natural feel
The implant feels natural to your bone.
Choice of look
Shape, size, projection and material can be chosen to customise the result.
Alternatives
Softer options
Fat grafting
Weak cheeks can be built up with your own fat, a technique also known as liposculpting.
It has been shown to give reliable and lasting improvement to the profile.
Facial fillers
Fillers enhance the contour and definition of the cheeks. They are short-lasting and often need repeating.
They are useful for simulating the effect of cheek implants before you consider a lasting surgical change. They give an immediate improvement, avoid surgery and carry a lower up-front cost.
Placement
Keeping scars out of sight
When cheek implants are placed with a facelift or eyelid surgery, they can go in through the incisions already made for those procedures.
When placed on their own, they go in through small incisions inside the mouth or in the lower eyelids, to avoid unnecessary scarring.
More definition, in proportion to the whole face
Cheek augmentation also suits men who want a more masculine contour.
Results
Before and after gallery
Real patients, natural results. 7 cases of facial implants performed by Mr Mattine.
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Frequently asked questions
Options range from soft tissue augmentation, using fillers or your own fat, to facial implants. Mr Mattine offers the full range and the choice depends on your anatomy and what you want to achieve.
A reputation built on results
Surgery is ultimately judged not by its description, but by what it achieves.
Explore a selection of primary, revision and complex facial surgery cases performed by Mr Mattine, then arrange a consultation in London or Birmingham.