Cheekbone Reconstruction
When a facial injury fractures your cheekbone, reconstruction can rebuild it, helping restore facial symmetry, natural cheek projection, and any affected eye socket structure.
Reconstructing the Cheek
Traumatic facial injuries, such as those from a car accident, can cause multiple facial fractures, and the cheekbone is one of the most common. If you break your cheekbone, a plastic surgeon can rebuild it.
Reconstruction helps maintain facial symmetry, recreate normal cheek projection, and address possible damage to the eye socket.
Restore Symmetry
Rebuilding the fractured bone helps maintain the natural symmetry of your face.
Natural Projection
Reconstruction is designed to recreate the normal forward projection of your cheek.
Eye Socket Care
Your surgeon can also address possible eye socket damage during the repair.
Are You a Candidate?
The best candidates for cheekbone reconstruction are people whose fracture has resulted in a cosmetic deformity.
- A cheekbone fracture from a traumatic injury, such as a car accident
- Cosmetic deformity resulting from the fracture
- Overall health that allows you to safely undergo surgery
- Goals for surgery you can discuss with your surgeon
Your Consultation and Surgical Plan
During your initial consultation, your plastic surgeon will assess your face, review your medical history, and ask about your goals for surgery. Once you are determined to be a good candidate, your surgeon will discuss the options available to you and develop a surgical plan.
Types of Cheekbone Reconstruction
The type of reconstruction you have depends on the location and severity of your injury. Repair can be performed as either an open or a closed procedure. Your surgeon will also consider your overall health and any other factors that affect your ability to safely undergo surgery.
Recovery
Once the bones have been repaired, the incisions are closed with stitches.
Recovery typically takes around six weeks.
Healing timelines are similar for both open and closed reconstruction.