San Francisco Plastic Surgery Dr James Romano

126 Post Street, Suite 618, San Francisco, CA 94108 | 415.981.3911 

San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

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Breast Surgery

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Facial Surgery

Brow Lift

Brow Lift Reversal

Buccal Fat Pad Excision

Canthoplasty

Cheek Implants

Cheek Bone Reduction-Malarplasty

Chin Implants

Corrugator Muscle Excision

Dermabrasion

Ear Reduction-Otoplasty

Eyelift-Blepharoplasty

Facelift-Minimal Incision

Facelift-Rhitidectomy

Facelift-Vertical

The Weekend Facelift

Facial Fat Grafting

Facial Wasting-Lipoatrophy

Lip Enhancement

Lip Lift

Lip Reduction

Lip Rejuvenation

Liposuction of the Face and Neck

Nasal Surgery-Ethnic Rhinoplasty

Nasal Surgery-Revision Rhinoplasty

Nasal Surgery-Rhinoplasty

Nasolabial Lines-Laugh Lines

Temporal Tuck

Male Plastic Surgery

Anti Aging

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Cheek Implants

THE TYPICAL PATIENT

  • A flatness of the cheeks and lack of width or fullness to the face.
  • Sunken cheek bones.
  • A desire for a fuller, rounder, chiseled or contoured look.

THE PROCEDURE

  • Anesthesia is a light general anesthetic.
  • The procedure is done in the outpatient surgical center and is very comfortable.
  • It involves a very inconspicuous well hidden incision high up inside the mouth and is about one inch long.
  • There are no dressings or bandages necessary
  • This can be combined with other plastic surgical procedures.

THE RECOVERY

  • You can go home and resume normal activities within days.
  • You can shower on the next day after surgery.
  • There is only minimal pain that is mostly gone by the next day and usually requires only minimal medications.
  • Swelling is mild to moderate and peaks at two to three days then disappears rapidly over the next three weeks.
  • Minimal or no bruising is the usual.
  • There are no stitches to remove.
  • There is minimal time off work.

THE RESULT

  • Beautiful, balanced and proportioned result and contour.
  • Lasts the rest of your life and always looks better than if you didn't do it.
  • Natural and presentable appearance almost immediately that just continues to get better.

For before and after images of this procedure click here

 

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