Don’t blame “high cheekbones” for your lack of goodwill, it could be the result of a sunken face!

Normally, high cheekbones and sunken cheeks can be improved. The specific treatment plan is related to the actual condition of the candidate’s face. What does it mean? Clinically, high cheekbones are categorized into true high cheekbones, and false high cheekbones. Sunken cheeks and temples can cause the visual phenomenon of high cheekbones, which is known as pseudozygomatic hyperpigmentation. There is a criterion for determining whether a zygomatic bone is truly high: a truly high zygomatic bone is bony in height, well above the base of the skull. If the width and height of the zygomatic bone does not exceed the width of the skull base, we call it pseudozygomatic hyperostosis. It may be possible to compensate for high zygomatic bone by simply filling in the hollows of the cheeks. In the case of true high cheekbones, the only solution is surgery. There are 3 methods of surgery for true high zygomatic bone: 1, osteotomy of zygomatic bone, 2, bone grinding of zygomatic bone, 3, and now there is another one which is said to mix high zygomatic bone with high zygomatic arch, which is called osteotomy of zygomatic arch and internalization of zygomatic arch. In fact, in our clinic, 85% of Oriental people have high zygomatic bone rather than high zygomatic arch. The phenomenon of high zygomatic bone should be treated differently in the clinic, and different treatment programs should be given according to different causes of high zygomatic bone.