M.Ch - Paediatric Surgery, DNB (ENT), MS - ENT, MBBS
Cosmetic/Plastic Surgeon, Hyderabad
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32 years experience
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Through which procedure can dimples be artificially created in your smile?
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Everyone love dimples, and yes it can be acquired artificially with the help of surgery. Dimple surgeries have grown common as they remove a small portion of the cheek muscle from a particular position where the dimple is desired. Double suture nylon is often inserted so that a dimple develops on the cheek. The lining of the cheek is then closed with suturing material that is dissolvable. Surgeries can no doubt create dimples, but they have side-effects as well. So, go for it only if you have no choice.
What is the time taken for a dimple surgery?
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The dimple surgery isn t a long one. In most places, the dimple surgery is performed in the office of the doctor. It takes only about 20 minutes. It is the same time as that required by a double eyelid surgery. It requires local anesthesia. And more importantly, it is not a painful procedure and is not even time-consuming. The operation may take place with sedation and sometimes even without sedation. If you consult a doctor at a faraway place, then you can do the surgery on the initial day of your consultation.
After surgery, some patients experience swelling.
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Like all other surgeries, dimple surgeries too have side effects. Many people complain that they have a swollen cheek on the initial days after they have undergone surgery. Some even experience bleeding, especially if they had the surgery while they were under any specified medication. In a case of the side effects, you must always consult your doctor immediately. Ice packs on the inflamed areas gives a lot of relief.
Dimple surgeries are irreversible.
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Dimple surgeries are reversible ones, that is, you may choose to eliminate the dimples whenever you want. With age, if you feel the dimples are losing their shape and are leading to scars or some sort of unwanted appearances you can easily opt for a reversal process. The cheek tissue is released, and the skin which was operated is now separated from the muscle that lies beneath that portion of the skin. Sometimes patients face temporary weakness in their cheeks after surgery so you should think twice before opting for a reversal surgery at an old age.
You can decide the depth and location of your dimple.
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With technology advancing in leaps and bounds, now you can even decide the location of your dimple even before the surgery. You can also decide its depth. Some people opt for cheek dimples and others opt for chin dimples. The dimples usually are permanent for the first 6 to 8 weeks then they appear only during facial expressions. Ask your cosmetic surgeon and he can show you digitally how you will look with the dimple at various positions and this will help you decide the position of your dimple better.
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