subject: Cheek Implants [print this page] Now, she is ready to change all thatNow, she is ready to change all that. I had to accompany her all the way to a posh plastic surgery clinic in California where she had gone for her cheek implants or what the young cosmetic surgeon stylishly referred to as a cheek augmentation with bilateral cheek implants.
The procedure lasted for an hour and half and it cost a whopping $6000 in cash! While my aunt submitted herself to the surgeons knife, I decided to befriend the junior doctors around and know more about these luxurious cheek implants which was like the rave of the moment. From the doctors, I realized that Sarah was not the only body-crazy personality that came for facial implants. I was told that other patients included musicians, models, actresses, sales executives, sportspeople and even politicians! A common streak that runs through all these people that come for implants was that they place so much value on their appearance and believe strongly that the face is the mirror of the body. Such people, like Sarah will have no qualms in shedding off a few thousand bucks just to have that my-favourite TV star look! That is so amazing!
I also learnt that the materials used for the cheek implants can be natural or artificial. The natural type includes the persons fat. This is called autologous fat transfer in which some fat is removed from a part of the body and injected into the cheeks! Ouch! For the artificial or synthetic cheek implants, the most popular material used by surgeons is the silicon implant which is usually derived from soft silicon. It has been used by plastic surgeons for years in facial reconstruction and breast augmentation procedures. Silicon implants have various advantages as they can be removed easily or replaced whenever the patient wants. However, this does not mean that silicon does not have its own shortcomings. It does have.
Other materials used nowadays include the one called biomedical cheek implants manufactured by a company called MEDPOR. These ones too have their own advantages and disadvantages. The lecture was abruptly cut short when Sarah came out of the operating room. I rushed to meet her and see if she was alright. Though she looked more beautiful and different, she kept complaining of discomfort and numbness in her new cheeks for about two days. I guess those were the side-effects. At least no pain, no gain. Anyway, that was years ago and Sarah is now the ultimate screen goddess, with her lovely cheeks, of course!
