CHEEKS · ILLUSTRATED 3D RECOVERY
Facial Contouring (Cheekbones + Jaw Angles): before & after and recovery stages
Compare cheekbone and jaw-angle width together as one shared swelling course gives way to a narrower outline.
Also called facial bone contouring
SUMMARY
What this example shows
Cheekbone and jaw-angle reduction are combined on the same fictional face. The upper outer cheeks and the outer jaw angles both narrow, while one shared swelling course covers the whole lower and mid face instead of two added ones. Bone cuts, fixation, sagging and sensation are not calculated.
STAGE BY STAGE
Facial Contouring (Cheekbones + Jaw Angles) recovery stages
Before treatment
The unchanged display face provides a reference for this example.
First few days: Swelling broadens the face
Mid and lower face fullness overlaps both narrowed outlines.
Combined facial-contouring reports describe marked early swelling.
Around 2 weeks: Early settling
Less color reveals more of both outlines.
These dates illustrate a course, not individual milestones.
Around 1 month: Width comparison
Upper cheeks and jaw angles are narrower with residual fullness.
Bone movement cannot directly predict the visible skin change.
Around 3 months: Later outline
Little early swelling remains over the combined change.
Surface settling does not establish bone or nerve recovery.
TIMELINE
Day-by-day checkpoints in the 3D model
The simulator interpolates between these authored checkpoints. They describe the illustration, not measured clinical averages.
The unchanged display face provides a reference for this example.
Swelling overlaps both narrowed outlines.
Mid and lower face fullness conceals the new width.
Swelling begins easing in this example.
Less color reveals both outlines.
Both regions are narrower with residual fullness.
Little early fullness remains.
The example does not predict sagging, symmetry or bone union.
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
How recovery can vary
Timing and response
Both regions narrow on one face with one swelling course. The bite, chin and buccal fat are not changed.
Longer term
Combined operations can prolong swelling and sensation changes. The final frame does not predict sagging, symmetry or bone union.
EVIDENCE NOTES
Sources and limitations
- Annals of Translational Medicine: Combined facial contouring case series
Postoperative swelling in a small combined jaw/malar surgery series. It cannot establish an isolated-procedure or individual recovery clock.
- Journal of Craniofacial Surgery: Malar arch movement study
A CT study of inward malar movement. The authors call for further soft-tissue analysis; bone measurements do not calibrate this surface animation.
- Cleveland Clinic: Facial feminization surgery
Jaw-bone reduction and broad recovery over weeks to months. This multi-procedure guidance does not establish an isolated jaw-operation deadline.
KEEP COMPARING
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This illustration is not medical advice, diagnosis, a treatment recommendation or a prediction of personal results. Swelling, color, contour and dates are authored examples on a fictional face. BeautiNext is not a clinic; your treating team’s assessment and written recovery plan take priority.