Facial contouring

How it works

Non-surgical contouring never touches bone. It combines botulinum toxin to reduce muscle, filler to add where tissue is short, and lifting to pull up what has dropped, changing the impression only. Surgery that cuts the cheekbone or jaw is a major operation under general anaesthesia, is the province of a plastic surgeon, and takes weeks to recover from.

Used for

• A jawline that looks square from muscle bulk (non-surgical)
• A face that reads wide from volume imbalance (non-surgical)
• Changing the underlying bone structure (surgery)

Cautions

• Surgery carries risks that are hard to undo, including nerve injury and bite misalignment
• Fitting surgery into a travel itinerary is not advisable — recovery and follow-up are required
• What non-surgical methods can change has clear limits

Aftercare

• After surgery, swelling takes two to four weeks and the final shape three to six months
• Follow-up appointments after surgery are not optional
• Non-surgical work usually leaves daily life unaffected within days