Dimpleplasty, the latest millenial craze
Trends come and go and the latest one is not only strange, but also costly. People are now changing their facial features with surgery to create dimples, according to the Independent.
While most people might agree that dimples are attractive, having them artificially created is a quite a drastic decision. “The reason some people have dimples and others don’t is that they are born with a tight connection between the facial muscles and skin, while others just don’t have this kind of anatomy,” New York plastic surgeon Darren Smith told Allure magazine.
The surgery lasts about half an hour. As Wright Jones, a plastic surgeon from Atlants, says, the main reason dimpleplasty is so popular is because of the “little downtime, enhancement of facial aesthetics, and lack of need for general anesthesia.” He notes that requests for the surgery from millennials have tripled over the last years.
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When creating fake dimples, surgeons make an incision inside a patient’s mouth, “where a defect is created in the cheek muscle, known as the buccinator,” according to Jones. “The muscle is then attached to the undersurface of the skin so that the dimples are seen upon animation, but not when the face is relaxed.”
The effects of dimpleplasty only last for one or two months, as they are semi-permanent. The side-effects include swelloing, soreness and possibly deformity that is difficult to correct. Prices vary from person to person based on difficulty, from $800 (£615) to $2,500 (£1,920).
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