Ogee curve

The ogee cur­ve is a term from aes­the­tic facial ana­ly­sis. It descri­bes the S‑shaped line that runs, in three-quar­ter view, from the lower eyelid over the cur­ve of the cheek­bone and down into the cheek hollow.

Appli­ca­ti­on

A pro­no­un­ced, soft­ly swee­ping cur­ve is asso­cia­ted with a youthful, fresh mid­face. With age it flat­tens as volu­me is lost and tis­sue des­cends. Doc­tors use the ogee cur­ve as a gui­de when plan­ning tre­at­ments such as cheek aug­men­ta­ti­on with fil­ler, a thread lift or a mid­face lift.

Good to know

The cur­ve is not a fixed mea­su­re­ment but a gui­ding prin­ci­ple, adapt­ed indi­vi­du­al­ly to face shape, sex and eth­nic back­ground. As with the gol­den ratio, pro­por­ti­ons help with ana­ly­sis, but a natu­ral result always respects the indi­vi­du­al fea­tures of the face. An ove­r­em­pha­sis­ed cheek­bone quick­ly looks artificial.

Matching tre­at­ment at Swiss Der­ma Cli­nic: Cheek injec­tions