How Parry Romberg Syndrome can Affect Your Buccal Fat Removal Surgery?

You probably heard about the precautions regarding Parry Romberg syndrome. If you want to have a Buccal Fat Removal surgery, the first thing you need to know about is whether you have Parry Romberg syndrome or not. In early tests, if it is spotted, you should immediately stop the surgery.

What is Parry Romberg syndrome? What’s the percentage of the probability of Having this syndrome according to the continent? Everything will be discussed in this single article. We can assure you, after reading it, you can prepare a mindset about whether you should go or not.

What is Parry Romberg Syndrome?

Parry Romberg syndrome is a disease that causes shrinkage of soft tissues and skin. It happens on the half of the face instead of the full face. The half face shrinkage is known as hemifacial atrophy. Only 10% of people all over the world are facing full-face shrinkage problems.

The Parry Romberg syndrome doesn’t appear at the early stage of life. It generally starts giving signs during the age of 20. In rare cases, the time can be 30 too. Along with a shrunken face, paralysis on one side up to the upper waist, limbs, and teeth can be affected. In some cases, neurological disorders take charge all over the body.

What are The Signs and Symptoms of The Parry Romberg?

There are various symptoms of this disease. However, it depends from person to person. Every disease tends to attack the place where the weakness appears. Note the fact that all the following symptoms may not be visible in individuals. Let’s have a look at what are those.

The Parry Romberg syndrome can cause shrinkage problems. The shrinkage is not with the skin or with the facial muscles. It can happen anywhere in the body. Even sometimes it can be shown in the bones too. Connective tissues can be affected by losing the elastin from them.

The Parry Romberg syndrome can highly affect the structure of the affected area. After 20 years, the muscles get affected by the disease. If half of the face is affected then in some cases, the affected side has an abnormal ear. It starts having an odd structure. Sometimes it causes hearing problems.

Having several neurological diseases is the most common thing. If any case the disease is present in any one’s body, they may face weakness at various parts. Sometimes it causes paralysis. Ipsilateral and Contralateral are two common symptoms of the Parry Romberg syndrome.

Some small symptoms can be seen too. Those are hair loss in a certain area, bald patches, absence of eyelashes, skin whitening, and so on. Anxiety, Depression, and being nervous to be social are some side effects of the Parry Romberg disease. Because of having a wrong face shape, many can’t tolerate it. These symptoms are not direct effects but those are the results.

What are The Causes of Parry Romberg Syndrome?

You are probably interested to know what is the reason behind this disease. To be honest, scientists are still busy finding out the real cause. However, there are some theories on it. Those studies are telling what is the most common cause among all the patients. Let’s see.

In some cases, inflammation happens as a result of Parry Romberg syndrome. While testing those, it has been found that the antibodies of our body are the reason. Our body produces antibodies to fight antigens (bacteria, viruses). But when the antibodies start attacking the healthy tissues, it starts inflammation. In later stages, it comes like Parry Romberg inflammation.

Sometimes, from the past trauma, one can have the symptoms. It is very rare and confidential. But our brain is mysterious. If the brain faces any trauma at an early age, it keeps its shadows in the brain. Later with time, it starts getting worse. In a survey, it has been found that 10% of all Parry Syndrome patients are having this cause.

Along with this, there are so many reasons we can find. That’s why we are recommending you to have a thorough check-up on this disease particularly before having the Buccal Fat Removal surgery.

Final Words

The symptoms here are not enough. Because as mentioned, these are not the only symptoms. But we can give you an easy way to be assured. If you are more than 20 years old and have no problems with your face, then you are good to go. We are saying this because Parry Romberg syndrome can appear anywhere in the body. If it’s not happening on your face, then it won’t affect either even if you have surgery. Still, it is good to have a consult with your doctor. We hope, we made our point clear about the Parry Romberg syndrome with the Buccal Fat Removal surgery.