Surgical option to slim down Asian face

William Portuese, MD answers: Is there a procedure to slim down Asian face?

I'm an Asian female with a relatively round face frame compared to a lot of Americans who have pointier, slimmer face shapes even though they are a lot heavier than me overall.

I researched Botox jawline improvement but don't think that's what I need. I want to reshape my face and eliminate the fat on the side(since the frame is larger, it holds more fat? When I smile, the fat on the side makes my face appear even rounder), but since there is not an excessive amount of fat, I don't think I am able to get Liposuction.


William Portuese, MD
22 days ago

There are procedures that can be done to slim the Asian face down such as buccal fat pad removal.  However, we do not recommend this procedure because the face loses fat over time with the aging process.

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