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Am I the Right Candidate for Buccal Fat Removal?

asked 1 year ago by London9490 in London, H9
Latest answer by Mohsen Tavoussi, MD, DO
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Tags: age 25-34, female, Asian, candidate

Hello. I am a 26 year old female at my ideal weight. However I feel I have small jowl-like bulges of fat on my lower face which I dislike. Would buccal fat removal give me a more chiselled look? As well as buccal fat removal,various doctors have also suggested facial liposuction, jaw muscle reduction via botox or surgery and even jaw bone shaving. I'm extremely confused now and don't even know exactly what it is that is 'wrong' with my face anymore. Please help!

4 answers to Am I the Right Candidate for Buccal Fat Removal?

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Candidate for Buccal Fat Removal

Hello London. It is difficult to determine from your photo if you are a candidate for buccal fat pad removal. The best view to determine this is a frontal one. You can simulate the effect of removing your fat pads by pursing your lips and lightly suctioning your cheeks. Buccal fat pad removal results in a more triangular lower face. I would not recommend liposuction of the face. Botox injections to the masseter muscle also helps to decrease the roundness of the face. From El Paso. more
Frank Agullo, MD

El Paso Plastic Surgeon
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Am I the Right Candidate for Buccal Fat Removal?

First you must be sure if these are the real problems before deciding on surgical correction. Some Asian patients have excessive buccal fat pad which can be easily removed and therefore get a more triangular face. The other procedures are also done particularly in patients who have prominant angle of jaw, which is in fact desirable in Caucasian patients who request jaw implants to enhance these.
Mohsen Tavoussi, MD, DO

Huntington Beach Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Buccal Fat removal is not to be taken lightly

If "you don't even know what is wrong with your face anymore", maybe any permanent plastic surgery is a bad idea.  You really need to be confident and certain that you are doing the right thing for the right reason and that you will predictably be happy.   If there is any doubt, don't do anything permanent.  Sticking to Botox for Masseter muscles is temporary, but I see why you are confused.  In my view, masseter injection makes you look less sculpted,... more
Ritu Chopra, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon
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Buccal fat pad reduction

Reducing the buccal fat pad usually is done for the effect of creating a more chiseled appearance of the cheek and cheek bone. In your case it seems that you already have fairly good definition there. I would probably not recommend that procedure for you. In my practice I reserve buccal fat pad reduction for patients with a really full cheek. I hope this info helps!
Adam Rubinstein, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon

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