I have an excess lump of facial fat on the right side of my face, next to my mouth (picture). It has become really noticeable and when I take pictures it creates a shadow that almost looks like I have a mustache! I want to know if I can remove this fat with injectables or with some other non-invasive method?
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Asian patients usually tend to have a wide lower face that makes them to have an triangular shape appearance. One of the causes of this physical finding is usually a large buccal fat removall.In my practice, most of the asian patients with wide lower face benefit from buccal fat removal. This p...
Fat that is removed in any part of the body (including buccal fat) doesn't return. However, increase in body weight can mask the results of the buccal fat pad because the grown of the fat of the rest of the areas of the face.
Fulness of the lower anterior cheek (area next to the corners of the mouth) is usually caused by fullness of the buccal fat pad. This is very common in patient with asian background. Additionally, if the patients have not adequate lateral cheek fullness the lower face may sag causing "virtual ...
