It is not uncommon that patients have difficulty open the mouth in one side or both after buccal fat removal. This is secondary to irritation of the masseter muscle, a chewing muscle that is close to the area where the incision for the buccal fat removal surgery is performed . This difficulty to...
Bucal fat removal in my practice is routinely performed under local anesthesia without any kind of sedation. The procedure is painless and takes under 45min to be performed. See the video below that describes the entire process of the buccal fat removal surgery.
I perform buccal fat pad removal awake in the office under local anesthesia. In general the procedure will give your face a more chiseled look. The effect is natural. To give the appearance of higher cheek bones, fat transfer or filler injections are useful tools. Cheek implants...