Can a Buccal Fat Removal & Cheek Filler Be Done at Once?

Treatment of ‘chubby cheeks’ cannot be achieved alone with buccal fat pad removal; a fact that I encounter time and time again when seeing patients in consultation for lower facial sculpting. My approach is to use a combined protocol that redefines aesthetic contours of the face. This includes the following: 
  
Buccal Fat Pad Removal Non-surgical Muscle-Fascia Tightening Venus Legacy or Venus Viva Ultherapy Submental Liposuction or Coolsculpting   
The combined approach is ideal. Buccal fat pad removal is a exceptional procedure that can remove excess fat from the cheek pads. Using an intraoral approach, a small incision is carried through the mucosa to remove a small fat pad within the cheek. Closure of the incisions is minimal with an absorbable suture and patients will experience some swelling post-operatively. We use SwellX tablets post treatment. Once healed, the contour of the cheek is improved and we begin Non-invasive tissue tightening to further enhance results. 
  
Best, 
Dr. Karamanoukian 
Realself100 Surgeon

Yes, it is possible to undergo buccal fat removal and cheek fillers done at once.In my practice I routinely do cheek bone enhancement with fillers the same day I am doing buccal fat removal on the same patients. This allows the patient to achieve an excellent result of the buccal fat removal. Making the cheek bones more prominent help tremendously to achieve a more chiseled facial look with the buccal fat removal procedure.John Mesa, MDBuccal Fat Removal Specialist Plastic Surgeon 

buccal fat pads are a very important ingredient to maintain the natural fullness in the face and should not be removed because down the road it will give you a gaunt and sunken cheek appearance which may then require fat transplants.  Radiesse can be easily injected to give you cheek enhancement on a temporary basis until you get cheek implants as a permanent solution.  Do not have Buccal fat pad removal!