How do I make my face smaller/less wide? (Photos)

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I'm not sure how to make my face less wide. Could it be through fat pad removal? Bone reduction? Masseter botox? I'm not sure what exactly even makes my face look wide? Is it the bone structure? I'm curious and would love a doctor's input.

John Mesa, MD · Answer

Patients with wideness of the lower face usually have both enlarged buccal fat pads and enlarged masetter muscles.  With plastic surgery procedures a wide lower face could become more V shape in patient candidates.Buccal fat removal corrects the fullness of the ANTERIOR lower cheeks ( chubby cheeks).Botox injections to the masetter muscle decreases the fullness of the POSTERIOR lower cheeks. The video below helps to understand who could be a candidate for buccal fat removal. 
John Mesa, MDBuccal Fat Removal Specialist Plastic Surgeon

Ali Riza Öreroglu, MD · Answer

A buccal fat removal procedure can provide slimming in the lower face, in the lower anterior cheek region specifically. It can also help create more definition in the lower face depending on the overall bone and underlying tissue structure of the face. And Botox injections on the masseter muscles can provide slimming in the lower posterior cheeks. However, this procedures will not address upper cheek fullness. It will be best to consult a board certified facial plastic surgeon in person and discuss your goals and options after a physical examination.Hope this helps,Ali Rıza Öreroğlu, MD FEBOPRASEuropean and Turkish Board Certified Aesthetic, Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeonIstanbul, Turkey

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD · Answer

Reducing facial width almost always requires bone reduction. In your case it would be a combination of cheekbone and jaw angle/jawline reduction. Botox can be effective for temporary muscle reduction over the jaw angles.

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