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Do I need surgical lifting or will fillers/buccal fat removal can do the job? (Photos)

Ann1986May 24, 2023
What can be done for my oblong face with recently sunken undereyes/cheeks, prominent nasolabial fat (malar fat) only around nose (which bothers me the most), perioral mound fat and little bit of chin fat which is obvious only when I look down.(I had cheek and undereye filler 4 years ago, feel like it is not resorbed and gone down, but my estetic dermatologist doesn't believe it can be residual filler from so long ago).I have no static wrinkles.When I smile the hollowness disappear.

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