Why don't more physicians perform buccal fat removal?

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. Based on your photos, it seems like you ca...

The size of buccal fat removal varies among patients. Most of the time the amount of fat is moderate. Other times is large. Not rarely it is very small. The size depends on the genetics of the patient.   Sometimes when a partial buccal fat removal has been performed, a completion buccal fat...

Patients who suffer of sinus infections could undergo buccal fat removal ONLY IF there is no active sinus infection at the time of the surgery. 

When a patient has a full and round face and despite weight loss the fullness persist or if the patient is in his normal weight and the chipmunk faces has stayed all the time, a bichectomy or buccal fat pad removal is useful. It´s true that with aging the buccal fat pad tends to ...

A lot of patients, specially people in their 50s and above are hesitant to undergo buccal fat removal because the believe that this procedure could make them look old. The problem of looking old after buccal fat removal is NOT the removal of the fat but the cheek bones. Cheek bones are the...

Chubby cheeks are usually genetically determined and resistant to decrease in size with diet and exercise. Buccal fat removal is the most cost effective plastic surgery procedure that corrects chubby cheeks. By removing the fat that causes the chubby cheeks ( buccal fat) patients could...