Difference between Buccal fat removal and lower face liposuction?

The relationship of buccal fat removal and "aging well" depends on the structure of the cheek bones. Patients with good chin cheek bone definition tend to age "very well" after buccal fat removal. However, patients with poor cheek bone definition tend to age not that well. Therefore, the ...

Young patient with chubby cheeks (fullness of the anterior lower cheeks) are usually candidates for buccal fat removal surgery. This procedure removes the fullness of the lower cheeks thus helps to achieve a chiseled face. It is important to know that in order to have a good buccal fat removal...

The effects of buccal fat removal may be camouflaged with either fat transfer to the face or placement of soft tissue fillers like sculptra. Most of the time, patients are dissatisfied with buccal fat removal when they had bo good cheek bone prominence, which is essential to achieve a...

In patients with chubby lower anterior cheeks, buccal fat pad removal might be the procedure that could help to address that physical finding if candidate.Patients interested to determine if buccal fat removal is the procedure that would help them to correct chubby cheeks, should make a...

The buccal fat pad is a distinct collection of fat in the cheek.  When removed, it is removed in its entirety and will not grow back.  No, there is no such thing as round 2.  Your photos demonstrate a depression of the cheeks consistent with prior buccal fat pad removal.  Any residual excess fat...

In my practice I perform buccal fat removal under local anesthesia without any type of sedation. Additionally since the procedure is minimally invasive and takes under one hour to be performed, the patients have a minimal recovery. Most of my patients have mild swelling that last for one or...