Is buccal fat removal worth it? What is the alternative?

Chen performing cheek implant placement surgery or other craniofical surgery sometimes the buccal fat is "accidentally" accessed during the procedure. In these cases, the risk of infection is the same as if the buccal fat pocket is not encountered. Therefore, theoretically, performing buccal fat...

Patients undergoing buccal fat pad removal should adhere to the diet recommendations/ restrictions recommended by his/her surgeon to achieve optional outcome and minimal downtime. In my practice, I recommend my buccal fat removal patients not to eat anything hot in temperature the rest of the...

Buccal fat removal is  a plastic surgery procedure that helps to correct the fullness of the anterior lower cheek ( chubby cheeks) thus making the face thinner. Buccal fat removal does NOT improve the jaw line. In young patients without jowls, improvement of the jaw line could be...

Sometimes patients have asymmetric cheeks secondary to differences in the fullness of the soft tissues but not the jaw bones.In mu practice, some patients with facial assumer secondary to asymmetric chubby cheeks have been able to IMPROVE their facial asymmetry with asymmetric buccal fat removal...

It is normal and expected to see some swelling on day 2 - its usually worst than on day 1.  I usually like to have my patients wear a compressive garment as well as ice for the first three days to minimize the swelling.  That being said, buccal space infections can be quite dangerous.  ...

Buccal fat removal 'removes" the fullness of the lower anterior cheeks but doesn't remove the cheek dimples. However it may change the appearance of the dimples. Cheek dimples may look for deep with a full face or after gaining weight ( fat face) Therefore, as with weight loss, buccal fat...