Weight loss after buccal fat pad removal?

Patients with asian background usually have chubby cheeks ( fullness of the lower anterior cheeks). Therefore, most of the asian background patients are candidates for buccal fat removal, specially since having a thinner lower face (V shaped face) a symbol of beauty. In my practice I do a...

Buccal fat removal is generally associated with minimal cheek swelling. However, in certain cases when it is difficult to find the buccal fat ( usually one side) there is significant swelling that could last for several days.In my practice I recommend my buccal fat removal patients to ice their...

Based on your photos, you seem like you would be a suitable candidate for a buccal fat removal procedure, as you seem to have fullness in the lower anterior cheeks which are the areas targeted by this operation. It is best to consult a board certified facial plastic surgeon in person and d...

In order to determine if a patient is candidate for buccal fat removal it is necessary to do a physical exam or at least to have a picture of the face ( lower face if patient concern of privacy) here in RealSelf.  No everybody in their sixties, even if healthy and active, are candidates fro...

Achieving a chiseled, less chubby face requires to address multiple factors in the face and the body composition to contribute to this physical finding. This analysis will help to determine what is the plastic surgery procedure(s) what could best help to correct a chubby face, thus achieve a...

Buccal far removal is a plastic surgery procedure that helps to achieve a chiseled, more defined, thinner face look.Buccal fat removal is not a bad idea when patients have good high cheek bones. Buccal fat removal does not technically support the face, but give it fullness. Many people and v...