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The results of a buccal fat pad removal plastic surgery procedure may take several weeks to show.After a buccal fat pad, usually the face (cheeks) swell up to the point that the face looks more cheeky than before the surgery. The reason is that the soft tissue of the cheeks (mucosa, muscle, non-buccal fat pad, etc) swell up because of the surgery. The final results of a buccal fat pad removal/excision could be seen 2 to 3 months post procedure, once the healing process has occurred
To determine if buccal fat removal would look good or "ugly" in somebody is necessary to see at least a picture of the face. Without a picture it is impossible to do an assessment.
Facial anatomy and appearance depends of multiple factors including genetics ( heredity from parents), diet, excursice etc. Not always the face of a son/daugter is going to reflect the appearance of the parents.When patents have cheek fullness, but they are fit and their body fat content is...
There should be no loss of dimples with a buccal fat excision. A buccal fat excision is done from within the mouth and does not interfere with how the dimples are formed on the under-surface of the skin.
"Excess of fat" in the cheeks could be secondary to multiple causes like: in deed excess of fat in the face ( large buccal fat pad removal), large size masseter muscles (giving fullness in the cheeks close to the angle of the jaw) and or wide jaw bone ( that is being confused with "excess of...
Visible signs of mild aging usually start showing up once we turn into the 30s. As we start to age the soft tissues of the mid face start to sag, thus creating fulness of the lower face at the level of the jaw line ( this is called jowls). Additionally, if excess of lower fat is present,...
Female patients, specially asian background one with thin faces would benefit from conservative buccal fat removal to achieve a more thinner V shaped face. Buccal fat not always must be removed completely during the procedure. In my practice I generally remove buccal fat in a conservative ...
