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Buccal fat removal for apples of the cheek?

Howdy658Nov 6, 2015
I have fullness not in lower cheek area but apples like on the front on between the nose and the lip... Imagine where you would paint little circles of blushing a doll. Is that area something that can also be treated this way? *and if not what, else is a good option?

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John Mesa, MD

Reversing the look of buccal fat removal cold be done with either permanent or non-permanent procedures. Permanent procedures are fat transfer to the face. Non-permanent procedures are soft tissue fillers. The duration of the non-permanent or reservable soft tissue fillers depends on the filler...

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Elizabeth Morgan, MD, PhD (closed)

Thank you for asking about your buccal fat removal.An exam is needed to see if the mid-face fullness if from excessive buccal fat.The photos suggest it may be but -The tissue that you pull on your cheek in photo 5 is skin, not buccal fat.I suggest you contact plastic surgeons near you and ask if...

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Peter Lee, MD, FACS

For questions of this nature, it would be useful to know your age, and it would be particularly helpful for you to include a picture to allow us to see the areas to which  you are referring.  In the absence of that, I will infer that since y you are complaining about fat on each each...

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