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Buccal fat removal or cheek implants? (Photo)

sammy2811Mar 21, 2016
I highly doubt I will be able to afford both surgeries because I know they compliment each other well. I was wondering which procedure achieves greater results if I had to pick one?? I was thinking of doing buccal first then in the future cheek implants.

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Dr. John Mesa, MD
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