Is there a reason for not eating salt after surgery? I had some with fish, naturally salted and now I'm having a bit of pain!

GREAT question.  To be honest, it is one of the problems and stigmas often associated with buccal fat pad surgery.  Take too much - makes the face gaunt and drawn in the long term.  Take too little, not much of a difference in regards to facial contour and structure....

In my experience one of the procedures that makes the largest difference in men is a chin implant. Especially if there is lack of bony support to the chin projection. Other options are fat sculpting with transfer to portions of the mandible and chin to give the projection. This is reserved for...

One of the common complains of my buccal fat removal patients is that no mater how much exercise or strict diet they do, the fullness of the lower anterior cheeks seems to never go away.Buccal fat is a pocket of fat that usually is resistant to weight loss in most of the patients. In some...

"Jowls" in young patients are generally secondary to fullness of the lower cheeks and also sagging of the facial skin due to inadecuated cheek bone support. In my practice, when young patients come for evaluation of "jowls", most of the time they do have a prominent buccal fat as well as poor...

Great question.  As far as the infection is concerned, a wisdom tooth infection is unlikely to yield troubles to the buccal area secondary to the anatomy surrounding the tooth - that being said, if it had significant inflammation along dentition close to that infected tooth (closer to your...

Patients interested in improving multiple aspects of their face like protruding excess of fat pocket in one side o the mouth, very uneven dimples/smile lies, insecurity due to the look of the face, etc.,  should make a consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon specialized in...