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Buccal fat is taken from the inside of the mouth through small incision in the lining of the cheeks - this can take 24-48 hours to heal. Eating salty foods is generally avoided as the salt can irritate and cause a burning/painful sensation! Avoiding any foods that can cause irritation to the lining of the mucosa is generally recommended for the first 4 days. Hope you are feeling better!
Buccal fat removal requires making small incisions inside the mouth ( mucosa). The mucosa usually heals in 24 hours but could take longer to heal. Salty food could irritate the open wound in the mucosa and therefore cause pain. Therefore, avoiding foods that irritate the mucosa like salty food could help to have non-painful recovery.
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...
Thank you for asking about your buccal fat.You can definitely lose weight in the buccal fat pad with weight loss.You do not see high fashion models with buccal fat - they are too underweight.You would need to be examined to kno what is causing this fad pad to move - if in fact it is doing so...
"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...
