"Chipmunk cheeks" - Buccal fat removal and jaw lipo? (photo)

Hi from Istanbul!Thank you for Your question. Those are not buccal fat pads, they are masseteric muscles. You can get massater botulinum toxin to reduce the strength and volume of the muscles. If you have a hypertrophic muscle you will get benefit from botulinum toxin, it also help to reduce...

The buccal space is a loose areolar space which means that it is spread over a wide area and with loose attachments. It is very difficult to inject far into this space. Fat is normally injected in small parcels in order to get attachment to the blood supply and survive. The buccal space does not...

Start with masseter botox to slim the outermost part of your jaw. It's easier, reversible, and may give you the result you're looking for. Would not recommend a facelift at this point,

When patients in their early 30s experience facial sagging, particularly in the jowl area and a slight downturn of the mouth, it could be due to multiple factors. The fullness in the lower anterior cheeks contributing to jowls could be related to enlarged buccal fat pads, while the downturn of...

Buccal fat removal will only thin your cheeks and could make the tissue laxity even more severe. Looking at your photos a facelift would be the procedure I'd recommend. If you reposition the soft tissues I doubt you'd need a buccal lipectomy.

I don't believe that you are a good candidate for buccal fat pad reduction. The fullness of your lower face is due to the angle of your jaws and massater muscle. I would recommend facial re-shaping with a reduction of the angles of the mandible and submalar cheek implants to add fullness to the...