Treatment for smaller jaw? I was wondering if I would be a good candidate for a buccal fat removal or masseter Botox injections?

The bichectomy or buccal fat pad removal is a minimal invasive procedure that usually takes place in a doctor’s office (doesn´t take longer than 20 minutes). Removing this fat pad strategically gives a sharper, chiseled and more symmetric appearance. Good candidates are patients that despite lo...

Thanks for your question and Pictures The buccal fat pad is a rounded mass of fat in the middle of your cheek. It’s located between facial muscles, in the hollow area beneath your cheekbone. The size of your buccal fat pads affects your face shape. Everyone has buccal fat pads. However, the s...

Patients with questions and concerns about their early post-surgical recovery should address those questions with the surgeon that performed the operation. 

Patients that underwent bucal fat removal in their 20s  and were happy with the results then, but in the 30s are not so much, very likely are experience normal aging of the face. In the 30s, the facial aging starts showing up, and with or without bucal fat removal the face tends to look...

Yes, Buccal Fat Removal can be done in any patients with braces on. Braces do not interfere with the performance of a buccal fat removal. Buccal fat removal does not affect the braces. In the video below you can see how I perform buccal fat removal in a patients with braces in both upper and...

Your request is not typical, as temple fullness is typically desired for a more full, youthful, appearance.  The hollowing results from both fat loss and muscle atrophy.  The deep fat could be addressed via direct excision or with injectables like Kybella, however, there would also be concern f...