I am 3 months post op today. I still have lumps on the inside of my mouth. No pain. No bleeding. One lump is bigger than the other. Should I be worried? Is this scar tissue? Should I wait a month before getting steroid injections?
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Answer: Lumps inside the mouth after buccal fat reduction
It is possible to remove too much fat as a part of this procedure. Alternatively, the wrong type of fat/area was removed. This is an operation that requires a good amount of experience to know how much to take. I recommend you discuss the matter with your surgeon, or seek a second opinion.
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Thank you for your pictures. The lump that you are feeling is likely swelling within the muscle that was dissected through in order to tease out the buccal fat. It can happen whenever there is a particularly tricky, or difficult dissection. Good news is that it goes down - but it will just ta...
Patients with chubby cheeks (fulness of the anterior lower cheeks) could benefit from buccal fat removal. Buccal fat removal is the plastic surgery procedure that removes the excess of fat of the lower cheeks to achieve non-chubby, think V shape face. The video bellow helps to understand who ...