I have this extra fat on my jawline/lower face. I am 30. Im 125lb and 5'7. So I am pretty slim but my face when i smile had extra fat making me appear bigger. Would buccal fat removal help without causing issues later in life? Or would a mini facelift be better?
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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...
