What are the risks and long-term effects of buccal fat removal?

September 11, 2016
Asked By:krodguez in City Of Industry, CA

What are the risks of the actual surgery? How common are they? Is buccal fat removal an overall risky procedure? What are the long term effects (especially for an Asian male with a high fat face) of the removal? I'm 18 now, but how will a buccal fat removal affect me when I am, say, 30-40 years old? Will I look much older than I am?

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