Buccal Fat Removal
Buccal fat pad removal, also known cheek reduction surgery or face fat removal is designed to create a more sculpted facial contour or chiseled look. The cheek bones are highlighted by buccal fat pad/ cheek fat removal reducing the cherubic, soft and round, appearance. Excess buccal fat is usually a hereditary condition that will not respond to weight loss.
Is Buccal Fat Removal for You?
The buccal fat occupies a space between the lining of the mouth and its adjacent muscle, the buccinator muscle, and the overlying muscles of facial expression and subcutaneous fat. This is a space with very little blood supply that is safe and easy to access. The purpose of the buccal fat is to occupy this space and create facial fullness. The volume of buccal fat only changes modestly with weight loss or gain and cannot be eliminated by weight loss.
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Buccal fat pad removal is performed through a small incision inside the mouth. This is typically performed under local anesthesia with medications to reduce anxiety and pain. If the patient so desires, it can be performed under general anesthesia, although this is seldom necessary. The buccal fat is about the size of a golf ball or ping-pong ball. Buccal fat removal can be done in conjunction with other procedures to further enhance the facial contour. The location of buccal fat deep within the face prevents its removal with liposuction. Face fat removal surgery or cheek fat surgery is now a common procedure if you want a chiseled face.
Understanding the Surgery.
Since buccal fat pad removal is minimally invasive it can be performed with a number of other procedures including rhinoplasty, facelift, cheek augmentation, chin augmentation and facial liposuction to reduce the subcutaneous fat of the jaw line and neck.
What can one expect after the chubby cheek surgery or cheek fat reduction surgery?
Because of an incision being made within the mouth the patient is instructed to consume a liquid diet for the first 24 hours after surgery and a soft diet for the first five days. The incision requires no postoperative care and the sutures that are used dissolve on their own eliminating the need for their removal. For five to ten days postoperatively, there will be some swelling that causes the appearance to be consistent with the preoperative face. After three weeks, the majority of the swelling will have reduced and change on the face will be noticeable.
