PLASTIC SURGERY THAT ALLOWS THE CHEEKS TO BE REFINED, HIGHLIGHTING THE IMAGE OF THE CHEEKBONES AND DEFINING THE MANDIBULAR RIDGE. THE EFFECT OF THINNING THE FACE.
WHAT IS BUCCAL FAT PAD REMOVAL?
Buccal Fat Pad Removal is a surgical procedure that consists in the resection of excess fat balls. These are found in all people between the masseter muscle and the buccinator muscle, in the middle sector of the cheeks on both sides of the face. In some people are increased in size or by characteristics of their face are much more visualized. As a result of the operation of cheeks, the cheek is refined, highlighting the image of the cheekbones and defining the mandibular ridge. To the question of how they can lower the cheeks, often it is up to the doctor to verify if it is a suitable case to perform a Buccal Pad Removal. This effect of thinning of the face is not only visual, but has to do with the reduction of the cheeks.
IN WHAT CASES IS BUCCAL FAT PAD REMOVAL INDICATED?
– When the face shows an excessive roundness that does not improve when you lose weight
– When you want to highlight or mark more the cheekbones
– when the person asks how to reduce the cheeks and their bichat balls are large
– When looking to give the face a more youthful appearance
– When the fat bags of the cheeks give an appearance of being overweight without having it
HOW IS A BUCCAL FAT PAD REMOVAL PERFORMED? HOW TO LOWER THE CHEEKS AND REDUCE THEM?
The thinning of the cheeks should be performed in the operating room, under local anesthesia and on an outpatient basis. The entire Cheeks Fat Removal reduction procedure lasts less than 1 hour. It is done through 2 small incisions (1 cm each) inside the mouth through the jugal mucosa, so the procedure leaves no visible scars.
If Buccal Fat Pad Removal is the only intervention that is going to be performed, it is done on an outpatient basis by applying local anesthesia.
The extraction of Bichat bags is a reversible method, given that if the patient loses a lot of weight and the face is visualized very thin or regrets, fat can be replaced by extracting it from another part of the body.
There is no need to remove stitches from the suture as they are absorbable.
HOW IS THE POST-OPERATIVE OF A BUCCAL FAT PAD REMOVAL?
The surgery is ambulatory and the clinic can be removed as soon as the surgery is over. He requests only 24 hours of rest and the next day he can resume his social and work tasks. During a week you should avoid hard or crispy foods. For 7 to 15 days you should avoid strenuous exercise.
ARE THE RESULTS OF A BUCCAL FAT PAD REMOVAL SEEN IMMEDIATELY?
No, given that there will be edema and postoperative hematoma. Only once a month the area is desematized and the result of the surgery can be appreciated, resulting in a real thinning of the face by reduction of cheeks.
COST OF BUCCAL FAT PAD REMOVAL? HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO PERFORM REDUCTIVE CHEEK SURGERY? PRICE TO REMOVE EXCESS FAT FROM THE CHEEKS?
The budget can be consulted via email, telephone or during the consultation with Dr. Fabian Perez Rivera.
SAFETY OF THE PROCEDURE AND THE PATIENT
All surgical procedures are performed under local anesthesia plus deep sedation or under general anesthesia given by an accredited anesthesiologist and member of the AARBA and in clinics or sanatoriums that have the necessary complexity to transmit tranquility to the patient, the relative and the surgical team.
