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PLASTIC SURGERY
Buccal fat Lifting
※Recovery time, hospital admission and visiting for
treatment schedule may vary among individuals.
Operation time
30 minutes
Method of
anesthesia
Sedative anesthesia
Hospital
admission stay
unnecessary
Suture removal
unnecessary
Visiting for
treatment
1 time
Recovery time
about 1 week
What is Buccal fat?
This part called the deep cheek is fat mass inside a bag below the masseter muscle inside the cheek; the proper name is buccal fat pad.
The deep cheek fat is a size of a ping-pong ball, which is connected from the cheek to the temporal region, and gives volume to the cheek to have an effect of looking young. But if the deep cheek is overdeveloped, it gives a grumpy look, and from aging, the deep cheek is drooped downwards to look like a bull dog for a bad overall impression. In other words, appropriate amount of deep cheek gives volume to the face for rejuvenating effect, but it can also be a main cause of cheek drooping.
What is Buccal fat Lifting?
Unlike the deep cheek removal, deep cheek lifting improves the drooping and the volume of the cheek through lifting without removal.
Not like other fat, deep cheek fat is very tough and solid, so when it is removed carelessly, it can result in excessive cheek drooping or sinking.
Therefore, instead of removing the deep cheek fat, it is better to perform relocation ofg buccal fat to its original position.
Cases requiring Buccal
fat Lifting
01
Aging face
02
Cheek drooping after
facial bone surgeries
Surgical Technique of Buccal fat Lifting
STEP 01
Incision inside the mouth
STEP 02
Deep fat is found
STEP 03
Deep fat is located upwards to be fixed on the upper jaw.
STEP 04
The incision inside the mouth is stitched up
