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Buccal Fat Pad Extraction -
Cheek Slimming - Bichat Fat Pad Resection
The Bichat fat pad is a fat pad involving the entire hemiface. It stretches from the temporal region to the cheek, passing through the zygomatic malar tunnel and the pterygomandibular fossa. In a Buccal fat extraction or Bichat fat pad resection, the facial plastic surgeon removes the fat pads that augment the lower cheeks. These are pads of fat in your cheeks and along the sides of your face that give it the rounded appearance.
Many young and normal- weight people may have fat pads that augment the lower cheeks, and give a rounded appearance. Some of this fat can be surgically removed through minimal incisions inside the mouth, making the face look thinner and younger.
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