Category: buccal lipectomy | custom facial implants | plastic surgery case study

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Custom Cheek and Jawline Implants with Cheek and Submental Lipectomies

Background: Facial reshaping surgery most commonly involves modifications of the bones albeit augmentative or reductive. Masculinizing the face is typically augmentative in nature while facial feminization focuses mainly on reduction procedures. It is for this reason that facial masculinization almost always involves implants with a few exceptions such as the sliding genioplasty for chin augmentation Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Combined Custom Chin Implant with Buccal Lipectomies

Background: The chin implant is the original surgical method of facial bone augmentation and still the most commonly performed. Its history is reflected in the many styles and sizes of chin implants that are commercially available. Given the frequency of which the procedure is requested and performed it is no surprise that implant options have Read More…

OR Snapshots – Buccal vs Abdominal Fat For Facial Fat Injections

Fat injections are a common method today for soft tissue augmentation whether it is for reconstructive or aesthetic purposes. An injection approach offers a versatile method of instilling a soft tissue graft in almost any anatomic location. How successful such fat injections are depends on a variety of factors from method of harvest and preparation Read More…

The Influence of Fat Dissolving Injections on Buccal Lipectomy Surgery

While the buccal lipectomy procedure is a straight forward surgical procedure with a limited recovery and is highly effective at its goal (removing a distinct facial fat area), some patient seek non-surgical methods for cheek fat reduction. Fat dissolving solutions such as dexoycholic acid and brand name Kybella have been used for facial fat treatments Read More…

Buccal Lipectomies after Double Jaw Surgery

The buccal lipectomy procedure, once viewed as an unadvised facial defatting procedure, has now become a popular facial reshaping surgery. Of all the areas of facial fat locations the buccal fat pad is unique amongst them. Unlike subcutaneous fat its function is to fill the deep tissue spaces between the masticatory and mimetic facial muscles, Read More…

The Concept of Multilevel Cheek Contouring for Enhanced Facial Definition

The cheeks like the rest of the face is comprised of bony and soft tissue components that can be surgically modified. But what separates the cheeks from other facial areas is that the hard and soft tissue areas are not in the same anatomic area. The bony part is in the upper midface (cheekbones or Read More…

Technical Strategies – Five Important Steps in Performing Buccal Lipectomies

The buccal fat pad is a unique facial structure located in the deep midface area whose exact function remains uncertain. What makes it unique is that it is an encapsulated fat collection that has its own pedicle blood supply. Being a discrete fat mass in the face that can be readily accessed it has long Read More…

The Role of Buccal Lipectomies and Perioral Liposuction in Custom Jawline Implant Patients

The custom jawline implant for many men provides the definitive lower third of the face enhancement. While in the leaner male patient with good cheeks the jaw augmentation alone may be sufficient for creating more defined facial features. But in the fuller or rounder faced patient this alone may not be enough. The round face Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Secondary Lower Facial Augmentation With Chin Implant Removal and Replacement With Custom Jawline Implant and Face/Neck Defatting

Background: The most common historic and contemporary approach to lower facial augmentation is the chin implant. This is the first and oldest form of facial augmentation and the chin implant has undergone a variety of material and design innovations since its inception. Its popularity remains today as bringing forward the anterior projection of the lower Read More…

Technical Strategy – Minimal Incision Buccal Lipectomy with Linear Extraction

The buccal lipectomy is a well known cheek reduction contouring procedure. Its effectiveness is based on the removal of a distinct fat pad of significant volume that lies between the masseter and the pterygoid muscles. It is anatomically different from almost all other facial fat sites which are more diffuse and spread out in the Read More…