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Facial Reshaping Techniques for Improving The Round Face

  Not infrequently I get requests from patients for the desire to transform a round face into a more shapelier one. One cause of a round face is that the patient is overweight. A full neck, round cheeks, and a lot of subcutaneous fat throughout the face creates a generalized fullness that creates a fat Read More…

The Six Zones of Change for Improved Facial Definition

  I frequently see patients who desire greater facial definition. Usually these are younger men and women and much of their desire comes from having a fuller or fatter type face. Most of the time they have lost some weight but can’t lose it in the face. Others have never had a weight problem but Read More…

Buccal Lipectomies As A Component of Facial Derounding

 Fullness in the midface, or a rounder area beneath the cheek bone, is partially the result of the prominent of the buccal fat pad. Most people do not realize that their is a large ball-like collection of fat under the cheek bone that in some patients can create lack of definition in the midface-cheek area. Read More…

Buccal Lipectomies – Beware of the Facial Nerve

THE BUCCAL FAD PAD IN FACIAL SURGERY In select patients, removal of the buccal fat pad (which lies immediately under the cheekbone and is about the size of a golfball in most patients) can help contour a fuller face. I have performed this procedure, in conjunction with liposuction of the neck andchin implants, many times Read More…

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