Finesse Buccal Fat Pad Excision.

ABSTRACT

SUMMARY: The buccal fat pad has long been noted for its complex anatomy and its significance to facial aesthetics. Its bulk is mostly deep facial fat immediately superficial to the buccinator muscle. The buccal fat pad has a main body and four extensions buccal, pterygoid, superficial temporal, and deep temporal. It can be removed in patients with round, heavy faces and anterior buccal fullness to slim the lower face and contour the jawline. This article describes the authors' technique for buccal fat pad removal, with a goal of conservative fat pad reduction.