With the bichectomy, known as cheek thinning aesthetics, your cheekbones become more prominent, while your face gains a thinner and sharper appearance.
Buccal fat removal, which aims to reduce the amount of fat on the cheek, is a good choice for people with excess fat on their cheeks or who want to have pronounced facial features. Your doctor will do this procedure to get your face thinner and give you sharper facial features. Buccal fat removal is completed in a single session and needs no hospitalization.
What is Buccal Fat Removal(Bichectomy)?
Buccal fat removal is an aesthetic procedure in which your doctor removes excess fat from your cheeks to create a thin chin and prominent cheekbones. This procedure aims to give your face a kind of V shape, which is defined as the ideal face that is attractive and beautiful according to the golden ratio. In buccal fat removal, your doctor will take the buccal fat pad in the cheeks to give you sharper facial features and a younger-looking face.
Buccal fat removal can be performed with local or general anesthesia and aims to create an inverted triangular proportion between cheeks and chin. To this aim, the fat inside the cheek that causes the face to appear more rounded is removed. After this procedure, the cheeks get thinner and narrower, and the facial features are pronounced. the face that takes the V-shape following this procedure gets sexually more attractive.
How is Buccal Fat Removal Performed?
A preparation phase is required before this procedure. In the preparation phase, which is tailored to suit the patient, your doctor will check your cheeks and facial features to decide what you will be needing to get the look you want. Before the procedure, you should talk to your doctor about your expectations, your current health conditions, previous health conditions and surgeries, medications you have already used, supplements and herbal teas, drug allergies, and substance use. This way, your doctor can decide how to perform the procedure and get informed about the risks of the procedure.
After they decide that you are eligible for this procedure, they can perform the surgery. This surgery can be done in a hospital or your doctor’s clinic. Before starting the surgery, your doctor numbs the incision site with a local anesthetic. This way, you will feel no pain during the procedure. However, if more than one surgery needs to be performed at the same time, general anesthesia can also be used.
After, applying an anesthetic, your doctor makes an incision on the inside of your cheek. Then, they apply pressure on your cheek to bring the buccal fat pad out and then cuts it. Then they will stitch your cheek from inside. Since the incisions are made from the inside, there will be no scars after the surgery.
Who Should Not Get Buccal Fat Removal?
People older than 18 years of age can get this procedure, but since the face does not get its final shape until the age of 20-25, surgeries made earlier than this age may lead to negative consequences in the future. As the fat on the face will decrease over time, the face will change accordingly. This surgery is not recommended for people over 45 years old and obese people either. You should consult your doctor whether you are eligible candidate for this procedure.
Risks and Complications of Buccal fat removal
Buccal fat removal does not pose serious risks. However, there are some risks and complications related to this procedure because it involves incisions. Here are the possible risks and complications of buccal fat removal:
- Infection
- Bleeding
- Hematoma
- Problems related to anesthesia
- Damage to facial nerves
- Swelling
- Seroma (fluid buildup)
- Damage to the salivary glands
- Heart and lung complications
- Facial asymmetry
- Undesired results
Buccal Fat Removal Aftercare
Although the healing process is different for everyone, there are common experienced issues during the recovery process. The patients will recover slowly within approximately 2 weeks and the negative effects of the operation will completely disappear within 3 weeks. In this process, you can speed up the healing process with minimal risk of complications as long as you follow your doctor’s instructions. Here are buccal fat removal aftercare precautions:
- You should only drink fluids for at least the first 3 days. Solid foods can disturb the surgical are.
- You can include soft meals in your diet after 3 to 4 days.
- When you completely recover, you can eat solid foods.
- You should not consume hot foods during the recovery period.
- You should avoid blood thinners, supplements, and herbal teas to minimize the risk of bleeding.
