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Bichectomy or Buccal Fat Removal
What is buccal fat removal?
Buccal fat is the fat between your cheekbones and jaw bones that help make up the shape of your face. Everyone has buccal fat, but some people have more than others.
Buccal fat removal is a surgery to remove the fat in this area of your face. Removing this fat can highlight the bone structure in your face, especially your cheekbones and the hollowed-out areas between your cheeks and jawline. This procedure is also sometimes called a cheek reduction or Bichectomy.
Buccal fat removal surgery is a type of cosmetic surgery. The decision to have cosmetic surgery is a personal one. It’s best to consider cosmetic surgery only if you truly desire to modify your appearance and not because someone else wants you to. It’s also important to consider the possible benefits and risks.
Who is a good candidate for buccal fat removal?
Some people may feel the roundness in their cheeks creates a fullness to their face they don’t like. Having a cheek reduction can alleviate the sense of fullness or “chubbiness” of your cheeks.
You may consider having this procedure if you:
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Don’t like the appearance of fullness in your cheeks.
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Are otherwise healthy and have a stable weight.
You may not be a good candidate for buccal fat removal if your face is narrow or if you’re over a certain age, as buccal fat naturally diminishes with age.
What is the recovery time for buccal fat removal surgery?
After your procedure, we will give you instructions on what to do to promote healing. It’s important to follow your after-care instructions, including any follow-up appointments.
Healing time after this procedure is usually about three weeks, but it will take several months to see the final results.
When there is no more fat on the face or neck that needs to be removed, a Bichectomy alone can be performed.
The doctor will do an evaluation to see if you will have the results you are looking for with just the bichectomy or if a joint procedure should be done.
When the face is very rounded and we see that in addition to the Bichat balls there is more fat on the face and / or on the neck in the form of a double chin, to achieve a harmonious and adequate result of outlining the face, it should be done in conjunction with the bichectomy, a liposuction of the face and neck, for best results.
🗣 Treatment: BICHECTOMY
🎯 Goal: Outline the face, removing its roundness.
🕶 Results: 2 months aprox
🦠 COVID-19 Test: Required.
💉 COVID-19 Vaccine: Highly recommended, not mandatory
🩸 Blood Test: Yes.
📈 Presurgical Evaluation & EKG: No
🏥 Hospitalization: NO, it is an outpatient surgery.
😴 Anesthesia: Just local or local with twiglight sedation
⏱ Time it takes: 30 to 45 min Aprox.
📅 Recovery: 1week.
⏳ Lasts: Permanent
😱 Pain Level : During the procedure none, after can be mild to moderate the first day
💵 Average Cost $500.00 to $800.00 USD
💳 Initial Consultation: $50.00 USD Credited towards the cost of treatment.
🎟 Book your date with $250.00 USD and you have 6 months to do the surgery.
📝 Note: Personal results may vary. The procedure has to be full paid to perform it.
🛌 Ambulatory Room
🏥 Hospital Basic Expenses
😴 Anesthesiologist
👩⚕ Surgery Team
🔮 1 Hiperbaric Oxygen Chamber Sessions
🗣 You can do or buy this here in the clinic, or do or buy them in your home town pharmacy or with your PCP.
🩸 Blood tests. ($50.00 USD) Click Here to see which do you need
📈 Presurgical Evaluation & EKG. ($150.00 USD)
💊 Post Surgery Medication Bag. ($50.00 USD)
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