Can My Chubby Cheeks Be Reduced?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a pretty healthy and lean person overall with a low body fat percentage. However my face holds a lot of face that isn’t proportionate to how much overall body fat I have. As a result, my cheeks are chubbier then they should be and I have received buccal fat removal but that did not really impact much as the fat is above the buccal fat area. My question is there anything that can be done to remove the fat, not sure what other procedure would even work but is there anything that would spot target that?

A: In the upper cheek area to which you refer there are no significantly effective methods of fat removal. This fibrofatty area is not a great area for liposuction and there are branches of the buccal facial nerve so the risk vs reward benefit is not great.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon