Generally speaking, the buccal fat pad refers to a triangular buccal fat body formed by a piece of fat tissue protruding from the cheek.
According to the distribution characteristics of capsule, vascular source and fixed ligament, buccal fat pad is divided into anterior, middle and posterior lobes. The posterior lobe emits buccal process, pterygopalatine process and temporal process to the surrounding space, and each lobe has an independent capsule, which is fixed to the surrounding tissue structure through buccal fat pad, maxillary ligament, posterior zygomatic ligament, medial margin ligament of infraorbital fissure, lateral margin ligament of infraorbital fissure, temporal tendon ligament and buccal muscle ligament.
Is it obvious to remove the cheek fat pad and thin face?
The face-lifting effect of removing buccal fat pad is still obvious. It achieves the purpose of face-lifting through the incision inside the mouth, which is actually very good for people with fleshy cheeks. Mainly suitable for friends with full cheeks, round faces, local contours and unclear boundaries around them, showing a child-like face.
What is the harm of buccal fat pad?
1. After removing the buccal fat pad, the local swelling disappeared in general 1 month. If it is performed simultaneously with other facial plastic surgery, facial swelling may last for 2 months.
2. After removing the buccal fat pad, the symptoms are hematoma, infection, facial nerve and parotid duct injury, but the incidence rate is extremely low.
3. In rare cases, because the buccal fat pad surrounds the parotid duct, if it is not handled properly, it is likely to open the parotid duct, which will lead to the buccal fat pad endangering the salivary fistula.
How much does it cost to remove the buccal fat pad?
About 3000-5000 yuan/square, the specific cost is affected by the difficulty of the operation. The price of buccal fat pad is determined according to the surgical plan, such as: ① Intraoral incision, relatively hidden, quick recovery, leaving no scars; ② Extraoral incision, which is also commonly used in other plastic surgery projects. The price of buccal fat pad charged by these two schemes is different.
Preoperative preparation of buccal fat pad
1, two weeks before buccal fat pad surgery, it is forbidden to take aspirin and other drugs that may lead to the decline of platelet coagulation function.
2. Patients with hypertension and diabetes should truthfully inform the doctor of their own condition at the time of initial diagnosis, so that the surgeon can adjust the surgical plan to remove the buccal fat pad in time.
3, preoperative should conduct a comprehensive physical examination, to ensure good health, no infectious diseases or other body inflammation.
4, preoperative to buccal fat pad should ensure that the face is clean, it is forbidden to make up.
5, female surgery should avoid menstrual period, pregnancy and pregnancy for buccal fat pad surgery.
6. Male operators should quit smoking and drinking one week before taking buccal fat pad.
Excision of buccal fat pad
Make a longitudinal incision of about 0.8cm on the buccal side of oral mucosa to avoid parotid duct. Hemostatic forceps passively separated the buccal muscle, clamped and pulled out the capsule of the buccal fat pad, cut off the capsule, and the fat gushed out, then cut off a proper amount of buccal fat pad, electrocoagulation to stop bleeding, closed the incision, cut off the buccal fat pad, and cut off the opposite buccal fat pad.
Buccal fat pad resection is an incision in the mouth, so there is no surgical scar. The key of buccal fat pad resection is to remove proper amount of fat without damaging facial nerve and parotid duct. Therefore, not everyone can do buccal fat pad resection, so we must find a mature plastic surgeon to do it.
Postoperative nursing care of buccal fat pad removal
1, avoid spicy food such as pepper. Follow the doctor's advice strictly after operation, and it is best to stay in hospital for observation.
2. There will be some pain in the wound after operation, but it will gradually decrease with the passage of time. Patients should not rush to take painkillers after operation, because aspirin drugs will aggravate wound bleeding. Once there is bleeding and severe hematoma after operation, you should go to the hospital for follow-up in time.
3. The local wound after operation can be bandaged with pressure or cold compress with ice pack, and the pressure should not be too high to avoid damaging the surgical site.
4. Take a good rest after removing the buccal fat pad, so as not to bear the weight and aggravate the swelling of the wound.
5. Ensure that the surgical site of buccal fat pad is clean to prevent infection. If there is blood scab or secretion on the wound, it can be wiped with sterile physiological saline.
6. Try to avoid the operation site from getting wet within 15 days after removing the buccal fat pad.
How long does it take to remove buccal fat pad and reduce swelling?
7- 15 days after the buccal fat pad was removed, the swelling gradually subsided due to various factors. The detumescence time after degreasing depends on one's physique. Different beauty seekers have different constitutions. If the recovery ability is strong, the swelling will be reduced faster. After operation, you can eat more food rich in protein to help the wound to reduce swelling, and don't eat spicy food to avoid aggravating swelling.