{"id":2779,"date":"2018-08-01T05:56:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T04:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/%20%20%20%20%20\/\/www.bracaglia.it\/?p=2779"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:36:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T08:36:32","slug":"come-ridurre-la-bolla-di-bichat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bracaglia.it\/en\/2018\/08\/01\/how-to-reduce-the-bichat-bubble\/","title":{"rendered":"How to reduce the Bichat\u2019s fat pad "},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracaglia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3bolla-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Aesthetic surgery to reduce the buccal fat pad\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\r\n\r\n<p>Each of us has a particular facial shape, but some people share common traits, such as a very round face with a bulge in the lower cheeks.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The fatty tissue in our cheeks is called the <strong>buccal fat pad<\/strong> (or <strong>Bichat\u2019s fat pad<\/strong>), anatomically located between the <strong>masseter muscle<\/strong> (lateral wall) and the <strong>buccinator muscle<\/strong> (medial wall). It was first described in the late 18th century by the French surgeon <strong>Marie Fran\u00e7ois Xavier Bichat<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Buccal fat pads are very pronounced in infants, supporting suckling, and decrease with age but never disappear. In overweight or older individuals, they may sag downward, creating the effect of <strong>\u201cbulldog cheeks\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Their <strong>primary function<\/strong> is to support the cheek during feeding. This fat deposit is dense, encapsulated, and can be easily removed with a small liposuction.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Buccal fat pads are highly <strong>sensitive to weight fluctuations<\/strong>: they enlarge when body fat increases and shrink with weight loss. Surgical reduction is performed via a <strong>small incision inside the mouth<\/strong> (no visible scars), under <strong>local anesthesia<\/strong> similar to that used by dentists. Results appear after about <strong>3-4 months<\/strong>, once the skin retracts over the tissues.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Post-surgery instructions include:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n  <li>taking <strong>antibiotics<\/strong> for 4\u20135 days;<\/li>\r\n  <li>using <strong>anti-inflammatory medication<\/strong> to reduce discomfort;<\/li>\r\n  <li>maintaining <strong>proper oral hygiene<\/strong>;<\/li>\r\n  <li>avoiding <strong>smoking<\/strong> as it increases infection risk.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>The procedure must be performed in <strong>accredited centers<\/strong> by surgeons skilled in oral cavity surgery and facial anatomy. Inexperienced hands could cause damage to salivary ducts or facial nerve branches.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each of us has a particular facial shape, but some people share common traits, such as a very round face with a bulge in the lower cheeks. The fatty tissue in our cheeks is called the buccal fat pad (or Bichat\u2019s fat pad), anatomically located between the masseter muscle (lateral wall) and the buccinator muscle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"news.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chirurgia","category-lifting-del-viso","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to reduce the buccal fat pad (Bichat\u2019s fat pad) | Prof. Roberto Bracaglia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The buccal fat pad (Bichat\u2019s fat pad) is fatty tissue in the cheeks. 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