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The buccal fat pad (also called Bichat’s fat pad, after Xavier Bichat, and the buccal pad of fat) is one of several encapsulated fat masses in the cheek. It is a deep fat pad located on either side of the face between the buccinator muscle and several more superficial muscles (including the masseter, the zygomaticus major, and the zygomaticus minor). [1]
Buccal fat removal is permanent; the fat pads do not grow back. However, new techniques for restoring buccal fat such as injecting fat intra-orally back into the buccal space or applying a dermal fat graft are gaining popularity. Other options include mimicry with injectable fillers. [1] There is a lack of research on its long-term health ...
A fat pad sign is an elevation of the anterior and posterior fat pads of the elbow joint, and suggests the presence of an occult fracture. Buccal fat pad can be seen in nursing babies. [1] The fat pad of the labia majora, which can be used as a graft, often as a so-called "Martius labial fat pad graft", which can be used, for example, in ...
Many people have assumed (without confirmation) that these changes are the result of buccal fat removal—a procedure in which fat in the cheeks and jaw area is removed to give the face a more ...
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They are defined by facial structures that support the buccal fat pad. [3] They separate the cheeks from the upper lip. The term derives from Latin nasus for "nose" and labium for "lip". Other people suggest the term melolabial fold, [clarification needed] [4] or the lip-cheek fold or groove. [5] It is also known as the nasolabial sulcus.
Anteriorly, the fascia is said to overlie the buccal fat pad (that in turn overlies the buccinator muscle) before blending with the epimysium of the buccinator muscle; inferiorly, it is said to become continuous with the investing layer of deep cervical fascia inferior to the inferior margin of the mandible. The masseteric fascia is said to be ...