Dr Rod Rohrich, surgeon and author of The Role of Buccal Fat Pad in Facial Aesthetic Surgery, says, "For every five patients I see who want their buccal fat pads removed, only one needs it." This ...

Liam Payne pictured above in 2015 and 2023, plastic surgeons said the chiseled features on his face suggested he had had a buccal fat removal, or removal of the fat pad in his cheeks, rather than ...

Buccal fat removal, used to give a more 'chiseled' appearance, was all the rage just a few years ago but the procedure is falling out of favor among surgeons as the long-term effects become clearer.