Buccal fat removal is taking over the internet, inspiring countless social media posts, videos and articles in recent weeks. It's not the first time a plastic surgery has "gone viral." From the ...

Dr. Michael K. Obeng, a board certified plastic surgeon, explains buccal fat removal and what anyone considering the procedure needs to know Shafiq Najib is a former writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He left ...

With the rise in discussions surrounding plastic surgery over the last few years, cosmetic procedures have begun to seem more accessible than ever. The procedures that have taken center stage have ...

A formal way of referring to facial fat that makes up full cheeks, buccal fat pads are a feature that every person has in some way, shape or form, explains New York-based Konstantin Vasyukevich, M.D., ...

For the past two weeks, many “For You” pages on TikTok have been inundated with images of celebrities with hollowed cheeks, sky-high cheekbones and snatched jawlines. The videos have all suggested the ...

BURNSVILLE, Minn. — Corinne Carrasco said she has been self-conscious of her "round" cheeks her entire life. The 31-year-old makes YouTube videos for her 18,000 subscribers from her home in Plymouth.

Amber Rapp, 28, underwent buccal fat removal surgery last year after thinking about it for a decade. Interest in buccal fat, or cheek fat, removal has spiked in the last few years, plastic surgeons ...

So what is buccal (pronounced ‘buckle’) fat? According to Dr. Konstantin Vasyukevich, a double-board certified plastic surgeon, buccal fat is a pouch of, well, fat, in your face that maintains volume ...

Across social media, many users, primarily younger women, are buzzing about a plastic surgery technique called buccal fat removal. While the procedure is simple and has been around for years, it's ...

For anyone in the market, there are numerous ways to get a new face—not just Botox, facelifts and nose jobs, but injectable fillers, thread lifts and adhesive tape, among others. Now, yet another face ...