It is a surgical procedure that stylizes the appearance of the cheeks by resecting the structure of the facial anatomy known as Bichat’s pouches. It is performed through a very small incision (4mm) inside the oral mucosa. This type of intervention is performed under local anesthesia in the operating room and recovery is achieved in 2 or 3 days.
During an operation of the cheeks it is necessary to be careful during the manipulation of the bags, since this area is intimately related to the buccal and zygomatic branches of the facial nerve. An abrupt or imprecise manipulation can injure these nerve structures and generate a postoperative facial paralysis.
