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Kaitlynne Y Pak1, Marielle He2, Babak Azizzadeh1,2
1Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Buccal fat pad (BFP) modification can help aesthetic facial balancing. It can be approached through an intraoral incision, which is more standard, or through a deep-plane facelift approach. Here, we describe the unique technique of removal and repositioning of the BFP through a deep-plane facelift approach with clinical pearls for safe manipulation around the facial nerve and redistribution techniques for facial volume.
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