Dr. Sam Lam Plastic Surgery Forum

Dr. Lam
How do you feel about jaw implants. It is hard to see any before and after pictures online. Also the area right above the jowl in between your cheekbone how does one create that hollowness which accentuates the face and creates that seperation between the jaw and cheekbones.

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bingo, that's the buccal area that i subdivide into multiple parts. i don't do jaw implants. as you know i prefer fat transfer since that is soft tissue loss not bone. watch this video in which i dissect the buccal area into exquisite detail:
http://www.lamfacialplastics.com/plasti ... /1718/425/
best,
sml

Thanks! This was a very informative video!

Dr. Lam,
Thanks for responding. I had buccal fat removed years ago and don't think it did very much to accentuate my face. My face is longer and thought that by augmenting the jaw bone and creating that hollines it would make it look more defined. Also in the video you mention that there are 3 different zones of buccal fat. I believe I had it removed in the mid face area. Is there another zone in the jowl area?

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this is why i simply don't remove buccal fat. in the majority of individuals it further ages someone. i simply don't get the procedure. there is no buccal area in the jowl. the subcomponents in the jowl area include in my opinion the jowl, prejowl, anterior chin, post-jowl, and lateral mandible. those are areas that i fill in various ways. the prejowl and anterior chin i fill very often. the post-jowl/lateral mandible less so although i just did all the above stated areas yesterday. the "jawline" part of the video i asked you to watch details all of those areas, that is why i asked you to watch it because it covers all aspects of buccal and jawline for those individuals interested in understanding and working on precisely the lower half of the face. since no one has really thought of the lower face with the degree of sophistication that i have i wanted to shoot a detailed video on the subject. they are part of my thoughts that i have that will be published in my next book coming out next year, Aging Face: The New Paradigm (Elsevier).
best,
sml