Unlike lip fillers or BBLs, buccal fat removal is not reversible – a cause for concern as more young people are opting for the controversial plastic surgery. "As we age, we tend to lose midface ...

Your AirSculpt outcome will greatly depend on your pre-surgery goals, how much fat you want to remove, your age/skin laxity, and—I can’t stress this enough—your surgeon’s skill and experience.

Much of the online backlash to buccal fat removal comes from how the surgery can age. On a younger rounder face, the surgery gives the cheekbones a defined look and can make jawlines look sharper.