{"id":17370,"date":"2023-07-03T15:40:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T20:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/?p=17370"},"modified":"2025-04-29T20:34:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T20:34:46","slug":"how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you find yourself unhappy with the contour of your face and feel like your cheeks have unwanted roundness, you might have excess buccal fat<\/a>. Buccal fat pads sit between your cheek and jawbones and help define the shape of your face. Everyone has buccal fat pads, but as we age, buccal fat diminishes, creating a matured, natural contour in the cheeks. However, some have larger buccal fat pads than others, leading to a round, \u201cbaby face\u201d that never goes away. Signs of larger buccal fat pads can include, feeling like your face is too full, maintaining a stable weight and having a fuller face, face fullness not responding to weight loss, and feeling like you have chubby cheeks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are many reasons why one could have excess buccal fat. Genetics, medical conditions, or weight loss can affect larger buccal pads. Buccal fat removal, or cheek reduction surgery, can be a great solution for those with too much buccal fat. This procedure can contour and slim your face, define your cheekbones and reduce the fullness of the face. You could be a good candidate for buccal fat removal if you struggle with roundness in your cheeks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To learn more call us at 941-923-1736<\/a>. You can also reach us online via our Price Simulator<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you find yourself unhappy with the contour of your face and feel like your cheeks have unwanted roundness, you might have excess buccal fat. Buccal fat pads sit between your cheek and jawbones and help define the shape of your face. Everyone has buccal fat pads, but as we age, buccal fat diminishes, creating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[191,193,143],"class_list":["post-17370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buccal-fat-removal","tag-buccal-fat","tag-buccal-fat-removal","tag-dr-alberico-sessa"],"yoast_head":"\nHow Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat? - Sarasota Surgical Arts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr. Alberico Sessa, at Sarasota Surgical Arts, answers the question, "How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat?"\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Alberico Sessa, at Sarasota Surgical Arts, answers the question, "How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat?"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sarasota Surgical Arts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-03T20:40:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-29T20:34:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shutterstock_794521018.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"334\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dr. Alberico Sessa, M.D.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dr. Alberico Sessa, M.D.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dr. Alberico Sessa, M.D.\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2f05d9efde5bd3cf3cfd9fc092f4e604\"},\"headline\":\"How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat?\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-03T20:40:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-29T20:34:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":225,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/shutterstock_794521018.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"buccal fat\",\"buccal fat removal\",\"Dr. Alberico Sessa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Buccal Fat Removal\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\\\/\",\"name\":\"How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat? - Sarasota Surgical Arts\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/shutterstock_794521018.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-03T20:40:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-29T20:34:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2f05d9efde5bd3cf3cfd9fc092f4e604\"},\"description\":\"Dr. Alberico Sessa, at Sarasota Surgical Arts, answers the question, \\\"How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat?\\\"\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/shutterstock_794521018.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/shutterstock_794521018.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":334,\"caption\":\"A Photo For A Blogpost About \\\"How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat?\\\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sarasota Surgical Arts\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2f05d9efde5bd3cf3cfd9fc092f4e604\",\"name\":\"Dr. Alberico Sessa, M.D.\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/912cbd8af34ee13b4401e33d89bda5efd2d91d42bf59000e9ce7e32542330bb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/912cbd8af34ee13b4401e33d89bda5efd2d91d42bf59000e9ce7e32542330bb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/912cbd8af34ee13b4401e33d89bda5efd2d91d42bf59000e9ce7e32542330bb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dr. Alberico Sessa, M.D.\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/sessa\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat? - Sarasota Surgical Arts","description":"Dr. Alberico Sessa, at Sarasota Surgical Arts, answers the question, \"How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat?\"","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat?","og_description":"Dr. Alberico Sessa, at Sarasota Surgical Arts, answers the question, \"How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat?\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/","og_site_name":"Sarasota Surgical Arts","article_published_time":"2023-07-03T20:40:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-29T20:34:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":334,"url":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shutterstock_794521018.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dr. Alberico Sessa, M.D.","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dr. Alberico Sessa, M.D.","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/"},"author":{"name":"Dr. Alberico Sessa, M.D.","@id":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2f05d9efde5bd3cf3cfd9fc092f4e604"},"headline":"How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat?","datePublished":"2023-07-03T20:40:59+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-29T20:34:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/"},"wordCount":225,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shutterstock_794521018.jpg","keywords":["buccal fat","buccal fat removal","Dr. Alberico Sessa"],"articleSection":["Buccal Fat Removal"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/","name":"How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat? - Sarasota Surgical Arts","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shutterstock_794521018.jpg","datePublished":"2023-07-03T20:40:59+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-29T20:34:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2f05d9efde5bd3cf3cfd9fc092f4e604"},"description":"Dr. Alberico Sessa, at Sarasota Surgical Arts, answers the question, \"How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat?\"","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shutterstock_794521018.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shutterstock_794521018.jpg","width":500,"height":334,"caption":"A Photo For A Blogpost About \"How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat?\""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-too-much-buccal-fat\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How Do You Know If You Have Too Much Buccal Fat?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/","name":"Sarasota Surgical Arts","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2f05d9efde5bd3cf3cfd9fc092f4e604","name":"Dr. Alberico Sessa, M.D.","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/912cbd8af34ee13b4401e33d89bda5efd2d91d42bf59000e9ce7e32542330bb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/912cbd8af34ee13b4401e33d89bda5efd2d91d42bf59000e9ce7e32542330bb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/912cbd8af34ee13b4401e33d89bda5efd2d91d42bf59000e9ce7e32542330bb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dr. Alberico Sessa, M.D."},"url":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/author\/sessa\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44051,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17370\/revisions\/44051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}