yeah one side looks completely different from the other side. one one side my cheek has collapsed up near the temple all the way down to the mid cheek. It just looks terrible and it was much better having fat there. People warned me it was a bad idea but Sinn kept insisting it was fine. As usual I exercised poor judgement. I'm beginning to realize we know much more than these surgeons.
Tbh, if he's offering cosmetic surgery like facelifts, botox fillers, etc. and pulling out buccal fat pads while he's at it, it could reflect that despite his very impressive CV and his academic recognition for specialized bone cutting surgeries, he's not getting much of a demand for the specialty his reputation revolves around.
Sure, a maxfax can do plastic surgeries or also offer 'cosmetic surgery' if they want to but to keep up with the advances (techniques, pitfalls, etc), membership in specialized academic societies is where those advances are learned about. I don't see that in his CV.
Was this a thing where you narrowed him down for his specialty, for example his being able to do a modified L3 that earl isolated him for and then HE suggested buccal fat removal or did you you request that from him?