Bichectomy

The bichat bag surgery or bichectomy looks to improve the facial features creating an optical illusion of having a longer slimmer face, improving the aesthetic and facial harmony. The bichectomy removes part of the fat in the bichat bags.

The bichat bags are located in the cheeks and extend to the temporal region, these bags of fatty tissue are within the muscles.

They tend to add big volume to the cheeks in some people. Therein lies the necessity to remove part of this fat in some people.

The result of the bichectomy is to achieve an optical illusion in the profile region of the face, accentuating the cheekbone and the jawline and sharpening the facial contour, making the cheeks less pudgy.

We need to be clear that, if we are talking about facial harmony, we have to understand that in many instances, there are other structures that need to be improved as well (nose, chin, double chin…) to achieve the expected results. For this reason bichectomy can be carried out on its own, or in conjuction with another procedure, like rhinoplasty, mentoplasty etc.