noun Pop Culture

Buccal Fat

/ˈbʌkəl fæt/ · noun · informal

The cheek fat pad people get removed to chase a sculpted, hollow-cheek look.

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Definitions

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The natural fat pad in the cheeks; in beauty talk it usually refers to buccal fat removal, a surgery for a more sculpted face.

“Half of Hollywood quietly got their buccal fat removed.”
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Shorthand for the trend itself and the debate over whether it ages you.

“The buccal fat discourse took over my feed for a month.”
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Used to describe a naturally hollow-cheeked, chiseled face.

“He has zero buccal fat naturally, model bone structure.”
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Buccal Fat In A Sentence

Buccal fat removal trended so hard everyone became a surgeon online.
My round cheeks are staying, buccal fat is youth honestly.
That before and after buccal fat photo is wild.

Origin & Usage

A real anatomical term (the buccal fat pad) that went viral in late 2022 when celebrities were speculated to have had it removed for sharper cheekbones. The slang use is the trend, the word is clinical.

Variants buccal fat removalcheek hollowing
Tags #gen-z#internet#american

People Also Ask

What does buccal fat mean in beauty?

It's the cheek fat pad. The trend refers to buccal fat removal surgery, done to create a more sculpted, hollow-cheeked look.

Does removing buccal fat age you?

Many experts warn it can, since facial fullness reads as youthful and faces naturally hollow with age.

Why did buccal fat go viral?

In late 2022, people speculated celebrities had it removed, sparking a huge online debate about the trend.

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