{"id":224,"date":"2014-06-01T22:52:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T22:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/?p=224"},"modified":"2014-06-22T21:35:18","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T21:35:18","slug":"facial-fat-compartment-anatomy-for-botox-and-juvederm-injections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/facial-fat-compartment-anatomy-for-botox-and-juvederm-injections\/","title":{"rendered":"Facial Fat Compartment Anatomy for Botox and Juvederm injections"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Notes regarding Facial Fat Compartment Anatomy<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Orbital retaining ligament separates the orbital fat compartments from the rest of the face: \u00a0Superior, Inferior, and Lateral orbital fat compartments.<\/li>\n<li>Cheek fat compartments: \u00a0Most medial is the Nasolabial fat compartment (the medial\u00a0border is the actual nasolabial fold), then there is the medial cheek fat compartment, middle cheek, lateral cheek fat compartment<\/li>\n<li>The Jowl is a fat compartment<\/li>\n<li>See below for deeper fat compartments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>What does this mean for a cosmetic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/attributes-of-highly-effective-botox-injectors\/\">Botox and Juvederm injector<\/a>?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Looking at the whole face as a continuum<\/li>\n<li>Temporal wasting is also something we should start to address &#8211; hollowness from temple\u00a0area to neck &#8211; the lateral projection.<\/li>\n<li>Many patients start by noting nasolabial fold and jowel fat compartments. \u00a0But this is a symptom, not an actual problem. \u00a0It may be a symptom of other fat compartments becoming deflated, such as the medial cheek fat compartment.<\/li>\n<li>As we age, we lose these volume in these fat compartments, and in addition to face lifts to tighten the skin, we have to consider filling these areas again to regain some of our youthful appearance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>There is fat superficial and deep to muscle which are compartmentalized<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>SOOF &#8211; Suborbicularis Oculi Fat &#8211; underneath the obicularis muscles. \u00a0There is the medial SOOF\u00a0and the Laterial SOOF.<\/li>\n<li>SMAS &#8211; Superficial Musculo-aponeurotic System<\/li>\n<li>The fat is compartimentalized<\/li>\n<li>Deep fat in the cheek &#8211; below the musculature. \u00a0Can cause a pseudo ptosis of the superficial fat. \u00a0Over the Maxilla. \u00a0Medial and Lateral aspect to the deep medial cheek fat. \u00a0Refilling the deep fat in some patients can create a lift in this area of the mid cheek.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/juvederm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/juvederm-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"juvederm\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/juvederm-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/juvederm.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is no medical advice here. \u00a0Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/botox-in-modesto-consider-having-it-done-by-calvin-lee-md\/\">Why choose Dr. Calvin Lee for your Botox injections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More information at our personally designed Botox page: \u00a0<a title=\"Modesto Botox in Central Valley California\" href=\"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\">Modesto Botox by a Surgeon-Violinist, Calvin Lee, MD<\/a>. \u00a0We are located in the heart of Stanislaus County, California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notes regarding Facial Fat Compartment Anatomy Orbital retaining ligament separates the orbital fat compartments from the rest of the face: \u00a0Superior, Inferior, and Lateral orbital fat compartments. Cheek fat compartments: \u00a0Most medial is the Nasolabial fat compartment (the medial\u00a0border is the actual nasolabial fold), then there is the medial cheek fat compartment, middle cheek, lateral &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/facial-fat-compartment-anatomy-for-botox-and-juvederm-injections\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Facial Fat Compartment Anatomy for Botox and Juvederm injections<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions\/244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}