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Buccal fat removal is the latest celeb trend but be warned: stripping your cheek of chub is a risk

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Former model Chrissy Teigen has confirmed she had fat removed from her cheeks. Here she is in 2016 (left) and last year. (PHOTO: Gallo Images / Getty Images)
Former model Chrissy Teigen has confirmed she had fat removed from her cheeks. Here she is in 2016 (left) and last year. (PHOTO: Gallo Images / Getty Images)

A little lipo here, a nip and a tuck there, a Brazilian butt lift to perk up your posterior, a dimple to sparkle up your smile, a blast of Botox to freeze your frown . . .

These days there’s practically nothing you can’t do if you want to improve what nature gave you – provided you have the bucks in the bank, of course.

And who do we usually have to thank for turning a cosmetic-enhancement trick into a trend? Celebs, that’s who – and right now the trend everyone is talking about is buccal-fat removal: a procedure that strips your cheek of chub and gives you the chisel of an Angelina Jolie.

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