Surgery · Contour Pricing

Buccal Fat Removal Cost

Two published figures, and what moves a plan between them

Gangnam, Seoul | Board-certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Jonghwan Choi
List prices with VAT stated separately · KHIDI-registered for international patients

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Buccal fat removal cost

How is a buccal fat removal quotation put together in Seoul?

The short answer

Rewind lists the deep cheek pad at two published figures. One applies when the excision is the whole of the booked operation; the lower one applies when the pad comes out during a contour session that was already going ahead for another reason. Which of the two lands on your plan is settled by the examination, because it depends on what else is being done in the same sitting. Both are list prices, the anaesthetic fee for the operation is counted inside them, and VAT is added afterwards. Anything quoted beside the pad, such as work in the subcutaneous cheek or under the jaw, appears as its own published line.

Figures on this page come from Rewind's fee list for facial contour surgery. The clinic publishes no anaesthetic type and no time in theatre for this operation, so no element of the quotation described here is attributed to either.

Most people arrive wanting one number, and the reason there are two is structural. A pad removed during a session already prepared for liposuction under the jaw uses theatre preparation that has been committed once; booked on its own, the same excision carries all of it. That difference is published, so you can see it before you travel. What cannot be published in advance is which line your cheek qualifies for, and whether the examination will end with a figure at all.

Dr. Jonghwan Choi assessing a patient's lower face before a contour quotation
Fig. 01 — The examination that decides which of the two published rates applies
Cases

Case photographs

Three Rewind sessions, and which rate line each one used

Every procedure performed in a session is named under the photographs. On a pricing page that list does the arithmetic for you: the first case below was billed at the standalone figure for the deep cheek pad, while the second and third used the lower combined figure because a larger contour operation was already booked around it. Reading the caption tells you what the face in the frame was charged for.

Rewind patients — what each session was quoted as

Before — buccal fat removal booked as a single operation After — buccal fat removal booked as a single operation BEFOREAFTER
standalone line
Deep cheek pad removed as the only operation of the session
Individual results may vary.
Before — double-chin liposuction combined with buccal fat removal and platysma tightening After — double-chin liposuction combined with buccal fat removal and platysma tightening BEFOREAFTER
combined line
Double-chin liposuction with buccal fat removal and platysma tightening
Individual results may vary.
Before — face, cheek and double-chin liposuction with platysma tightening and buccal fat removal After — face, cheek and double-chin liposuction with platysma tightening and buccal fat removal BEFOREAFTER
combined line
Face, cheek and double-chin liposuction with platysma tightening and buccal fat removal
Individual results may vary.

All three patients were photographed at the clinic on both visits, and the frames are published without retouching. A quotation belongs to the face it was written for, and yours follows your own examination. Surgery of any kind can be followed by bleeding, infection, swelling that takes its time to leave, altered sensation, asymmetry between the two sides and scarring at the closure.

Lines

Line items

Four lines that can appear beside the deep cheek pad

Rewind quotes facial contour surgery as named operations, so a plan reads as a short list with the examination deciding its length. Four kinds of line turn up on a buccal fat plan, and the first two are alternatives to each other.

line 01
The pad, booked alone
The deep cheek pad taken on both sides as the only operation of the day. This is the higher of the two published figures, because nothing about the preparation is shared with a second procedure.
line 02
The pad, inside a booked session
The same excision added to an operation already scheduled for liposuction or neck work. It carries the lower published figure, and it is the line that applied to most of the cases photographed above.
line 03
Subcutaneous cheek liposuction
The layer under the skin of the side or front cheek, reached from outside and quoted per area. It answers a different finding from the pad, and where both are indicated both appear on the plan.
line 04
The border under the jaw
Fat under the chin, the jaw line, and the neck muscle where it is part of the complaint. This is the line most often booked first, with the pad added to it afterwards at the combined figure.

Two of those lines have pages of their own: the subcutaneous layer is set out under cheek liposuction, and the border beneath the jaw under double-chin liposuction. Where the examination finds a midface that is already thinning, the conversation turns toward volume being returned, which is facial fat grafting and carries a different plan altogether.

Build

From examination to figure

How a deep cheek pad figure is reached, and where it can still move

Six things happen between the first message and a written plan. The first three decide the size of the figure, and the last three decide how little of it can surprise you later.

01Finding

The cheek is read before any figure exists

Fullness can come from the pad, from the layer under the skin, from chewing muscle, from the width of the bone or from tissue that has travelled downward. Only the second of those is reached through the mouth. Where the pad turns out to be a small part of what you are looking at, the plan written that day is for a different operation, or for none.

02Band

Booked alone or booked alongside sets the figure

The published standalone rate and the published combined rate differ by a fixed amount, and nothing about the surgery itself changes between them. What changes is whether theatre preparation is being paid for once or twice. A patient who already intends to have the jaw line treated is, in practice, quoted the lower of the two for the pad.

03Neighbours

Items done in the same sitting stay separately priced

Cheek liposuction and work under the jaw keep their own published figures when they share a session with the pad. The plan names each operation and prices it, so you can see what the day would cost with one line struck off. Three of the four case sessions on the parent page were built exactly that way.

04Not billed

Two things that add nothing to the total

The mucosal closure uses dissolving material, so there is no appointment to have stitches taken out and no charge attached to one. Nothing is cut on the outer surface of the face either, so no dressing, no shaved area and no external wound care appear anywhere on the plan.

05Later

The expensive version of this operation is the second one

Surgical commentary on this pad treats over-resection as a recognised cause of a hollow midface in later years, and putting volume back is a separate operation with a separate fee. Sizing the excision conservatively is the cheapest decision available at the first consultation, and it is argued at the chair before anyone reaches the desk.

06On paper

What the consultation ends with, on paper

Each operation appears with its own listed figure, with the anaesthetic fee stated as already inside it and VAT shown as an addition. A line with no examination finding behind it does not go on the list, and the total is written out in full before any surgical date is taken.

Dr. Jonghwan Choi explaining an itemised surgical plan at the consultation desk
Fig. 02 — The itemised plan is set out by the surgeon who will perform it
Rewind

Why two figures

Why the deep cheek pad carries two published prices

A single headline figure would hide the one variable that actually moves this operation's cost, which is whether it travels with another procedure. Publishing both versions lets a patient see the effect of combining before agreeing to anything, and it removes the incentive to add an operation to a plan for pricing reasons.

01Sequence

Shared preparation is passed on, once

When the pad is taken during a session booked for liposuction or neck work, the preparation behind that session is already committed. The lower published figure states that plainly, so the saving belongs to the patient and not to an unexplained discount.

02Authorship

One surgeon stands behind the figure and the result

The examination that produced your plan and the hands that perform the excision belong to the same person, because Rewind runs as a single-surgeon practice. No part of a booked operation is passed to a second operator once the plan has been signed.

03Afterwards

Follow-up is written into the plan, not sold later

Reviews of the mucosal wound and of how the swelling is settling are arranged with the operating surgeon at the time the plan is written. Anyone travelling in for surgery is supported in their own language throughout, under the clinic's KHIDI registration for foreign patients.

Private lounge at Rewind Plastic Surgery, Apgujeong
Fig. 03 — A private lounge on the clinic floor
Covered

What the fee buys

What a buccal fat removal rate covers on the day itself

Operating room at Rewind Plastic Surgery, Apgujeong

Fig. 04 — The clinic's own theatre, fifth floor of the Richro Building

Preparation and draping before a facial contour operation at Rewind

Fig. 05 — Preparation, before the mouth is opened

The practice runs across the fourth and fifth floors of the Richro Building in Apgujeong, with a theatre of its own inside it. Because one surgeon carries the case from consultation to follow-up, the listed figure is not divided between a doctor who advises and a doctor who operates. The points below are what a published rate already contains, and the one thing it does not.

Anaesthetic fee counted inside both listed figures
VAT added to the listed figure
Incision of approximately 1 cm inside the cheek
Selective excision of the surplus portion only
Closure with dissolving sutures, both sides
No appointment or charge for suture removal
Operated by Dr. Jonghwan Choi from start to finish
Follow-up reviews arranged in the written plan
Dr. Jonghwan Choi, board-certified plastic surgeon at Rewind

Board-certified plastic surgeon

Korean board certification in plastic surgery, held by the one surgeon who examines, operates and reviews every case here. Patients coming from overseas are looked after under KHIDI registration M-2025-01-08-09288.

Rates

Published rates

Rewind's listed figures for the deep cheek pad and its neighbouring lines

These are the clinic's standard published figures. Read them as parts: your own plan is one of the first two lines, plus whichever of the others the examination found a reason for. The lower figure for the pad is not a promotion and the higher one is not a premium, since the surgery inside the cheek is identical in both.

Buccal fat removal, booked on its ownThe deep cheek pad, both sides, as the only operation of the day
₩2,000,000
Buccal fat removal inside a booked sessionAdded to an operation already scheduled for liposuction or neck work
₩1,500,000
Side-cheek liposuctionThe subcutaneous layer, quoted per area and frequently paired with the pad
₩940,000
Double-chin and jaw line liposuctionThe line most often booked first, with the pad added to it
₩1,760,000

Each figure above is a standard list price with VAT still to be added, and the anaesthetic fee for that operation is already inside it. Where a plan carries several lines, the sum is written out item by item at the consultation before a date is taken. Package pricing across procedures is not offered here, so nothing on a Rewind plan is bundled into a figure you cannot take apart.

Fit

Which figure applies

When the lower buccal fat figure applies, and when none is written

Findings that put the pad on a plan

  • Cheeks that stay plump through weight change, with the fullness sitting low and deep
  • A lower cheek that bulges and drops, blunting the line between cheek and jaw
  • The look of holding food in the cheek, in Rewind's own patient wording
  • A jaw line that reads uneven because the cheek above it carries volume
  • A younger face with intact support, where volume is surplus and skin quality is good
  • An operation already planned for the jaw line or neck, which puts the excision on the lower published line

Situations where no figure is written that day

  • A midface already thin or beginning to hollow, where taking the pad would deepen it
  • Fullness that turns out to be descended tissue, which is a question of support and is quoted as a lifting operation if at all
  • A heavy chewing muscle or a wide jaw angle, neither of which changes when fat is removed
  • A budget built around the lower figure without the session that justifies it; the combined rate is a consequence of the plan, never a reason to add to it
  • Expectations attached to a chin or jaw outline this excision cannot reach
  • Bleeding, clotting or healing conditions, regular medication affecting them, active infection in the mouth, pregnancy or breastfeeding
Days

The part with no invoice

What buccal fat removal costs in days, beyond the list price

Rewind's instructions for this operation are short, and most of what they ask for happens inside the mouth. None of it is billed, but all of it has to fit inside a travel schedule, so it belongs in the same conversation as the figure.

The day itself
Soft food, and brushing is allowed
Tooth brushing is permitted on the day of surgery, and food stays soft until the following day. Nothing needs to be bought for the wound beyond what the clinic gives you.
The first week
Three movements are off the list
Opening the mouth wide, chewing hard food and puffing air into the cheeks all pull on a fresh mucosal closure, and Rewind asks patients to avoid all three for a period. Meetings are possible; long restaurant meals are awkward.
Follow-up
No suture removal appointment
Because the closure dissolves, the visits that follow are about how the swelling and the mucosa are settling. They are scheduled in the plan, which matters if you are counting days in the country.
Later
The shape takes its time
Early swelling flatters and then exaggerates by turns, so the cheek should not be judged in the first weeks. Anyone booking a photographed occasion around this operation should put it well past that window.

Any surgical procedure carries risk, including bleeding, infection, swelling that outstays the usual pattern, altered sensation, asymmetry between the two sides and scarring at the closure. Injury to structures neighbouring the pocket is a recognised risk of cheek surgery and is one reason the dissection stays selective. Rewind publishes no fixed length of stay for visitors, so build the trip around the first week's restrictions and confirm the schedule at your consultation. Tell the surgeon about every previous facial procedure and every medication you take before a date is agreed.

Doctor

Professional

At Rewind, one board-certified plastic surgeon carries every case — from the first consultation to the final follow-up. Because a face is a story, and a story deserves a single author.

Dr. Jonghwan Choi, board-certified plastic surgeonRewind,
Dr. Jonghwan Choi presenting at an academic session
Fig. 06 — Academic session, presented by the medical director

Rewind's Doctor

Dr. Jonghwan Choi Medical Director

One surgeon, from the first
consultation to the last follow-up.

A board-certified plastic surgeon devoted to anti-aging lifting — with the precision and restraint built through years of craniofacial practice.

Board-certified plastic surgeon (Plastic Surgery)
10 peer-reviewed publications
Medical Director, Rewind Plastic Surgery
Korean Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons
Former chief director, Apgujeong Y&T Plastic Surgery
Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
J Craniofac Surg · JKMS · Arch Craniofac Surg
Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
Ask

Questions

Buccal fat pricing — what is asked before a date is taken

How much does buccal fat removal cost in Korea?
Rewind publishes two figures for it: ₩2,000,000 when the excision is the only operation booked, and ₩1,500,000 when it is performed inside a contour session already scheduled. Both exclude VAT and already contain the anaesthetic fee for the operation.
Why is the combined figure lower than the standalone one?
Because the theatre preparation behind that session has been committed once. The excision inside the cheek is the same operation in both versions, with the same 1 cm intraoral incision and the same dissolving closure. What differs is whether the day is being prepared for one procedure or several.
Why does a Seoul quotation often read lower than one given at home?
Rewind publishes a list price per operation with the anaesthetic fee counted inside it and VAT shown separately, and a single surgeon carries the case from examination to follow-up. Fee structures elsewhere are built differently, and this page can only describe how the figures here are assembled.
What is included in the figure, and what is added to it?
Included: the operation itself, the anaesthetic fee, the dissolving closure and the follow-up reviews written into the plan. Added: VAT, and any other named operation performed in the same session. Nothing is charged for suture removal, because the closure dissolves on its own.
Can I be quoted before I travel to Seoul?
The components are public, so the line items can be sent in advance. The total cannot, because whether the pad is the finding at all, and whether the standalone or the combined line applies, both come out of an examination of the cheek. Patients abroad receive the item list first and the sum afterwards.
Does cheek liposuction cost extra if it is done at the same time?
Yes. The subcutaneous layer is quoted per area at ₩940,000 for the side cheek and keeps that figure when it shares a session with the pad. Sharing one visit to theatre does not merge two operations into one fee; the plan names and prices each of them.
Is there a separate charge for having stitches removed?
No, and there is no appointment for it either. Rewind closes the intraoral opening with dissolving material, so the visits that follow are reviews of the swelling and of how the mucosa is settling. Those reviews are scheduled inside the plan written at consultation.
What would it cost to put volume back if too much were taken?
Restoring midface volume is a separate operation with its own plan and its own figure, which is the practical argument for a conservative excision at the outset. Surgical commentary treats over-resection of this pad as a recognised cause of hollowing in later years, so the volume removed is sized against how your face is likely to age.
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Scientific evidence

Published work behind the operations on this rate list

None of the papers below discusses fees. They are listed because each describes something the rate list turns into a line: the pad itself and the argument for taking less of it, and the combined facial and neck contouring sessions that produce the lower published figure for the excision.

These are other surgeons' series and other surgeons' settings, including their own choices of technique and anaesthesia. They are not studies of Rewind Plastic Surgery, and none of them predicts the outcome or the plan for an individual cheek.