Page Six consulted a team of plastic surgeons to get their opinions on Liam Payne’s evolving looks and how he may have achieved such a shocking transformation. “He didn’t look bad before, but his face, instead of looking soft and a little bit chubby, it looks model-ish and rugged,” Dr. Ramtin Kassir pointed out. “He definitely has a more masculine look with sharper chiseled facial features compared to how he looked previously,” added Dr. Thomas Su.
While the medical professionals considered that Payne may have had fillers, most pointed to buccal fat removal — a face sculpting trend with an unintended side effect. “You can cause premature aging by just randomly taking out people’s buccal fat,” warned Dr. Kassir. Meanwhile, The Mirror consulted aesthetician Dr. Saleena Zimri, who agreed that Payne could’ve gone down the route of buccal fat removal.
She also suggested he could’ve got a jaw implant too, while clarifying precisely what buccal fat is: “The buccal fat pad is an isolated fat pocket that sits just below the cheekbone on each side of the face, almost directly above the lower lip.” Removing it contours the face permanently without the need for makeup. Furthermore, Dr. Zimri also cautioned that removing it can age a person’s face prematurely, especially if you already have sculpted cheeks.
