Hollow cheeks
 Facial musculature (Commons). Hollow cheeks are fat compartments plus zygoma, not a third bone.
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| Field | Face |
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| Also known as | cheek hollow, model hollow, gaunt midface
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| Related | Facial fat; Ogee curve; Buccal fat removal; Cheekbones; Leanmaxxing |
Hollow cheeks are the mid-cheek valley under the malar eminence: the look looksmaxxing wants when it says “model hollow” or a clean ogee curve.[1] The anatomy is facial fat compartments (especially buccal and superficial medial cheek) over zygomatic bone. Leanness shows it. Buccal fat removal carves it. Age and a crash diet turn it into a wasted midface.
A 22-year-old hollow and a 40-year-old hollow are different faces. The surgery page already warns that buccal lipectomy is over-indicated in men who were going to get lean anyway.
Method
- Softmax — leanmaxxing / body fat until the ogee reads, then stop. See debloat for water, not fat.
- Surgery — buccal fat removal is medicine with an age tell. Fillers and fat grafting go the other way (restore, not hollow).
- Photo — lighting under the zygoma fakes a hollow. See photos.
This wiki's view
Want the hollow from leanness, not from a pad excision you will regret when the malar fat drops. Do not chase a cadaver lid.
See also
References
- ↑ Henry Gray. Gray's Anatomy. 20th American ed. Lea & Febiger. 1918. Retrieved 12 October 2026.