Buccal fat removal is a new take on an old theme: a means to keep women in their place | Martha Gill

When fashion demands that females mutilate themselves, it begins to look a lot like abuse It's a rather mixed message. No sooner have we given birth to a new female beauty trend than we line up to make fun of those stupid enough to follow it. You may have heard of the new craze for buccal fat removal, where a surgeon cuts out a glob of your cheek to give you sharper cheekbones. Chrissy Teigen is the only celebrity known to have "admitted" to the procedure, but already there is widespread mockery...