Then she came across her symptoms of fat pad atrophy in a brochure. "The brochure talked about this fat grafting. And I thought, oh my God, it's me! Maybe there's hope for me yet," she says.

As such, buccal fat pad removal became a trending topic on social media this week, as a host of Twitter users speculated about whether certain celebrities had leaned on the facial procedure.

Q: I have walked barefoot all my life without any problems. But now, the ball of my right foot has started to hurt when I do. I’m 55, a woman and a runner. I read that the fat pads on your feet ...