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Tear Trough Area Lump After Fat Transfer

I had fat transfer done in April 2008, and after two weeks, a visible lump formed on my right cheek and a larger bulge on my left side, but it's...

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Correct Bad Fat Transfer Results with Blepharoplasty?

I had a fat transfer under my eyes because they were so hollow. Around 6 months later, there was an uneven swelling that hardened into uneven lumps....

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Lumps After Upper and Lower Eyelid Fat Injections

I had fat injections to upper and lower eyelids (for hollow eyes) in the middle of December. A week afterward, I noticed lumps forming which have not...

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Lumps on Nose from Fat Transfer

I had fat transfer on my nasal folds. The right side looks very good, but the left side has somewhat a lump. What should I do to make it lay down like...

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What Steroid is Used to Fix Fat Transfer Lumps?

I am 25 years old, and have had fat injections under both my eyes to fill the hollowness about 3 months ago. Although the swelling has gone down and...

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Hard Lump After Fat Graft Removal

I am 3 months post fat graft removal by excision. However, I now have some hard lump in the area where fat used to be. Should I get steroid or 5-FU on...

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How to Avoid Hard Lumps After Fat Injections on Lips?

How can scar tissue, lumps, or hardening of lips from fat injections be avoided? Can this process be accurate, or are there too many variables or...

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Lumps and Infection After Fat Transfer to Breasts

I think I've been conned. Doctor and nurse assured me I could do smart lipo and transfer to breasts (transfer only costing an extra $500). Like an...

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I Had Vaser Lipo and Fat Transfer to the Butt - Lumps Won't Dissolve

About 7 weeks ago I had lipo and fat transfer to my buttock. It was great at first then a huge lump formed and I could hardly walk. I was put on...

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Lumps Under Eyes After Fat Transfer

I had fat transfer under my eyes over a year ago. The plastic surgeon overfilled this area and now I am left with bumps under my eyes. He has tried...

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Removing Lumps After Fat Transfer

How to remove fat lumps from my forehead after autologous fat grafting? I tried to massage them, but it doesnt really help. Is it helpful to use...

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Fat Transfer to Fill Buccal Area?

What causes lumps after Fat grafting? If the doctor does not overfill and uses microinjections, would that mean that I will not get lumps and uneven...

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How to Remove Lumps After Cheek Fat Injections?

What is recommended for people with lumpiness in the cheeks after fat injections? Is there a tool that can be used to help massage the fat until...

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Hard Lumps in Buttocks After Fat Transfer

Is it normal for fat tranferred to buttucks to harden in golf size bumps after two months?

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Second Fat Transfer - Will This One Work?

This is my second fat transfer. With the first one I had a infection and all the fat came out leaving me with a lumpy butt in a some areas. With the...

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Permanent Lumpiness After Autologous Fat Injection?

I am getting a face lift in December. The surgeon recommended autologous fat injections for nasolabial lines. I mentioned this to my dermatologist who...

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Fat Grafts and Hardened Mass During Recovery

Two weeks ago I had fat grafts to correct irregular jaw line on one side of my face. In that time the area I had surgery on feels like it hardend into...

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Large Lump in Cheek 1 Month After Fat Graft

I am 1 month post-op, and this past week a very large lump presented itself with the inner cheek area (closest to nose). It is so prominent that it...

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Lumpines Afer Fat Transfer

I had a fat transfer under my eyes because they were so hollow.Now 7 months later I have uneven swelling that hardened into uneven lumps. It made me...

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Does Anyone Know a Massage Technique for Lumps Following Facial Fat Transfer?

I had facial fat transfer to forehead, lips, nasiolabial and marionette lines. Most of the lumps are dispersing but I have one above my top lip which...

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2 Weeks Post Fat Graft: Should I Be Worried About Uneven Cheeks?

It has been 2 weeks since my cheeks have been fat grafted and I still look like two different people on each side. I have been hiding one side with my...

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Hollow Eye Bumps

I had a fat transfer under my eyes because they were so hollow. Around 7months later, there was an uneven swelling that hardened into uneven lumps. It...

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Fat Tansfer to Fix Scars and Marks from Trauma?

I am having Fat Transfer next month. I am a 37 year old woman. I was kicked in the eye some years ago and you can see the boot mark in the right cheek...

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Asymmetrical Swelling After Lower Eyelid Fat Grafting

I'm only 9 days post op.. i had a lower eyelid fat grafting to fill in hollow lower eyes. My left eye has healed perfectly.. there is a hint of a...

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Lump in the Right Cheek After Fat Grafting

I had fat injected to my cheeks in the beginning of this September. Now, while my left cheek is almost back to how it was before the grafting, my...

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Do Fat Injections Cause Lumpiness?

Do fat injections cause lumpiness?

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Lumpy Facial Fat Transfer

I am 23 days to be precise into facial fat transfer. I have a roll of fat above my top lip which makes smiling difficult and very lopsided. Also I...

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Lumps 16 Days After Fat Transfer to Under Eyelid. Will This Go Away Without Excision?

Hello again, thanks to all the kind doctors whos taking their time to help us with our fears on this site, anyways its been 16days now since my...

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Glute Fat Grafting - Cost, Recommendations and Advice

I suffered a fall back in June and have been left with a lump and indentation on my left glute. The lump is not healing and I may need fat grafting....

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Tiny Grains in my Eye Crease from Fat Injection. Is There a Doctor Here to Help Me?

I have tiny grains (granulomas? nodules?) in my eye crease caused by periorbital fat transfer. Just two above each eye but they make my life...

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Is It Normal for the Fat Transfer to Feel Hard and Lumpy Where Transplanted?

I had fat transfer to the eye, lip, and under eye area and an open rhinoplasty a week ago. I have indentations where the cast on my nose was resting...

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What Can I Do About Lump in Upper Lip After Fat Grafts?

I've seen the responses to this question on the site....BUT my lump is still in my upper lip and it's been a year since I had the fat transfer...

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Fat Injection in Lip Caused Large Hard Lump

One year ago I had fat transfer to my face and my lips. On the lower lip there was always a small bulge just below the lip line, but it wasn't...

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How to Treat the Lump on Breast After the Fat Transfer?

I have done a fat transfer to breast 10 days ago, however, i noticed an obvious lump on my left breast while the right breast is not so serious. It...

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Once Someone Has Had a Facial Fat Transfer, Can It Be Revised with "Livefil"?

My facial fat transfer did not go well at all. I have lumps over my left eye (causing ptosis of the left eye), unevenness and a "bag" under...

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Fat Injected into the Muscles Between and Above the Eye Brows - is That Permanent?

Hello Mr/Mrs Doctor. March 2011 my doc injected fat several places in my face (which mostly has dissappeared again which I am pleased about) Now whats...

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Do You Recommend Icing 2 Weeks After Fat Grafting?

Lumps in cheeks after fat grafting (12 days ago). I have been putting ice on them, does this help or hurt?

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After 15 Years Fat Injections to my Tear Troughs Are Still Lumpy and Look over Corrected. Do I Have Options for Removal?

After 15 Years Fat Injections to my Tear Troughs Are Still Lumpy and Look over Corrected. I Have Been Told by 4 Top NYC plastic surgeons they cannot...

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Under Eye Hard Lump 10 Days After Cheek and Under Eye Fat Transfer with a Bruise Underneath, is It Permanent?

I had fat grafting to my under eye and cheek area as I was suffering from eye bulging and flat cheeks. I am 10 days post op, right side of my face...

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Lumpy Area in Sub Brow After Fat Grafting. Does it Correct Itself With Time?

I am 10 days out of a fat grafting procedure to my brow, sub brow, temples, cheeks, marionette lines, and jaw. I am very happy with all areas except...

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Lumpiness is Getting Worse As my Outer Thigh Fat Graft Heals, What To Do?

Seven weeks ago, I had lipo on my abdomen and arms, with fat graft to outer thighs/hips (to correct over zealous lipo from 3 years ago). I am 127...

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Lump After Fat Injection

A year ago my husband had fat injected into his frown lines. A hard lump formed on one side. Three months ago, the doctor tried to removed it and...

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