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What Are the Pros and Cons of Fat Transfer Under the Eyes?

asked 2 years ago by Shayla in Ky in KY
Latest answer by Robert M. Freund, MD
Question viewed 1,504 times
Tags: under eyes, hollow

I've had lower blepharoplasty which has left my eyes looking a little hollow underneath. I'm thinking about getting a Facelift also. What are the pros and cons of getting a fat transfer for my under eyes to reduce the hollow look?

3 answers to What Are the Pros and Cons of Fat Transfer Under the Eyes?

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Fat Grafting For under eye hollows post blepharoplasty

With each passing year I find myself performing less 'invasive' lower lid surgery (i.e a formal lower blepharoplasty) and more lower lid rejuvenation by means of structural fat grafting. The reality of aggressive lower lid surgery - which involves some combination of skin excision, fat pad reduction and/or fat pad transposition, orbicularis (muscle) redraping and excision, and canthal support (to hold up the lateral aspect of the lower lid while everything heals) - can easily... more
Michael Law, MD

Raleigh-Durham Plastic Surgeon

michaellawmd.com

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Fat Transfer under the eyes restores tear trough hollow

Fat Transfer under the eyes is probably my favorite technique to make people look younger and more beautiful. Aging causes a hollow under the eyelids. Cheek sagging also takes away the fullness of youth. Fat transfer, especially with the Viafill system makes this area look fanatstic.
Robert M. Freund, MD

New York Plastic Surgeon
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Good plan for fat transfer

It would be convenient to address your lower eyelids at the time of your facelift. Hopefully, there is some fat available (perhaps under your chin or elsewhere) that could be harvested for transfer. The pros are that this is an effective and permanent solution for your eyelids.The cons are that your surgeon needs to feel comfortable doing it, a significant amount of fat may not "take", making it difficult to anticipate the final result. If the fat is placed too superficially, a... more
Jeffrey Horowitz, MD

Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

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